This is a viewpoint from Nancy Knipp, SVP of Airport Lounge Development (ALD). Always-connected, highly-mobile millennials are forging new norms for leisure and business travel, making the use of technology and the focus on unique experiences the hallmarks of their travel habits. It is important to understand the changing…

Summer is upon us, and beaches, pools and resorts are filled with revellers enjoying their travels around the world. Yet, even as vacations are being enjoyed now, it was the meticulous planning done in the spring that was responsible for the hotel bookings, travel arrangements, tour reservations and more…

Amadeus’ latest earnings show that revenues and EBITDA are up, despite a drop in volumes and share from travel agency air bookings in western Europe. Top-line figures for the six months to end-June18 shows revenue up 4.1%  to €2,477.0 million and EBITDA up 8.2% to €1,078.2 million compared with…

While blockchain is still in the early stages of review in the airline industry, two airlines recently took big leaps forward. Lufthansa and SAP have partnered to launch the “world’s first aviation blockchain challenge” in a push to find working blockchain solutions. The ideas competition will be run by…

Sponsored by Checkfront. The go-to statistic when discussing the potential of tours and activities comes from research which says the sector will be worth “$183 billion by 2020.” That sum represents a vast opportunity – for B2B tech providers, B2C distributors, wholesalers and aggregators, the businesses providing the tours…

tnooz is proud to once again be live streaming from a major travel industry event. Next month we are partnering with BCD Travel and will be broadcasting live from the floor at the Global Business Travel Association’s annual expo in San Diego, August 13 – 15. Martin Cowen, tnooz…

AccorHotels remains committed to its new businesses, despite a “disappointing” performances from its luxury home rental brand onefinestay and concierge service JohnPaul. The top-line financials for the six months to end-June18 are generally strong across the many and various metrics used by a hospitality chain which operates “more than…

A new study by PYMNTS and Amadeus shows that there is a nervousness in the industry around changing payment processing structures, despite an awareness that there could be material bottom-line benefits in doing so. Up to 5.4% of travel sales globally, or $74.5 billion, are hoovered up by payment…

This is a viewpoint from Mitul Makadia, founder of Maruti Techlabs. Over the past couple of years, changes within the technology space have brought forward a paradigm shift and disrupted a myriad of industries. In the case of hotels, artificial intelligence in hospitality has the power to impact and transform…

Multi-modal search and booking engine GoEuro has added three new destinations and six new languages as it heads towards its mid-2019 target of covering all of Europe. The new countries are Ukraine, Norway and Finland. GoEuro has deals in place with Ukrainian Railways, Nettbus Norway and VR Group. It promises to add…