This is a viewpoint from Amiad Soto, founder of Guesty. The vacation rental industry, alongside the travel industry in general, is booming. Travel has become a right rather than a privilege. The amount of money entering the vacation rental industry reflects a healthy interest in what has become the…

Amazon is launching a new service for hotels to introduce its voice-controlled assistant Alexa for guests to use in their rooms. Alexa for Hospitality will allow hotel guests to make verbal requests through an Amazon Echo device, including room service, housekeeping and contacting the property’s concierge. Through the device,…

The airline industry could save billions a year as well as tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2035 through connected aircraft according to a study. The London School of Economics research conducted for connectivity provider Inmarsat, projects that a $15 billion a year in savings and 21.3 million tonnes of…

Kiwi.com continues to develop new applications based around its “virtual interlining” technology with the launch of an upgrade to its multi-city trip search. The new tool, known as NOMAD, is based on Kiwi.com’s proprietary algorithms and works for travellers who want to visit a number of cities. Currently, Kiwi…

Sponsored by Cendyn. There is a complex web of relationships within the group sales segment – the meeting planner and the hotel, the hotel and the attendees, the attendees and the planner, the planner and the corporate, the corporate and the attendees. Each stakeholder has its own general and…

Skyscanner and travel trends analyst ForwardKeys have partnered  to enhance the statistics they gather on air travel patterns. The collaboration will enable two new ForwardKeys flight searches tools to reveal macro traveller trends—‘Travel Willingness’ and ‘Catchment Area’—which Skyscanner captures as part of its Travel Insight platform. ForwardKeys’ analytics are…

Sponsored by EyeForTravel. Adam Hayashi, VP of Revenue Management & Analytics at AccorHotels, knows about luxury. His career began at the front desk of Toronto’s iconic Fairmont Royal York in the 1990s, where he also met his wife – hence the old railway print of the grand hotel hanging…

Our regular slot on China travel trends sees Tencent initiate an electronic ID pass system, a strategic partnership between booking.com and Spring Airlines and the latest startup investments in the region Airlines updates Booking.com has initiated a strategic partnership with major Chinese low-cost carrier Spring Airlines. The two firms…

Sponsored by Cendyn. In a world where hotels are at the risk of becoming commoditized, it is becoming increasingly clear that differentiation needs to move beyond thread counts, in-room dining options or the number of channels on the TV. The product features of a hotel need to be communicated…

This is an article by Ritesh Gupta for TravelDaily China.It appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. Mobile devices have become the 24/7 consumer companion and groups such Alibaba are taking advantage of all it can offer. To comprehend how travel brands can get closer to their…