Travel Planning

Opinion / Online

What destinations can learn from data around March Madness

By Scott Garner - ADARA | March 19, 2018

For the NCAA basketball tournament, college loyalists are traveling in shows of support for their favorite teams. Here’s how the Arizona Office of Tourism used travel data to quantify the impact of its... Read More

News / Technology

Voice tech in travel, part 3: The Skyscanner story

By Mitra Sorrells | March 19, 2018

Metasearch engine Skyscanner was one of the first travel sector brands to introduce conversational search interfaces. Read More

News / Distribution

Klook adds to management team with eye on global expansion

By Mitra Sorrells | March 15, 2018

Asia’s largest booking service for tours, activities and other in-destination services has appointed two executives to its management team as it looks to reach travelers around the world. Read More

News / Online

Data shows digital traveler indecision with websites and destinations

By Kevin May | March 15, 2018

Interesting findings shared by Travel Audience illustrate indecision by travelers when browsing for trips. Read More

News / Technology

How smart technology can help hotels ward off bed bugs

By Jill Menze | March 15, 2018

Hotels are putting money toward technology upgrades such as keyless entry to give guests a better in-room experience. But there’s another – albeit less glamorous – application for tech smart that hotels... Read More

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Ctrip ends 2017 on financial high, promises ambitions only just starting

By Mitra Sorrells | March 15, 2018

China’s largest online travel company, Ctrip, posted net revenue gains of 39% in 2017 to $4.1 billion. Read More

News / Online

Airbnb courts hoteliers in crusade against OTAs

By Jill Menze | March 14, 2018

Airbnb has made no secret of its intentions to knock off Expedia and Booking.com from the top of the travel food chain. Read More

News / Online

TurnKey secures $31M to expand its tech-driven management company

By Mitra Sorrells | March 13, 2018

An Austin, Texas-based property management company that differentiates itself by using smart home technology and local customer service teams has raised $31 million in series D funding to expand. Read More

News / Online

Kayak gets first major makeover in three years, includes fees and branded fares

By Mitra Sorrells | March 12, 2018

For the first time in three years, Booking Holdings-owned metasearch engine Kayak has unveiled a redesign of the site. Read More

News / Distribution

TripActions raises $51M to fix “severely broken” corporate travel system

By Mitra Sorrells | March 12, 2018

TripActions believes it has a solution to reinvent business travel by giving travelers more choices, better support and incentives to spend wisely. Read More

News / Technology

Voice tech in travel, part 2: UX and design

By Mitra Sorrells | March 12, 2018

The days of typing search terms into a browser or clicking through drop-down menus may be fading. Rising in their place is a much more natural interface: voice. Here are the characteristics of an... Read More

News / Online

Ctrip's "virtual team managers" assist every one in 10 travelers

By Jill Menze | March 12, 2018

Ctrip’s virtual team managers, or VTM, served more than 10 million of the online travel agency’s 300 million registered members in 2017. Read More

News / Technology

QOTW: Something about Alexa on every imaginable device

By PhocusWire | March 9, 2018

Quote from Matthias Keller, chief scientist at Kayak. Read More

Opinion / Online

Why Airbnb Experiences are a threat to franchised suppliers - not retailers

By Alex Bainbridge - DestinationCTO | March 9, 2018

Innovation when an industry is watching your every move is hard, especially so when you have to bring hundreds of partners with you so have to disclose what you are doing outside of your own business. Read More