This is a viewpoint from Christi Olson who heads up evangelism for Bing at Microsoft. If you’re a travel marketer, you’ve had a few weeks to recover from the holiday insanity, and you know that the next big peak in travel is hot on your heels: spring travel demand, driven by…

Sponsored by Sabre By 2020, spending on business travel is forecast to reach US$1.6 trillion worldwide, according to the GBTA. With more high flyers expected to take to the skies than ever before, how can travel management companies help businesses deliver a frictionless travel experience while still controlling costs?…

This is the continuation of a series of articles spun out of tnoozLIVE@TTE, recorded live at the TTE event Olympia, London. More clips to come! To learn more about how to bring tnoozLIVE@ to your event, please email Ella Sopp. Codegen launched in 1999 and has been implementing artificial…

Routehappy took a big step toward integration with its new owner, ATPCO, and toward moving the industry closer to the mainstreaming of NDC. Routehappy’s rich airline content, organized on a platform for easy flight shopping, has been integrated into the NDC Exchange, a joint project of ATPCO and SITA…

Tripcents plans to use gamification to get people traveling more places within their budget. Users share travel preferences to get itinerary recommendations and can then set goals to save up enough to pay for their trip. The app helps with travel planning, including financial goals, to get there and…

A new front has opened up in the battle for hotel bookings: OTAs vs Airbnb. After Airbnb announced its intentions to open up its platform to hotels, there were major implications for stakeholders across the travel and hospitality industries. Airbnb wasted no time in going on the offensive, launching…

This is a viewpoint from David MacHale, digital marketing director, Travelport Digital. Travelers have gone all Shania Twain on us recently. To steal a line from her ‘90s classic, travelers might as well be humming: “So you’ve got a new mobile-friendly website?…That don’t impress me much!” Travelers expect travel…

All Nippon Airways would like humans to have working avatars right here on Earth. During SXSW in Austin, the Japanese airline has announced a four-year competition  – ANA Avatar XPRIZE – to aid development of technologies that might support a “multipurpose avatar system” that could offer aid to people…

Ah, the blockchain. The travel startup ecosystem around this emerging technology continues to expand. This time, it’s Cool Cousin with a new cryptocurrency named ‘CUZ’ to facilitate transactions between its ecosystem partners. The 16-person startup has created a community of locals that personalize itineraries, with the content being created…

TripUniq, the Spain-based startup that provides travelers with bespoke travel itineraries for 82 cities across six continents, received a €170,000 round of funding last May. Since launching in 2015, while part of accelerator program SeedRocket, the startup has brought more than 5,600 travelers together with local city bloggers, influencers…