Travel Planning

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: GAFFL connects solo travelers to plan trips, split costs

By Mitra Sorrells | March 1, 2019

GAFFL, or, Get a Friend for Life, is intended to help solo travelers find others planning similar itineraries to travel together and share costs. Read More

News / Distribution

Booking Holdings breaks down private accommodation revenues for first time, now at 20% of total

By Mitra Sorrells | February 27, 2019

As part of its fourth quarter and full-year 2018 financial report, Booking Holdings is disclosing details on Booking.com's alternative accommodations business, which now accounts for 20% of the... Read More

News / Online

Booking.com highlights its breadth of accommodations in new U.S. ad campaign

By Mitra Sorrells | February 26, 2019

Booking.com is launching a new brand marketing campaign that encourages U.S. consumers to stop dreaming and start booking. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Seamless and secure cross-border travel - the tech is here, collaboration needed next

By Liselotte de Maar and Rajeev Kaul - Accenture | February 22, 2019

Using biometrics and cryptography, KTDI enables the creation of unique, verifiable and secure digital identities for travelers that will provide them with nearly hassle-free travel. Now it needs... Read More

News / Online

What's on the minds of 600+ travel marketers? Personalization - and Facebook

By Jill Menze | February 21, 2019

Sojern's massive survey of more of travel marketers identifies key challenges and priorities for advertisers in 2019. Read More

Opinion / Online

The mobile-first world holds tremendous revenue potential for hoteliers - here's why

By Max Starkov - HEBS Digital | February 20, 2019

As the travel planning process increases in complexity, hoteliers need to find ways to engage their best potential guests across multiple touch points and across all devices, especially mobile. Read More

News / Online

Lonely Planet buys ArrivalGuides, plots industry partnership model

By Linda Fox | February 19, 2019

Age-old guidebook-turned-digital travel content brand Lonely Planet buys ArrivalGuides as it looks to forge B2B partnerships. Read More

News / Technology

A practical guide for affordable virtual reality productions in travel

By Jamie Biesiada - Travel Weekly | February 12, 2019

VR has one big downside: Creating professional-level content is expensive - some might say prohibitively expensive. Read More

TripActions new flight shopping interface

News / Distribution

TripActions introduces new flight shopping experience for business travelers

By Mitra Sorrells | February 5, 2019

TripActions is rolling out a new interface to provide a better flight shopping experience for business travelers. Read More

News / Startups

Festicket adds $4.6M to expand festival travel packages platform

By Linda Fox | February 5, 2019

Festicket adds a further $4.6 million in funding, hot on the heels of its recent $10.5 million Series D round. Read More

News / Online

China, part 1: The big (and getting bigger) picture

By Mitra Sorrells | February 4, 2019

Travel brands and suppliers need to be aware that the Chinese travel market is not only growing - it is also changing. Read More

News / Startups

Bag-storage service LuggageHero bags $1.45M to expand in U.S. and Europe

By Jill Menze | February 4, 2019

LuggageHero - named one of PhocusWire’s Hot 25 Startups for 2019 - has raised $1.45 million to expand its luggage-storage operations to 36 additional cities. Read More

News / Online

Virtuoso launches Netflix-like agent tool to collect data on customer preferences

By Jamie Biesiada - Travel Weekly | January 31, 2019

Virtuoso is selling the tool to members and encouraging them to use it as part of their consultative services. Read More

News / Online

Shifts in demographics, desired features drive cruise marketing strategies

By Mitra Sorrells | January 31, 2019

Data from MMGY Global points to growing interest in cruising among younger travelers and also a shift in features that influence purchase decisions. Read More