The latest travel fraud story to hit the UK front pages ticks the boxes required to strike fear into the heart of Middle England – Russian cybercriminals are hacking travel loyalty schemes and living a life of luxury at the expense of hardworking Brits by selling these points on…

Since their launch, airline loyalty programs have become valuable revenue drivers, brand builders, marketing tools and assets. They play a critical role in airline profitability, and competitiveness. As consumer trends change, airline loyalty programs must evolve to keep consumers engaged, especially as carriers move to revenue-based loyalty rewards. This…

Tucked away in a raw basement of Marriott International’s headquarters in Bethesda, MD, is the hotel company’s Innovation Lab, home of the “hotel room of the future.” With the Internet of Things at its disposal, Marriott set out to design and build a prototype hotel room from scratch with…

This is a regular roundup of some of the latest mobile application startup launches in travel covering everything from trip inspiration and planning to virtual assistants. Hoof What is it? Hoof aims to help users log their travels, share experiences and manage who sees their check-ins and posts. It…

This is the continuation of a series of articles spun out of tnoozLIVE@Arival, recorded live at the Arival in-destination event held at the LINQ in Las Vegas. More clips to come! To learn more about how to bring tnoozLIVE@ to your event, please email Kerry Cannon. Reservation technology is…

Travel commerce platform Switchfly becomes the latest travel technology company offering to help airlines solve costly Irregular Operations (IROP) incidents by making passenger re-accommodation faster and easier. In a new Travel Disruptions: Airline IROP Management report, Switchfly estimates the cost of IROP to airlines as at least $8.3 billion…

Travel-focused ad tech firm Sojern has bought Facebook (and Instagram) marketing partner Adphorus for an undisclosed sum. Some reports in the Turkish press – Adphorus is based in Istanbul – suggest that the price paid was $42 million, although a spokesperson explained that this was a vagary of Google…

Airbnb has acquired Accomable, a website listing accessible accommodation Accomable, founded in 2015, with the aim of making it easier for everyone to travel, regardless of any disabilities. The statement from Airbnb says: “Airbnb’s mission is to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere, and that includes travelers…

There’s been a lot going on over at Rocketrip. As a guest host with the Travel is Your Business podcast crew, I was pleased to sit down with Dan Ruch, Rocketrip‘s CEO, to explore the story behind the company. And not just the story behind the latest news at…

This is the continuation of a series of articles spun out of tnoozLIVE@Arival, recorded live at the Arival in-destination event held at the LINQ in Las Vegas. More clips to come! To learn more about how to bring tnoozLIVE@ to your event, please email Kerry Cannon. TripAdvisor’s shift into…