Travel Planning

News / Online

Cosmopolitan launches travel booking platform targeting Gen Z and millennials

By Jill Menze | August 17, 2022

With CosmoTrips, the women’s media brand wants to encourage its Gen Z and millennial audience of 62 million to “travel like an editor.” Read More

News / Online

HomeToGo reports revenue increases, strong momentum into Q3

By Linda Fox | August 16, 2022

HomeToGo says it's on target for adjusted EBITDA to break even by 2023. Read More

News / Technology

Business travelers want tech to address travel disruptions

By Jill Menze | August 16, 2022

Since the onset of the pandemic, business travelers have increasingly turned to digital tools such as apps and virtual agents to manage travel disruptions. Read More

News / Online

Trip.com Group on its European ambitions

By PhocusWire | August 16, 2022

Andy Washington, Trip.com Group general manager for Europe, discusses how data will help the OTA become a market leader. Read More

News / Online

Troop, Spotnana partner to integrate meeting space and travel booking

By Elizabeth West - Business Travel News | August 15, 2022

Troop aims to automate the meeting selection process but has not yet offered its own travel booking extension of that sourcing exercise. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: WayAway sees demand for cash-back membership program amid high inflation

By Kathryn Walson | August 15, 2022

WayAway is a price-comparison app that offers a paid-membership plan for consumers to get cash back on travel deals. Read More

News / Online

Travel startup Fora wants to reinvent the travel agent

By Jill Menze | August 11, 2022

Tech-powered travel agency Fora, which just raised $13.5 million, provides resources to anyone looking for a career as a travel advisor. Read More

News / Online

Snowfall to acquire Psngr1 to boost North America presence

By Michael B. Baker - BTN | August 10, 2022

U.K.-based travel technology firm Snowfall plans to merge Psngr1's technology with its own. Read More

News / Online

Trivago touts strong second quarter but prepares for slowdown ahead

By Kathryn Walson | August 9, 2022

In the three months ended June 30, total revenue at Trivago rose by €49.3 million, or 52%, compared to the same period in 2021. Read More

News / Online

Travel sector most likely to see subscription growth

By Jill Menze | August 9, 2022

Among subscription sectors, travel is the most likely to see subscription growth from both existing and new members over the next 12 months. Read More

News / Online

ShareTrip gets $500K infusion to digitize Bangladesh travel sector

By Kathryn Walson | August 9, 2022

Founded in 2014, ShareTrip points to an "immense opportunity" to digitize Bangladesh's tech sector. Read More

News / Technology

Consumers rank travel top spending priority, want buy-now-pay-later options

By Jill Menze | August 8, 2022

According to an Amadeus study, consumers consider travel their highest priority when it comes to discretionary spend, and 75% want pay-by-installment options. Read More