Evolve Vacation Rental Network has acquired the technology and intellectual property assets of Everbooked, a dynamic pricing platform for the short-term rental industry. Founded in 2011, Evolve has more than 9,000 properties under management in more than 500 markets across North America. The company handles all marketing, booking and…

On a scale of one to ten, how lucky are you? On the “Luck Scale” of life I’m at a 10. I Believe anyone should say 10. I’m here, I’m breathing, I’ve had a great life and I continue to love living in a world where we can travel…

A gap in the user experience between consumer and corporate travel platforms leaves many business travelers frustrated – and booking outside of approved tools. Nevertheless, a majority (90%) of business travelers believe travel is essential to driving growth for their companies, and 91% prefer to close a deal in…

NDC debut alert! Travelport reckons its has become the first of the global distribution systems to manage live bookings of flights using the new connection standard. The company claims the first transaction made by a GDS using New Distribution Capability was made by a British travel agency (Meon Valley…

This article was written by Marta Lopez, who works in online marketing at Mirai. A few days ago, Google informed users that it will change the brand-protection policy on its text adverts on Google Ads (what used to be known as AdWords). This is something which Simone Puerto previously wrote…

SevenRooms has received investment from Amazon’s Alexa fund to develop voice-enabled technology for restaurants. The company, which specializes in front-of-house technology, will use the Alexa Skills Kit to develop a skill enabling restaurants to incorporate voice into day-to-day operations. The skill could include the ability for waiting staff to…

Social travel network Mapify has raised $1.3 million in seed funding. Investment for the Berlin-based startup comes from a number of funds and angel investors including Switzerland-based Ennea VC and Los Angeles-based LayJax Ventures. Mapify was launched in late 2017 to improve the travel experience through a social platform….

It’s been quite a year for Klook and GetYourGuide – both in terms of their individual strategies and the changes taking place in the tours and activities sector that they operate in. Klook is now the most heavily funded tours and activities startup in history, notching up just under…

Metasearch dates back to 1999, when both SideStep and FareChase launched as search engines that aggregated prices from other online sites. The following years saw many additional entrants into the metasearch arena – some created with that specific purpose, such as Skyscanner (2001), Kayak (2004) and Wego and Trivago…

One of the central tenets of the Power Paradox in travel is how some of the biggest brands ever assembled in the industry “have aggregated the content, established the trust and amassed the war chests to defend against upstarts.” This scenario is no more apparent than in the influence…