Travel Booking

News / Online

How travel giants are retaining confidence of investors

By Mitra Sorrells | January 4, 2018

The Priceline Group and Expedia Inc. are tipped for another strong year ahead, according to two independent financial analysts. Read More

News / Online

Lawsuit against Airbnb dismissed, but battle isn’t over

By Jill Menze | January 3, 2018

Although Airbnb is celebrating a victory over landlord company Apartment Investment & Management Co. in a lawsuit attempting to stop tenants from sharing spaces, the fight is still active. Read More

Notated News / Technology

GetYourGuide, Air Serbia and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | January 3, 2018

In our latest wrap-up of news in brief: ARC partners with GetYourGuide... Verteil Technologies' direct connect India booking... Fujita Kanko's multilingual chatbot... Air Serbia's merchandising... Read More

News / Online

eLong and Tongcheng merge, under Ctrip stewardship

By Kevin May | December 29, 2017

Ctrip is overseeing the merging of two Chinese online travel brands - one of which it bought from Expedia Inc two years ago. Read More

News / Online

Booking.com adds packages, rail and cruises

By Kevin May | December 22, 2017

Booking.com has quietly started testing partnerships for other travel products, including package trips via a deal with Lastminute.com. Read More

Opinion / Online

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Online

By PhocusWire | December 21, 2017

The state of online travel as we leave 2017 and enter 2018 couldn’t be more fascinating and yet still fairly difficult to gauge. Read More

News / Online

Niido - Airbnb-powered apartment complex - gets $200M investment

By Jill Menze | December 18, 2017

It might be possible for Airbnb and landlords to play nice after all, at least evidenced by Brookfield Property Partners’ plan to invest as much as $200 million in the Niido Powered by Airbnb... Read More

News / Technology

Q&A Lottery - Expedia Media Solutions, TourRadar, Rezgo, Crafted Comms

By Kevin May | December 15, 2017

Regular viewers of the PundIT Show will know about our QandA Lottery - a quick game that we sometimes play at the end of episodes. Read More

News / Online

Google tweaks flights and hotels, introduces attractions and car rental

By Jill Menze | December 15, 2017

Google has delivered several more knocks to its travel booking competitors with the launch of new features in its Flights, Trips and hotels search functions. Read More

News / Startups

CryptoBnB - the most zeitgeisty startup of 2017

By Jill Menze | December 13, 2017

Blockchain-based rental platform CryptoBnB aims to shake things up in the home-sharing market. Read More

News / Distribution

Where online travelers find value when booking

By Jill Menze | December 13, 2017

As today’s online traveler finds more and more ways to search and compare flight options, there’s one need across the board both airlines and customers will always consider: value. Read More

News / Online

Chinese web travel brand Mafengwo raises $133M

By Kevin May | December 12, 2017

Another major capital-raise heading to a Chinese online travel agency - this time it's $133 million in the pockets of Mafengwo. Read More

Opinion / Online

The evolution of the vacation rental market in Airbnb

By Amiad Soto - Guesty | December 12, 2017

In recent weeks, we have witnessed two significant moves by Airbnb that will have interesting implications on the international, short-term and vacation rental industry. Read More

News / Technology

Hilton unveils first mobile-focused hotel room

By Jill Menze | December 11, 2017

Much like Marriott’s “hotel room of the future,” Hilton has debuted what it’s billing as the first mobile-centric hotel room with its “Connected Room.” Read More