According to Amanda Johnson, teacher at Study.com, “Summer reading is critical to not only retain information but also to grow in knowledge and critical thinking skills”. And, even though the study refers to children during school summer breaks, this is true for travel tech professionals as well. In our…

Satellite connectivity supplier Inmarsat has published its fourth annual Inflight Connectivity Survey, which shows that the availability of good-quality wifi onboard can be a loyalty driver for airlines. The survey is based on responses from 9,300 passengers across 32 markets in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and…

Tencent is tipped for a major OYO Rooms investment, while China’s domestic and outbound summer season could be worth more than $45 billion with 500 million trips expected. Plus JV’s, hotel marketing and loyalty partnerships and startup funding in this latest round-up. Ctrip, Tencent and Alibaba  Ctrip has launched…

UK tour operators are grabbing a larger share of online travel bookings, according to the latest research from Mintel. Over the past year, there has been an increase in UK consumers making online bookings directly through the websites of tour operators, including TUI, Thomas Cook and Jet2Holidays, which rose…

This is a viewpoint by Julie Grieve, founder and CEO of Criton. Hoteliers have always focused on the guest experience, but never before has a guest’s experience outside of the hotel room mattered almost as much as their experience within the room. Guests now rely on peers and online…

The recent 2018 FIFA World Cup captivated audiences and drew visitors to Russia, but it also set new standards for technology in travel. A recent report by SITA shows that more than 1.2 million passengers used the automated SITA Airport Self-Service gates at Domodedovo Airport in the weeks surrounding…

Sponsored by AON. Trying to predict how, when and where US consumers will travel for leisure is an industry in itself, and the signs for the rest of 2018 are generally positive. The Travel Trends Index (TTI) found April to be the 100th consecutive month of travel growth. Domestic travel overall…

Travelport’s B2B payments business eNett has had another high-double-digit growth quarter and is well on track to deliver $500m in revenues in 2021. CEO Gordon Wilson told tnooz that “all the market dynamics are right for this business” and “even the major OTAs are now offering prepayment options rather…

This is a viewpoint from Payam Safa, founder and CEO of Bellhop.  The travel industry was clearly in my DNA – I had launched a hotel chain in Indonesia and built another startup based around global travel, when the idea of Bellhop first came to me. Back in 2015,…

Mobile marketing platform CleverTap has published a set of benchmarks for travel apps to give marketers an idea of how well – or not – their own app performs in context. Industry Benchmarks for Travel Apps is based on analysis of anonymous users performing over 55 billion events on one…