Travel Planning

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023: Hotelverse

By PhocusWire | November 15, 2022

Hotelverse seeks to disintermediate hotel sales by providing a value proposition that cannot be replicated by the intermediary channel. Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023: NeoKe

By PhocusWire | November 15, 2022

NeoKe is a digital identity infrastructure empowering friction-free travel around the world. Read More

Opinion / Online

How experiences will drive trip planning in 3 charts

By Douglas Quinby - Arival | November 15, 2022

The shift in demand toward experiences will reshape how and when consumers plan and purchase their travel. Read More

News / Distribution

Accelya appoints ex-Sabre boss as CEO

By Linda Fox | November 14, 2022

Sam Gilliland was CEO of Sabre for 10 years until 2013 and has since spent time across roles in private equity, financial services and fintech. Read More

News / Online

Uber adds Viator content, expands Uber Travel to 10K cities

By Mitra Sorrells | November 14, 2022

The Uber app now enables booking of a curated collection of Viator experiences in 14 cities around the United States, with the bookings fully managed by Viator. Read More

News / Online

Booking's acquisition of ETraveli could hit regulatory snags

By Linda Fox | November 11, 2022

A year ago Booking Holdings announced its €1.6 billion takeover of ETraveli, whose brands include Gotogate, Flygresor, Seat24, Mytrip, virtual interlining technology provider TripStack and Flight... Read More

News / Startups

On-demand car rental startup Kyte raises $60M for expansion

By Jill Menze | November 10, 2022

The Series B round will help Kyte on its mission to become “the world’s largest operator of electrified fleets.” Read More

News / Online

HomeToGo boosted by last-minute summer bookings

By Linda Fox | November 10, 2022

Vacation rental marketplace HomeToGo has reported booking revenue of €43 million for the third quarter of 2022. Read More

News / Online

OTAs look to longer-term value for marketing dollars

By Linda Fox | November 10, 2022

Direct relationships, channels and loyalty programs are seen as the way forward as OTAs seek a shift from classic performance channels. Read More

News / Online

Studies see possible muted fall, return of holiday travel

By Kathryn Walson | November 9, 2022

A new report reveals consumers are price-shopping on online travel agencies because of economic concerns. Read More

News / Startups

Limehome lands €45M to fund more European expansion

By Linda Fox | November 8, 2022

The investment in the Germany-based business comes from new investors AW Rostamani Group and Capital Four, as well as existing investors HV Capital, Picus Capital and Lakestar. Read More

News / Distribution

TripActions gains foothold in Spain with latest acquisition

By Linda Fox | November 8, 2022

The acquisition of the Spanish company is the fourth for TripActions Group in the past 18 months after Reed & Mackay in 2021 and Comtravo and Resia in early 2022. Read More

News / Online

Tripadvisor beats 2019 revenue for first time, Viator up 138% year-over-year

By Mitra Sorrells | November 7, 2022

Tripadvisor revenue in the third quarter of this year was $459 million, up 51% year-over-year and exceeding Q3 of 2019 by $31 million. Read More

News / Online

Hopper and Capital One extend partnership fueled by new $96M investment

By Mitra Sorrells | November 7, 2022

Capital One Travel uses Hopper Cloud to offer customers features such as price alerts, price drop protection and the ability to cancel a flight for any reason. Read More