This is a roundup of product news and announcements related to travel marketing in June 2017. Friday 9 June 2017: Expedia in tune with music The online travel agency has collaborated with producer Daniel Land to collect performances from musicians around the world, all using the same piece of music…
You find out the conference you’re going to in Vegas ends on a Friday and you decide to extend it through the weekend. Excuse for a long weekend away? That’s right, and you’re part of a travel movement called bleisure. NB This is a viewpoint by Charlene Leiss, president,…
User experience is a key differentiator in the travel industry, but are providers doing enough to make the travel experience seamless? In this webinar, Thomas Helldorff will share tips and insights on how airlines, online travel agents, hotels and travel marketplaces need to put payments at the heart of…
Time is precious, meaning it needs to be used in a worthwhile way – not least when it comes looking for ideas for a trip. NB: This is an analysis by Matt Walker, chief storyteller at LikeWhere. In a survey of travellers we asked: How much time do you spend…
Travelade is the latest startup to bang the drum for recommendations which guide visitors down the off-the-beaten track, although its suggestion that this is an answer to “overtourism” is an interesting deviation. Initially it will concentrate on Iceland and plans to expand globally later this year, with Norway, Cuba…
This is a roundup of product news and announcements related to travel systems in June 2017. Wednesday 7 June 2017: AMEX shines with SunTec SunTec’s Xelerate platform will integrate with the corporate agency giant to show clients real-time product and services from data captured around the world. It also works across…
Indonesia-based OTA Traveloka has launched a proprietary flight-plus-hotel booking engine as it continues to add new product lines and expand into other south-east Asian markets. Caesar Indra, senior vice-president of business development at Traveloka, told Tnooz that “the majority of our tech is built in-house by our engineering team…
Travel websites have been slow to adopt to the (relatively) new secure web browsing format known as HTTPS, potentially causing confusion amongst consumers. Web browsers such as Chrome and Firefox often display warnings in search results against sites that have not switched their pages over to the HTTPS system,…
Airbus has watched as airlines partner with Routehappy to showcase their differentiating features. Now it is getting in on the action to ensure that travelers don’t overlook the differentiating features of its aircraft, particularly the A380 and A350. Airbus has formed an alliance of airlines that fly its aircraft…
Expedia has made a deal in recent years about its stated goal of moving from being a web company to a technology platform. Part of this shift, beyond the obvious business jargon-ness of it, has been the development of tools and services for hotel chains. Tnooz spoke to Cyril Ranque, Expedia…