Electric aircraft, space tourism, and self-driving vehicles are set to transform travel in the next decade. Tomorrow (Tuesday 9th) tnooz will live stream insights into these trends, and more, with our friends at NEXT Travel Stream. Join the conversation at the tnooz.com home page, starting at 5pm ET. NEXT Travel…

easyJet has added an extension to its app that lets would-be travelers find and book destinations based on pictures shared on Instagram.  The new Look & Book feature, an extension to the airline’s iOS app,  lets users clip images from Instagram and upload them directly to the booking engine…

Air France-KLM has taken a cue from Lufthansa to become the latest major airline to sign a deal with Winding Tree, the blockchain start-up looking to play disruptor with its decentralised travel ecosystem. “With blockchain technology, we aim to revolutionise exchanges within the travel industry for our customers, companies…

Sabre has launched its Digital Airline Commercial Platform with Aeroflot, Ethiopian Airlines and Etihad as its first three airline customers. The platform, also known as DACP, was announced by Sabre earlier this year and promises to deliver  “end-to-end personalised retailing” for airlines “across all customer touchpoints”. It claims that…

Routehappy by ATPCO has expanded its content hub options for airline brand differentiation with a new Routehappy Rich Content Solutions for Airlines, comprising Amenities Hub, UTA Hub and UPA Hub. These content hubs allow airlines a wider range of features to create, manage, and distribute rich content related to…

As we all know, travellers have a vast range of options when it comes to what to buy and who to buy it with. Consumer-facing online brands devote a lot of time and effort building up the inventory available and in getting travellers to their site. Once on the…

This is a viewpoint by Volkan Cagsal, CEO of Adphorus. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few years, you will have witnessed the rapid growth of social media impacting all aspects of how marketers reach and interact with their audiences. In fact, more than 3…

Hopper has raised CA$130m ($100 million) in a Series D round with the cash earmarked to expand its presence globally, further AI enhancements and recruitment. The funding brings the total raised so far by the mobile-only business to CA$235 million ($184 million). Frederic Lalonde, CEO and co-founder of Hopper,…

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has extended its augmented reality (AR) hand baggage size check feature, recently introduced to its iOS App, to all passengers through the KLM Messenger platform. And eDreams ODIGEO has also announced plans to integrate a similar function into its iOS app. The KLM AR hand…

The vast majority of business travellers always book trips within their organisation’s travel policy, but US employees are the most likely to break these rules, according to a new study. A global survey of 5,200 business travellers by Expedia’s travel management brand Egencia found that 82% of corporate travellers…