This is a viewpoint from Pamela Whitby, editor of EyeForTravel With the hype around blockchain in travel reaching fever pitch, why not toss something else into an already complicated equation – an initial coin offering (ICO) for an electrically charged flying urban taxi. At EyeforTravel’s recent digital and data…

Last year was “transitional” for Sabre Corp., according to chief executive officer Sean Menke, and “we began this year in a much better position.” Sabre Red success The new version of Sabre Red Workspace, the company’s travel agency desktop, was rolled out to several major customers, including American Express…

Duetto, a revenue strategy platform for hospitality, has closed an $80 million Series D round in funding. The round was led by funds affiliated with private equity firm Warburg Pincus. The funds will go towards improving the company’s existing technology for hotel pricing as well investing in additional products…

Located at LAB Ventures in Miami’s vibrant creative neighborhood of Wynwood, The Future of Travel Summit kicked off with a panel of industry investment heavyweights from Boeing HorizonX, JetBlue Ventures, and VC firm Highgate. While Boeing’s HorizonX is relatively new to the corporate investment tech ecosystem, it has already made…

This is a viewpoint from Dr Martin Buck, senior vice president for Messe Berlin GmbH. Travel technology has tremendously changed the way we travel, from sharing our photos on social media to voice search via GPS-based navigation apps which can show us the way to great food, great attractions…

This is a viewpoint from Sébastien Pichon, industry manager, travel, at Google UK. When it comes to travel, customers have become an impatient bunch. People enjoy a reasonable amount of leisure time, comparatively high disposable income and raging FOMO – the fear of missing out on the latest restaurant or…

TUI Group‘s ongoing digital transformation has created the infrastructure for “destination services” – as in tours, activities and transfers – to become a designated strategic growth area for the business. The news came as part of its 2018 Q1s released today. The importance of its destination services announcement is…

WeTravel, a startup that helps groups, semi-professionals and travel companies organise trips and collect payment, has raised $2 million in seed funding. The round comes from investors including the House Fund, 500 startups, Amino Capital and TubeMogul former CEO Brett Wilson, who joins WeTravel’s board. WeTravel says funds will…

Qubit has published a White Paper revealing top strategies to apply personalization in a meaningful way, presenting a case study of the process followed by Emirates Airlines. With a defined scope for the project, a stated a corporate-wide goal to better understand customers, the airline was able to boost…

Sponsored by Travel Technology Europe. tnooz catches up with Alan Hicks, R&D director for CarTrawler, ahead of his panel session on innovation at Travel Technology Europe. Is innovation an over-used phrase? Innovation has an extremely broad meaning and depending on who or what companies you look at they will have different…