Travel Inspiration

Kayak Desktop Escape app
News
Kayak's new desktop app inspires wanderlust from the cubicle
By Mitra Sorrells | January 30, 2018
Mobile may be gaining ground for travel research and bookings, but the desktop still dominates.   Read More
Airbnb funnels $5M into Experiences arm
News / Online
Airbnb funnels $5M into Experiences arm
By Jill Menze | January 30, 2018
Airbnb is boosting its resources behind the company’s Experiences platform to the tune of $5 million. Read More
Criteo study mobile and booking apps
News / Distribution
Mobile travel bookings jump, especially for online agencies
By Mitra Sorrells | January 29, 2018
Travelers are increasingly turning to their phones – and away from desktops and tablets – to book trips and experiences.   Read More
Google Phocuswright leisure study
News / Online
Google's three trends to attract leisure travelers
By Mitra Sorrells | January 26, 2018
Google believes leisure travelers are “more curious, demanding and impatient than ever before,” and brands that will win them over are the ones that meet their needs quickly, easily and with... Read More
What’s driving decision-making for U.S. and Canadian travelers
News / Online
What’s driving decision-making for U.S. and Canadian travelers
By Mitra Sorrells | January 24, 2018
Another point for Google when it comes to travel planning, with travelers across North America citing search engines as their top source of inspiration, according to a new survey from Expedia Media... Read More
TUI Group, Utrip unleash AI-driven travel planning platform
News / Technology
TUI Group, Utrip unleash AI-driven travel planning platform
By Jill Menze | January 23, 2018
TUI Group has tapped digital travel discovery platform Utrip to help personalize the traveler planning experience through artificial intelligence. Read More
travljp content marketing
News / Online
How content truly is king for a travel search site
By Mitra Sorrells | January 23, 2018
Travel.jp, Japan’s largest travel search site, is drawing eyebrow-raising numbers to its articles and reviews that would make most media companies envious.   Read More
GetYourGuide, Air Serbia and more news briefs today...
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
QOTW: Something to do with those Gatekeepers
News / Technology
QOTW: Something to do with those Gatekeepers
By PhocusWire | December 22, 2017
Quote from Kieron Branagan, CEO at OpenJaw Technologies. Read More
Augmented reality specs - the race is on
Notated News / Technology
Augmented reality specs - the race is on
By Laurent Hrybyk - Wired | December 13, 2017
Though the Next Big Thing won’t appear for a while, we know pretty much what it will look like. Read More
Mixing media is the smart shift for travel in 2018
Opinion / Online
Mixing media is the smart shift for travel in 2018
By Jim Price - PebblePost | December 13, 2017
There was a shift felt across the travel industry when Booking.com announced in November that they would be more than doubling their investment in television advertising. Read More
Booking.com Sustainable Tourism
News / Startups
Booking.com expands startup plan for sustainable tourism
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | December 8, 2017
Booking.com is to extend its Booking Booster Program into a second year, aimed at funding startups that are engaged in sustainable tourism. Read More
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From Our Partners / Online
Expedia Media Solutions on the Asia-Pacific traveler
By PhocusWire | November 29, 2017
The digital behaviour of travelers in China, Japan and Australia was the subject of a recent study by Expedia Media Solutions. Read More
car-travel-mobile
News / Online
Travelers will embrace personalization and AI for a better travel experience
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 13, 2017
Google claims that the "friction in travel" makes it ideal for new technology and artificial intelligence-led services to come in and make improvements. Read More
Google Flights now pushes flexible destination search, aiming at trip inspiration
News / Online
Google Flights now pushes flexible destination search, aiming at trip inspiration
By Sean O'Neil | March 7, 2016
In February, Google Flights updated the default interface for visitors to its various main windows (google.com/flights, google.co.uk/flights, etc.) for select countries worldwide. Travelers can say Read More
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