Travel Booking

News / Startups

Budget hotel platform RedDoorz raises $11M to grow in Southeast Asia

By Mitra Sorrells | March 12, 2018

Singapore-based RedDoorz is planning “aggressive regional expansion” of its budget hotel booking system after securing $11 million in pre-Series B funding. Read More

News / Technology

QOTW: Something about Alexa on every imaginable device

By PhocusWire | March 9, 2018

Quote from Matthias Keller, chief scientist at Kayak. Read More

Opinion / Online

Why Airbnb Experiences are a threat to franchised suppliers - not retailers

By Alex Bainbridge - DestinationCTO | March 9, 2018

Innovation when an industry is watching your every move is hard, especially so when you have to bring hundreds of partners with you so have to disclose what you are doing outside of your own business. Read More

News / Technology

Hipmunk redesigns flight search tool, debuts new meetings function

By Jill Menze | March 8, 2018

Hipmunk is stepping out with two notable updates to its services around how users search for and book travel. Read More

News / Online

Exclusive: TripAdvisor’s Dermot Halpin on the site’s landmark 100,000th experience listing

By Jill Menze | March 8, 2018

TripAdvisor is making history with a catamaran sailing expedition in Panama City Beach, FL, as it names the activity its 100,000th bookable experience on the platform. Read More

News / Online

Why website abandonment rates are so high for European travelers

By Mitra Sorrells | March 8, 2018

European travelers appear to be more commitment-phobic lately when it comes to booking accommodations, travel and experiences. Read More

News / Online

Ctrip’s Trip.com adds international car rental service

By Mitra Sorrells | March 7, 2018

Ctrip, China’s largest online travel agency, is bolstering its Trip.com site with the addition of international car rentals, bringing it one step closer to becoming a comprehensive source for all travel... Read More

News / Online

Airbnb names Amazon exec Greg Greeley president of Homes unit

By Jill Menze | March 6, 2018

Following a slew of product updates announced over the past couple weeks, Airbnb has appointed a new executive: Amazon’s Greg Greeley will join the company March 18 as president of the Homes business... Read More

Interview / Online

In The Big Chair - Clare Gilmartin of Trainline

By Kevin May | March 6, 2018

The former-eBay exec knows a lot about retail, expansion and customers - and can now add distribution, standardisation and mobile technology to her repertoire of skills needed to run an online business. Read More

News / Technology

Amadeus' new interactive videos encourage traveler search and shopping

By Mitra Sorrells | March 6, 2018

Amadeus has created a new solution to help travel brands, destination marketing organizations, and online travel agencies use interactive video to facilitate consumers’ travel search and shopping.... Read More

News / Technology

What airlines stand to gain from better mobile apps

By Jill Menze | March 6, 2018

Many airline mobile apps in the Asia Pacific region are still in their infancy when it comes to the search and booking process, often mimicking desktop purchase flow. Read More

News / Startups

Redeam gets $7.7M from travel execs and brands to push activity ticket tech

By Mitra Sorrells | March 5, 2018

Redeam's digital ticketing technology addresses a genuine need in the tours and activities market, and it just got a boost with $7.7 million raised in Series A funding. Read More

Notated News / Technology

HomeToGo, Utrip, Vacasa and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | March 5, 2018

In today’s wrap-up of news in brief… HomeToGo expands South American presence… Cape Air and Utrip launch AI travel planning tool… MeetingPackage.com unveils dynamic pricing strategy… Bd4travel and... Read More

News

Culture Trip goes where others fear to tread - OTA land

By Kevin May | March 5, 2018

Travel content sites have in recent years avoided go all-in with booking services - but Culture Trip is one that is going to buck the trend and try the online travel agency model. Read More