This is a roundup of announcements related to people moves and business expansions in travel in August 2018. 2 August 2018 GetYourGuide strengthens engineering team GetYourGuide has announced three new appointments to its tech line-up, with Udi Nir named as its chief technology officer. He has 25 years of…
When Sean Menke took over as CEO of Sabre in late 2016, the first things he talked about were return on investment, margins, speed to market and the potential of getting its GDS and PSS to work more closely together. Eighteen months – or six financial quarters – later…
A consumer protections case against Australian serviced apartments operator and developer Meriton has concluded with the Federal Court fining the company AU$3 million (US$2.2 million) for deceptive practices. The case centres around masking customer emails in an attempt to game the TripAdvisor Review Express system. Review Express is intended…
Online travel agents (OTAs) are the most popular option for booking flights and accommodation within the youth and student market. A survey of more than 57,000 travellers aged under 30 by WYSE Travel Confederation found this age group booked around 40% of its flights and 47% of accommodation through…
This is an article from TravelDaily China.It appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. As one of the world’s major online travel agencies, Ctrip is eyeing not only Chinese citizens’ booming domestic and outbound travel but also the opportunity to be a game-changer in the global travel landscape….
Japan Airlines Group’s (JAL) travel and tourism packages division, JALPAK, has launched a new web-based dynamic reservation system for customers in Australia, ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The airline group hopes that the new packages will appeal to the growing number of Australians who choose Japan as…
Discovery platform Taboola has released a global guide to native advertising trends in travel, which covers keywords, imagery, click-through rates, device patterns and more. The findings are based around 8 billion impressions and almost 8 million clicks, and include worldwide bigger picture details and country-specific insights. Seeing as Taboola…
This is a viewpoint from Nancy Knipp, SVP of Airport Lounge Development (ALD). Always-connected, highly-mobile millennials are forging new norms for leisure and business travel, making the use of technology and the focus on unique experiences the hallmarks of their travel habits. It is important to understand the changing…
Summer is upon us, and beaches, pools and resorts are filled with revellers enjoying their travels around the world. Yet, even as vacations are being enjoyed now, it was the meticulous planning done in the spring that was responsible for the hotel bookings, travel arrangements, tour reservations and more…
Amadeus’ latest earnings show that revenues and EBITDA are up, despite a drop in volumes and share from travel agency air bookings in western Europe. Top-line figures for the six months to end-June18 shows revenue up 4.1% to €2,477.0 million and EBITDA up 8.2% to €1,078.2 million compared with…