Travel Planning

News / Online

QOTW: Something about Airbnb's legal dilemmas

By PhocusWire | January 5, 2018

Quote from Apartment Investment & Management Co. (Aimco)... Read More

News / Online

How travel giants are retaining confidence of investors

By Mitra Sorrells | January 4, 2018

The Priceline Group and Expedia Inc. are tipped for another strong year ahead, according to two independent financial analysts. Read More

News / Online

Lawsuit against Airbnb dismissed, but battle isn’t over

By Jill Menze | January 3, 2018

Although Airbnb is celebrating a victory over landlord company Apartment Investment & Management Co. in a lawsuit attempting to stop tenants from sharing spaces, the fight is still active. Read More

Notated News / Technology

GetYourGuide, Air Serbia and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | January 3, 2018

In our latest wrap-up of news in brief: ARC partners with GetYourGuide... Verteil Technologies' direct connect India booking... Fujita Kanko's multilingual chatbot... Air Serbia's merchandising... Read More

Opinion / Technology

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Rise of the machines (and humans)

By Rob Greyber - Egencia | December 27, 2017

What a year. On a global scale, 2017’s headlines were both polarizing and surprising, terrifying and exhilarating. Read More

News / Online

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: In-Destination Experiences and End-to-End Journey

By PhocusWire | December 21, 2017

Travel is not about airline seats or hotel rooms - people travel for leisure to experience the destination, business travelers are on a mission to complete specific goals. Read More

News / Online

Niido - Airbnb-powered apartment complex - gets $200M investment

By Jill Menze | December 18, 2017

It might be possible for Airbnb and landlords to play nice after all, at least evidenced by Brookfield Property Partners’ plan to invest as much as $200 million in the Niido Powered by Airbnb... Read More

News / Online

Google tweaks flights and hotels, introduces attractions and car rental

By Jill Menze | December 15, 2017

Google has delivered several more knocks to its travel booking competitors with the launch of new features in its Flights, Trips and hotels search functions. Read More

News / Startups

CryptoBnB - the most zeitgeisty startup of 2017

By Jill Menze | December 13, 2017

Blockchain-based rental platform CryptoBnB aims to shake things up in the home-sharing market. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Augmented reality specs - the race is on

By Laurent Hrybyk - Wired | December 13, 2017

Though the Next Big Thing won’t appear for a while, we know pretty much what it will look like. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: Next generation on what excites them in travel tech

By Kevin May | December 12, 2017

It's usually the people at the top of big companies that get all the attention, both in terms of events and announcements. Read More

Opinion / Online

The evolution of the vacation rental market in Airbnb

By Amiad Soto - Guesty | December 12, 2017

In recent weeks, we have witnessed two significant moves by Airbnb that will have interesting implications on the international, short-term and vacation rental industry. Read More

News / Startups

Booking.com expands startup plan for sustainable tourism

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | December 8, 2017

Booking.com is to extend its Booking Booster Program into a second year, aimed at funding startups that are engaged in sustainable tourism. Read More

News / Technology

Expedia rolls out MICE tech tool to the US

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | December 6, 2017

In an effort to streamline the booking process for hotels and meeting planners, Expedia is rolling out its automated MICE online booking engine in the United States. Read More