Air New Zealand has launched a new destination campaign which helps travelers find their ideal locations to visit in New Zealand by querying their activities preferences using Emojis. On the airline’s dedicated EmojiJourney microsite travelers can click on an assortment of emojis which include outdoor activities, food, weather conditions…

This one’s a trip. Japanese airline-themed restaurant First Airlines, offers visitors a First class flying experience that includes a virtual reality immersive tour of Hawaii, New York, Paris or Rome. To make the airline-experience complete, guests arrive to a “check-in desk” before boarding and get a paper boarding pass…

Much of TripAdvisor’s fourth quarter 2017 investor call came back time and again to hotel revenue and what the company is doing about declines in that direction. A reasonable amount it seems – from work on the user experience, to increased investment television advertising (somewhere between $100 million and…

What is the average conversion for a hotel website? 2.2%. That’s according to a recent Fastbooking study. The US firm 80 Days, in an extensive report titled “The great unanswered digital questions of hoteliers” came to a similar conclusion: 2% percent. Both studies were conducted on hundreds of hotels,…

This is a viewpoint from Pamela Whitby, editor of EyeForTravel With the hype around blockchain in travel reaching fever pitch, why not toss something else into an already complicated equation – an initial coin offering (ICO) for an electrically charged flying urban taxi. At EyeforTravel’s recent digital and data…

Last year was “transitional” for Sabre Corp., according to chief executive officer Sean Menke, and “we began this year in a much better position.” Sabre Red success The new version of Sabre Red Workspace, the company’s travel agency desktop, was rolled out to several major customers, including American Express…

Duetto, a revenue strategy platform for hospitality, has closed an $80 million Series D round in funding. The round was led by funds affiliated with private equity firm Warburg Pincus. The funds will go towards improving the company’s existing technology for hotel pricing as well investing in additional products…

Located at LAB Ventures in Miami’s vibrant creative neighborhood of Wynwood, The Future of Travel Summit kicked off with a panel of industry investment heavyweights from Boeing HorizonX, JetBlue Ventures, and VC firm Highgate. While Boeing’s HorizonX is relatively new to the corporate investment tech ecosystem, it has already made…

This is a viewpoint from Dr Martin Buck, senior vice president for Messe Berlin GmbH. Travel technology has tremendously changed the way we travel, from sharing our photos on social media to voice search via GPS-based navigation apps which can show us the way to great food, great attractions…

This is a viewpoint from Sébastien Pichon, industry manager, travel, at Google UK. When it comes to travel, customers have become an impatient bunch. People enjoy a reasonable amount of leisure time, comparatively high disposable income and raging FOMO – the fear of missing out on the latest restaurant or…