Turkish authorities have ordered the temporary suspension for some of the operations at Booking.com in the country. The injunction was imposed by a court in Istanbul during an ongoing dispute with the country’s main travel association. The ban means that, for the time being, Turkish hotels are not available…
Hitwise has been looking at online visitors to US airlines in terms of age and gender of passengers, household earnings and which carriers are attracting the most traffic online in the past three years. The charts are self-explanatory with market share remaining fairly consistent but noteworthy is Southwest Airlines online share…
OneTwoTrip has raised $3 million in funding from Bank Saint Petersburg with the bank taking a small stake in the online travel agency. In a statement, the Russia-based OTA says it plans to use the funds for new product lines and to strengthen the brand. OneTwoTrip was launched in…
Product development and geographic expansion are on the schedule for Travelaer after it raised a €4.3 million funding round. The money has come from lead investor Entrepreneur Venture and with Pleiade Venture also involved. Existing backers Calypso Capital and Alderville also came back. The company has raised 1.5 million in an early…
In marketing, there is often the tendency to make decisions based on instincts, which can sometimes generate enormous success. But what if the instincts are off? The business could fail, or at the very least, money that could have been spent on a better investment is wasted. This is…
Asian travel brands have plenty of room to grow sales of ancillaries by presenting customers with personalized offers. A report prepared by SapientRazorfish in the lead-up to Digital Travel Asia shows that while the share of revenue generated from ancillaries is modest. 61% of those surveyed said ancillary sales…
IATA sent out an urgent call to governments to come up with alternatives to the US and UK’s bans on larger electronic devices in some aircraft cabins. The two countries recently impose new rules requiring airline passengers flying nonstop on inbound flights from various airports in the Middle East…
Loyalty building is apparently a high priority for Asia’s travel brands, with data analytics as a top priority to deliver loyalty-fostering personalization. The survey, part of a recent report by digital consultancy SapientRazorfish, prepared for the Digital Travel Asia Summit, shows that of 100 senior travel executives serving the…
Global rock stars aren’t normally attracted to the technology that powers activities and events technology – unless you’re The Edge from U2. He is one of a number of financial backers of Coras, a new platform for connecting suppliers of activities and events in destinations to intermediaries. The guitarist…
Hotel revenue management specialist IDeaS has bought the assets of Smart Space Strategy, a provider of technology to hotels for organising events. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The company creates software to manage events, organise pricing, property analysis and forecasting. It integrates with a hotel’s existing property management system….