It’s not easy to find a common thread that can quickly unite a global community. Kelly Louise found such a thread in sustainable travel. Her passion for many years led her from a blog to launching the Travel Impact Alliance, a global non-profit geared towards improving the visibility and…
Google has rated Booking.com, followed by Kayak, eDreams and Lastminute, as the most mobile-friendly travel sites in the UK. The release of the research, timed for the start Mobile Web Congress in Barcelona, is accompanied by a Speed Scorecard enabling companies to see how their site speed fares against…
Today, Airbnb announced a notable expansion of its Experiences product: Concerts. Travelers, as well as locals (a demographic that the company already targets with Experiences) can book concerts with musicians at intimate venues in many cities around the world. While there may be whispers that Airbnb’s existing Experiences platform…
Sabre says it has a “crystal clear” focus for the company going forward in terms of being at the lead in retailing, distribution and fulfilment for airlines and hotels. The words came from Rick Simonson, the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, who was speaking at the Goldman…
This is an article from China Travel Daily.It appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. Taiwan-based travel-experience platform KKday has raised $10.5 million in funding. The round was led by Japanese travel company H.I.S. with existing investor MindWorks Ventures also partcipating. The funding will go towards expansion…
Airbnb marked its tenth anniversary with a re-thinking of the company‘s approach to its listings, its search, and its general approach to matching a traveler to the best listing for a specific trip. As part of our live approach to coverage, I took the front row at San Francisco’s…
It’s hard to believe but it’s been a decade since Airbnb first peddled Obama O’s and Captain McCain cereal in an early example of growth marketing. Yep, Airbnb has just turned ten! As part of a massive event, including a gaggle of 150 press flown in from around the…
Sponsored by eNett International A new research report carried out by Edgar, Dunn and Company identifies a dozen best practices for OTAs and other intermediaries to implement as part of their strategy to minimise their exposure to fraud, including a look at how to make payments to suppliers more…
Covering events is always a marathon — from deciding which sessions to attend, managing interview requests, and capturing content from the keynotes, there are many moving parts. Often, this means that there’s coverage of stellar content that gets overlooked in the crush of other stories — and then is…
Sponsored by ITB Berlin. Negotiating the travel tech landscape can be confusing – so many solutions, so many vendors, so many choices. For those who need help to guide them through the options, the trends and the contexts, a good place to start is the conference program at eTravel…