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News / Technology

Research Spotlight: Are bots the future of brick and mortar?

By Jill Menze | August 14, 2019

A new report from Phocuswright examines how several chatbot startups found a way to turn bot limitations into a feature rather than a bug. Read More

Amex GBT acquires Middle East Kanoo Travel

News / Online

American Express GBT acquires stake in Middle East TMC

By Mitra Sorrells | August 13, 2019

American Express Global Business Travel has taken a 65% stake in Kanoo Travel, a TMC focused on the Middle East. Read More

Opinion / Online

How travel marketers can capture the "momentary market"

By Joel Davis - Mighty Social | August 13, 2019

It wasn’t that long ago that all marketing eyes were on hyper-personalization, yet we have already shifted to an era where each individual customer has their own reality and every moment represents an... Read More

News / Online

TripAdvisor focuses on good news in Experiences as overall revenue continues to fall

By Kevin May | August 8, 2019

Revenue increased from $376 million to $422 million over the course of the first and second quarters of 2019 but year-over-year the business is down 3% in the comparable three-month periods. Read More

Interview / Distribution

In the Big Chair - Dan Ruch of Rocketrip

By Linda Fox | August 7, 2019

Before creating Rocketrip, Ruch was entrepreneur-in-residence at Genacast Ventures for 12 months. He also had a four-year stint at Tremor Video and was a director at AOL. Read More

News / Distribution

Culture Trip finally unveils its online travel agency, promises to cover the full funnel

By Linda Fox | August 6, 2019

The company claims it has spent a lot of time understanding customer needs and is not just “replicating a bog standard OTA.” Read More

Interview / Online

STARTUP STAGE: GreatGuides wants adventure travel guides to control their own destiny

By Jill Menze | August 6, 2019

GreatGuides is a marketplace to connect adventure travelers with adventure guides. Guides create and control their itineraries and pricing and keep up to 90% of trip fees. Read More

Business travel part 1 investor perspective

News / Startups

Business Travel, part 1: The (major) investor opportunity

By Mitra Sorrells | August 5, 2019

For the first part in our monthlong series on business travel, we talk to investors in three of the sector's biggest startups - Lola.com, TravelPerk and TripActions. Read More

News / Online

Two-decade-old hotel website LateRooms faces financial collapse

By Linda Fox | August 2, 2019

The LateRooms brand, which is part of the Malvern Group and is currently facing financial difficulties, has somewhat of a checkered back story. Read More

News / Online

Hipcamp pegs $25M investment to expand camp and alternative accommodation platform

By Kevin May | July 25, 2019

Leading the Series B round is Andreessen Horowitz's Cultural Leadership Fund, with Yes VC also participating for the first time. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Eddy Travels provides personalized trip planning in messaging apps

By Mitra Sorrells | July 23, 2019

Eddy Travels is an AI-powered travel assistant that functions inside messaging platforms such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Slack, Viber and Line. Read More

News / Online

Influential travel sites for booking not always the big players

By Linda Fox | July 19, 2019

Online travel agents might be spending billions on marketing yet very few make the cut when it comes to sites used to choose a hotel. Read More

Opinion / Online

Being your own boss - the importance of web content for tour and activity providers

By Chris Torres - Tourism Marketing Agency | July 19, 2019

If you run a tour or activity company in 2019, you cannot succeed without a high‐performing website. Read More

Pickyourtrail Tourism Australia partnership

News / Startups

Travel tech startup Pickyourtrail targets booming market of Indian travelers to Australia

By Mitra Sorrells | July 17, 2019

Indian travel planning startup Pickyourtrail is partnering with Tourism Australia to target the booming market of Indian travelers to that country. Read More

News / Online

TripAdvisor still inspires booking confidence, new study shows

By Jill Menze | July 16, 2019

Despite cries of fake content infiltrating reviews sites, travelers are still turning to TripAdvisor ahead of booking trips, a new study shows. Read More

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