SITA‘s 2017 Baggage Report shows that, globally, airlines and airports are getting better at baggage handling efforts, with continuing improvements in Asia and North America offsetting a worse-than-last-year performance in Europe. Using the “mishandled bag per 1,000 passengers” rate – the global figure of 5.73 represents a 12% improvement…

There’s a new wearable revolution afoot, and it’s got nothing to do with your wrist. It’s called “woven technology,” or tech that’s woven right into fabric. Tech giant Google has partnered with the original jeans-maker Levi’s to showcase just how this technology could change everyday life. This partnership marks…

At long last, Southwest Airlines will migrate its domestic operations to the Amadeus Altéa passenger services system on May 9. The carrier moved its international flying, inherited in the 2011 acquisition of AirTran, to Altéa three years ago. Southwest carries more domestic passengers than any other US airline, so…

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel devices in May 2017. Wednesday 3 May 2017: Lufthansa expands wifi capability The Germany-based carrier and sister brand Austrian Airlines will have web access on nearly 80 aircraft, with packages at €3, €7 and €12. The fleet’s aircraft included in the service…

Storytelling is experiencing a Renaissance, adapting to our digital world as consumers, well, consume media and content in a variety of formats. While the devices travellers carry with them are chock-full of alerts, messaging, productivity apps, games and other attention-grabbers, they also serve portable bookstores and digital newsstands. While…

India’s MakeMyTrip has announced a share placement and purchase agreement which will net the business gross proceeds of $330 million. The money raised “will be used to fund business expansion, strategic investments, technology and product development, marketing and promotions, working capital and general corporate purposes.” There are two components…

Direct-booking champion TripTease is opening what it hopes will be another weapon in the arsenal of ways to lure business away from online travel agencies. The launch of Direct Booking Platform: Ilio Edition follows a $9 million capital-raise in April this year, in a Series B round led by BGF Ventures….

Sabre is looking into an “unauthorized access” incident affecting its hospitality unit’s SynXis reservation system. The acknowledgement comes in its 10-Q filing released yesterday at the same time as its first quarter earnings. The specific paragraph relates to “contingencies/legal proceedings” and says: “We are investigating an incident involving unauthorized…

Sabre almost hit the $1 billion in revenue milestone for the first quarter of 2017 in its earnings report released this week. The tech giant scored $915.4 million for the first three months of the year, up by 6.5% on the same period in 2016. Adjusted EBITDA increased by 3.5%…

When potential customers arrive on your landing pages, you want to make sure they don’t take off before making the most of what you have to offer. In all facets of the travel sector, first impressions are everything. And a landing page is no different. NB: This is an analysis…