Travel Booking

Opinion / Online

The mobile-first world holds tremendous revenue potential for hoteliers - here's why

By Max Starkov - HEBS Digital | February 20, 2019

As the travel planning process increases in complexity, hoteliers need to find ways to engage their best potential guests across multiple touch points and across all devices, especially mobile. Read More

News / Online

Egencia adds hotel chat, package booking features to business travel platform

By Jill Menze | February 20, 2019

Egencia is rolling out platform updates to benefit both business travelers and travel managers. Read More

News / Distribution

Hilton maintains focus on direct relationships as growth outstrips agency channel

By Linda Fox | February 14, 2019

Hilton boosted its loyalty program by 14 million members in 2018 and continues to focus on direct relationships. Read More

News / Online

GoEuro launches global expansion, unveils new company name

By Mitra Sorrells | February 14, 2019

GoEuro is preparing to expand to South America, Asia and the United States with a new name: Omio. Read More

News / Startups

Virtuo revs up with €20M in funding for expansion of car-rental app across Europe

By Linda Fox | February 13, 2019

Mobile app-based car-rental startup Virtuo adds €20 million in funding. Balderton Capital and others are backing the company. Read More

News / Distribution

Sabre bullish for the year ahead, rounds out 2018 with revenue close to $4BN

By Linda Fox | February 12, 2019

Sabre says it's confident of growth in revenue for 2019 as it announces 2018 full-year figures. Read More

News / Online

Travel websites losing billions as shoppers abandon purchases

By Linda Fox | February 11, 2019

An eye-watering estimate of $2.4 billion was lost in online revenue on websites during the fourth quarter of 2018. Read More

News / Distribution

Secret Escapes buys into Ireland with the acquisition of Empathy Marketing

By Linda Fox | February 11, 2019

Secret Escapes is expanding its presence to Ireland with the acquisition of the company behind Pigsback, TheDiningRoom and LuxuryBreaks. Read More

News / Online

China, part 2: A conversation with Ctrip founder James Liang

By Mitra Sorrells | February 11, 2019

For part two of our China theme month, we talk to Ctrip co-founder and chairman James Liang about the company's growth and future plans. Read More

News / Online

Airbnb hires airline veteran Fred Reid to oversee "transportation", but rules out obvious options

By Kevin May | February 7, 2019

The seasoned airline exec - Virgin America, Lufthansa, American Airlines and Delta - becomes the company's global head of transportation. Read More

News / Online

Lime rides away with big expansion plans after $310M investment

By Kevin May | February 7, 2019

The Series D round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Fidelity Investments, GV and IVP. Read More

News / Distribution

Can OYO capture the unbranded hotel market in the U.S. and Europe?

By Mitra Sorrells | February 7, 2019

OYO Hotels & Homes is expanding again, debuting in the United States and ramping up operations in Europe. Read More

News / Distribution

Trivago reports improvement in financials, looks further into private accommodation

By Linda Fox | February 6, 2019

Trivago reports Q4 2018 earnings with double digit net income for the second consecutive quarter Read More

News / Online

Online travel agencies under spotlight from regulators and academics over hotel strategies

By Kevin May | February 6, 2019

Booking.com and Expedia agree to cooperate with a set of guidelines regarding the portrayal of discounts, availability and influence of commissions on rankings. Read More