Last month, a post by Swedish Paralympic athlete Aron Anderson became the latest Trump-related video to go ‘viral’. The video, which has clocked up more than 15 million views, came in response to Trump’s speech which implied that there had been a recent terrorist attack in the Scandinavian nation….
Branded vacation rental network RedAwning has snapped up the assets of fellow rental startup VaycayHero. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. RedAwning will take on the staff, property relationships and technology of the six-year-old company as part of the deal. VaycayHero will continue to run as its…
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel systems in tourism and hospitality for March 2017. Friday 3 March 2017: Amadeus becomes merchant for rail The merchant model allows Amadeus-connected agencies to search and book rail tickets without having to strike commercial deals with individual train operators…
AccorHotels boss Sebastien Bazin wants to use the 4,100 hotels in the group to provide local services to people living in the surrounding neighbourhoods. He has been looking at the group’s capital and labour intensive business, with some 240,000 staff, and comparing it to capital and labor light businesses such Airbnb…
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for distribution in tourism and hospitality for March 2017. Friday 3 March 2017: HRS adds Magnuson Hotels to network More than 1,000 properties from the chain will be placed on the HRS distribution platform, giving 3,000+ corporations access to rates and…
TripAdvisor is to close the Travelpod platform – the second axing of one its consumer content brands in the space of two months. An official confirmed the fate of the 20-year-old company to Tnooz this week after speculation emerged that the Travelpod service would be heading down the same path as…
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for marketing in tourism and hospitality for March 2017. Thursday 2 March 2017: KLM uses emojis for directions Passengers using the airline’s Facebook Messenger channel for customer service can now send an emojio (food, taxi, clothing) from their location on a…
Hotels are often reminded of what they should be doing, or encouraged to try new things as the sector gets more competitive than ever. The latest to have a go was Benjamin Habbel, founding CEO of Voyat, the personalisation technology provider for hotels that sold to Intent Media in June…
European OTA eDreams Odigeo says that mobile is now a bigger source of traffic than desktop in the UK and Italy, with the gap closing in almost all the markets it operates in. It found that Italy is the fastest growing mobile market and has reached the tipping point…
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel people moves in tourism and hospitality for March 2017. Wednesday 1 March 2017: SiteMinder hires two new chiefs Ken Aoyama has become chief product officer at the hotel distribution provider, with David Jaros also moving into the role of…