Expedia Affiliate Network, alongside sister-brand Hotels.com, is the latest travel company to launch an accelerator programme. Hotel Jumpstart, as the initiative is called, will provide startups with mentoring, technology such as APIs, and workspace to help them grow their businesses. The scheme is being run with London’s Traveltech Lab,…
Amadeus Ventures, a fund for early-stage startups, has announced its ninth investment with a tenth in the pipeline. Barcelona-based Avuxi (startup pitch here) helps visitors to a destination find the most popular places to go via a ranking system. Investment in the company feeds directly into the fund’s strategy to support…
This is an article from China Travel News.This article appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. The concept of airline distribution needs to evolve to being more than just the completion of a transaction according to a senior airline executive in China. Guoxiang Wu, SVP, marketing division,…
This is a roundup of news and announcements related to travel systems in October 2017. Wednesday 18 October Alipay teams up with Nordic travel companies to deliver “smart tourism” to Chinese visitors. Alipay, the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform has signed separate MoUs with Finpro (Finland), Svensk…
Amadeus is “developing live prototypes and cultivating a network of specialist partners” as it delves deeper into the potential of Blockchain in travel. The comment comes from Katherine Grass, head of innovation and ventures for Amadeus, introducing a new Amadeus Innovation foresights paper called “Blockchain: harnessing its potential in…
Tech-enabled vacation rental management company Vacasa has closed a Series B round worth $103.5 million, with CEO Eric Breon saying that the focus now to scale up inventory in the US and internationally. The Series B round, which Vacasa says is “the largest funding round in the industry to…
The travel industry should look to Asia, or more specifically China, to determine where commerce technology is headed. This was the view of Skyscanner chief Gareth Williams as he presented his keynote session at ACTE-CAPA in London last week. Williams says there are already advancements in Asia today, which…
Airbnb and Miami-based Newgard Development Group are building a “home- sharing community” in Kissimmee, Fla., that will open next year. Branded as “Niido Powered by Airbnb,” it will be the first of a series of developments by Newgard that will support home-sharing in communities across the Southeastern U.S. Niido…
Creating a flawless payment journey across various channels is becoming ever more important to ensure customers hit that ‘pay’ button. In this webinar, which takes place on Tuesday 31 October, we’ll preview global trends in transaction data, giving you an inside scoop on what to expect as you plan…
ATPCO and SITA are collaborating on NDC Exchange, an industry-owned platform designed to lower the barriers to adoption of IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) for air fares and ancillary sales. The platform will provide simple, cost-effective API connectivity for airlines and their partners to facilitate the exchange of data….