The number of trip planning websites is nowhere near as high as it once was, as many a startup has tried and failed to get traction to survive. One of those that has stayed the course is TripHobo, which this week has shared a raft of data about what it…
The travel industry has always been in the inspiration business. Ours is an industry that leverages curiosity and realises experiences which bring us together and open the world. NB: This is a viewpoint by Hugo Burge, CEO of Momondo Group. But for all of the wider social and economic…
If 2016 was the year in which the early adopting airlines completed their roll-outs of wifi, then 2017 will be when others starting catching up. That’s perhaps the top-line finding from an annual State Of The Nation-type report from RouteHappy to illustrate the provision of wifi capability on carriers around…
French car firm Renault has bought Karhoo, the taxi metasearch app which went into administration late last year. The deal has been carried out by Renault’s wholly owned bank RCI, which has bought a majority stake in Flit Technologies, the business which acquired the assets of Karhoo from the…
Singapore’s Changi Airport has unveiled a five-year programme called Living Lab which will allow live testing of technology products and services within the airport. The airport is partnering with the Singapore Economic Development Board to invest $50 million in the programme which is similar to other recent incubators launched in…
In 2011 I wrote an article about the seismic shift in hotel asset management – a change in focus from operations and cost control to a more strategic view, incorporating revenue management. Going through LinkedIn reviewing some of the key players in the field of asset management in the…
Property management system provider Maestro has snapped up the guest feedback software, team and hotel client base of Navicom. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Navicom has developed a guest experience measurement platform that is used by hotels looking capture feedback during a stay. The idea is that hotel…
Sabre has released another megatrends report, this time looking at what hotels can learn from consumer behaviour in Asia-Pacific. It commissioned TrendWatching, a global consumer insights business, to carry out the research. Of the four consumer trends identified, “ubitech” is the most relevant in APAC, a region which “lives…
Upmarket and “unique accommodation in outdoor travel” brand GlampingHub has pulled in $2 million in a new round of funding. Backing the company this time around is investor Alma Mundi Ventures, alongside Howzat Partners, Andalucian government in Spain and private angels from Booking.com, Trivago and Lastminute.com Group. The latest round…
Kantar Millward Brown has released what it claims is the first global research into how Generation Z – people aged between 16 and 19 – respond to advertising. The AdReaction study also compares and contrasts this group with Generations X and Y. While the study does not talk about…