Indonesia-based OTA Traveloka has launched a proprietary flight-plus-hotel booking engine as it continues to add new product lines and expand into other south-east Asian markets. Caesar Indra, senior vice-president of business development at Traveloka, told Tnooz that “the majority of our tech is built in-house by our engineering team…
Travel websites have been slow to adopt to the (relatively) new secure web browsing format known as HTTPS, potentially causing confusion amongst consumers. Web browsers such as Chrome and Firefox often display warnings in search results against sites that have not switched their pages over to the HTTPS system,…
Airbus has watched as airlines partner with Routehappy to showcase their differentiating features. Now it is getting in on the action to ensure that travelers don’t overlook the differentiating features of its aircraft, particularly the A380 and A350. Airbus has formed an alliance of airlines that fly its aircraft…
Expedia has made a deal in recent years about its stated goal of moving from being a web company to a technology platform. Part of this shift, beyond the obvious business jargon-ness of it, has been the development of tools and services for hotel chains. Tnooz spoke to Cyril Ranque, Expedia…
Digital ad dollars and travel statistics aside, the travel industry could be doing a lot more to maximize its bottom line. Given the data, technology and systems that are in place, this can be achieved through a shift in attention. NB This is a viewpoint by Nancy Hall, senior…
SkyTeam says it’s making progress with its data sharing integration between members and what that might mean for personalised air travel. The alliance has nearly completed the first phase of its travel disruption management strategy, involving open coordination of the four PSS systems used by SkyTeam airlines: Amadeus, TravelSky,…
Sepage is now part of TravelSoft, in a deal to bring artificial intelligence tools for tourism to a wider audience. Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed. Travelsoft is the owner of Orchestra, a travel offer distribution and reservation platform based in France. The company says the deal with allow it…
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, which opened June 5, could sound the death knell for nearly 10,000 mobile travel apps. Apple has given strong hints that the conference, which marks the debut of iOS 11, will also mark the end of the road for apps that have not upgraded to…
We all know the message that Airbnb is supposedly beating the hotel sector in a number of ways. While the hotel industry is experiencing strong growth since the downturn of the economy, alternative (private?) accommodation from the likes of Airbnb and HomeAway has been chipping away at the hospitality…
India-based online travel agency Goomo is just a few months old but has managed to raise a massive $50 million in private equity funding. A Mauritius-based group known as Emerging India is backing the company in a series of tranches, with $25 million already put into the company. Goomo…