Sponsored by Global Aviation Festival What are the top 10 buzzwords in aviation and travel in 2018? We’ve already identified the top five – digital, experience, loyalty, ancillary and AI/artificial intelligence – which you can see in the corresponding article here. At the Global Aviation Festival in London we…
tnooz is proud to have been selected by the Global Aviation Festival to be their exclusive live streaming partner for their world class conference and expo beginning September 6, 2018. Presented by JetBlue Technology Ventures, and sponsored by Travelaer, tnooz will be bring you hours of fascinating discussions, interviews…
This is a viewpoint by Ted Sullivan, vice president of resort and destination analytics for Adara. Destination marketers (DMOs) are able to craft a compelling campaign and distribute said campaign on the appropriate channels. But most need help with the third and arguably most important step – measuring the…
Fetch.AI, the smart ledger firm whose founders include scientists and investors from DeepMind, has linked up with hospitality m-commerce specialist wi-Q Technologies to offer AI-powered predictions and personalized offers. Deep Mind, an artificial intelligence research company, was acquired by Google in 2014 for a reported $600 million. Meanwhile, wi-Q recently…
Emerging technologies including blockchain, virtual reality and bots can help corporate travel buyers to improve their sourcing from suppliers, according to a new guide from travel management company BCD Travel. BCD is producing a series of short papers to illustrate to travel buyers how they could soon use new…
In a contract worth $9.3 million, US Department of Defense (DoD) has selected SAP Concur to develop a business travel system prototype that would replace its current Defense Travel System. In the announcement the DoD describes its current system as “aging and inefficient” and says it expects that the…
Thomas Cook is to extend its “white label” online booking partnership with Expedia across European markets over the next few months. The tour operator started selling Expedia’s city break and hotel-only product through its UK website at the end of July, as part of an alliance which gives Thomas…
This is a viewpoint by Becky Power, travel lead for Google UK. They famously say that humour doesn’t travel. Well, whoever ‘they’ are, Hostelworld decided to put ‘them’ to the test by dropping Phil Wang, an English comedian of Malaysian descent, into a crowd in Indonesia to try to…
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published its latest consumer survey which shows a drop in overall airline passenger satisfaction to 83% compared to 90% in the first survey conducted in the spring of 2016. The study, conducted by ComRes on behalf of the CAA between 29 March…
OYO signed 400 hotels and 25,000 rooms in China last month alone; Ctrip‘s offline shops attract new customers; a fresh take on Klook‘s $200 million and more. Jin Jiang, OYO To lower its debt, HNA Group has finally agreed to sell Radisson Holdings to a consortium led by hospitality group Jin…