Lola, the AI-human powered app and brainchild of former Kayak co-founder Paul English, has pivoted to focus purely on business travel. Relaunching officially last week, and with $45 million in the bank to take the strategy forward, English and his team are promising something “quite different” for business travellers….

The journey may be part of the adventure for leisure travelers, but around 60% of business travelers find time spent in transit irritating, and nearly half find layovers draining, according to a new study by the Global Business Travel Association. The study, conducted in partnership with Sabre, aims to…

Join Expedia Media Solutions as it shares the results of new research, a multi-generational study commissioned with global customer insights agency Northstar, which examines online behaviors and trends of travelers around the world, across devices and throughout the consumer journey. The webinar takes place on Wednesday 18 October. The…

China’s Airbnb-of-sorts Tujia.com has raised another $300 million in a Series E round, led by Ctrip. The deal values Tujia at $1.5 billion. It is the first funding round to be completed since Tujia’s internal restructure, announced last October, when its online and offline businesses were separated out. Tujia’s…

Lufthansa has announced a partnership with Winding Tree, a specialist in blockchain-based B2B travel bookings, which will help the airline group introduce blockchain applications to its own digital products. Lufthansa established its relationship with Winding Tree through the Lufthansa Innovation hub, which aims to identify and capitalize on the…

Welcome to the inaugural tnoozLIVE@ event! We are creating the editorial layer on events and conferences around the world. By bringing our perspective live to the event, we’re able to go deeper into the stories and trends behind the news. Rather than dive into it all here, we’ve put…

While analysts squabble over whether smart watches are a viable market, the wearable technology industry carries on undaunted. Up until now, wearables have mostly been fitness and productivity tools, but that’s changing as the market moves beyond watches and fitness bands. So what will new wearables mean for your…

İGA, contractor and designated operator of Istanbul New Airport, is to implement SITA’s its baggage tracking technology. This technology will allow airlines operating at the airport to meet IATA Resolution 753’s baggage tracking requirements from the first day of operations, scheduled for 2018. SITA’s Baggage Report 2017 showed global…

Air Canada is to implement the Amadeus Altéa Suite passenger service system as well as other Amadeus IT solutions including Anytime Merchandising, preparing it for IATA’s new distribution capability. Duncan Bureau, vice president, global sales, Air Canada says the selection of Altéa is to support the airline’s strategic plans…

I recently took the stage with a panel of hoteliers (and one hotelier-turned-vendor) to discuss direct booking strategies for hotels. The panel kicked off a two-day event hosted by Triptease called the Direct Booking Summit. The tongue-in-cheek event had a slogan that ‘direct bookers are better in bed,’ and…