European tour operating veteran Thomas Cook Group has acknowledged that “customers continue to shift online” with online revenues for the business up by 18% across the group. However, specific references to its digital strategy appear haphazardly throughout today’s half-yearly earnings, perhaps doing a disservice to its improvements in this…

Routehappy signed a multi-year subscription deal to create, manage and distribute rich content for the Lufthansa Group (LHG) via the Routehappy Hub. Routehappy also will integrate with Lufthansa Group’s NDC API, matching targeted rich content to the carriers’ NDC offers, thereby making them more compelling to shoppers and flyers….

This is a viewpoint from Gitit Greenberg, director of digital insights at SimilarWeb. In an industry as large and significant as travel, even minor changes to the digital hierarchy can have major ramifications. Yet, far more exciting are the type of major changes that can shake the foundations of…

A recent Think with Google article suggests that “app versus mobile web” arguments should be consigned the recycle bin and that brands need to start thinking how these two “unique” formats can work together. The piece is not specific to travel, but the insights are relevant for brands whose…

This is a viewpoint from Johnny Francis, head of data science and advanced analytics at Forward3D. A lot of marketing is based around impulse buying. You only have to walk down the street to see sale sign after sale sign enticing you buy that shirt that you really don’t…

This is the latest in a series of articles spun out of tnoozLIVE@ITB, recorded live over three days at ITB Berlin this March. More clips and interviews to come here, as well as on our YouTube channel. Cendyn’s “About Us” page  references its “twenty years of success in the…

Stay22 is an accommodation solution for event organisers and platforms. The startup enables companies to create map-based accommodation listings for their events with commute times to the event location and other local information. The Montreal-based startup took part in Travelport Labs accelerator program last year and has also recently…

This is a viewpoint from Ollie Gandy, client services director of Yes & Pepper. For most travel companies, data is the aeroplane that’ll fly them into a consumer’s inbox, psyche and wallet. With the growing desire from consumers for an exotic social media cover photo parading some adventurous holiday…

This is the latest in a series of articles spun out of tnoozLIVE@ITB, recorded live over three days at ITB Berlin this March. More clips and interviews to come here, as well as on our YouTube channel. A fragmented supply base with an inconsistent level of in-house tech,  growing…

A few weeks ago Zucchetti, a company providing software and hardware for the hospitality industry among others, quietly acquired Italy-based rival Simple Booking. Tnooz reached out to both companies to talk about the acquisition. Zucchetti, founded in 1978, employs almost 4,000 and claims to have more than 1,000 partners…