The US Department of Transportation withdrew two proposed rulemakings on airline ancillary revenues, saying they were “of limited public benefit.” The proposed measures had been generally supported by consumer groups and vehemently opposed by most airlines. The proposed rule titled “Reporting of Ancillary Airline Passenger Revenues,” which dates from…
Ryanair has said it is ending its distribution partnership with Amadeus from December 15. The low-cost airline says in a statement that the pair failed to reach a new agreement. Ryanair began discussing GDS distribution at the beginning of 2014, signing first a deal with Travelport and then with…
Friends in high places are always worth nurturing, especially for businesses the size of Airbnb. In travel, you don’t get much higher than the secretary-general of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. That position is currently held by Dr Taleb Rafai, who has put his name to a Medium…
At this year’s Expedia Partner Conference in Las Vegas, it’s hard not to see the similarity between Expedia’s latest slogan — “shaping the future of online travel” — and the long-running slogan over at Amadeus — “shaping the future of travel.” When asked about the connection informally, one exec…
Expedia Powered Technology, the suite of software, marketing and data tools for hoteliers introduced last summer, snagged a big client: G6 Hospitality, parent company of the Motel 6 brand. Motel 6, one of the most widely recognized budget hotel brands in the US, and its extended-stay sister brand, Studio…
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs), also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones will soon take a big chunk of the skies in a variety of applications including the delivery of goods, disaster recovery efforts, in airport management, even passenger transport. IATA is getting ready for the near-term and…
This is an article from China Travel Daily.It appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. Pepijn Rijvers, CMO of Booking.com talks localization, partnerships and alternative accommodation and how they apply to China. At the TravelDaily Conference held in September, Priceline CEO Glenn Fogel mentioned that “If you…
A hotel’s reputation is now built up or torn down online. In a world of review sites and rating scales, digital word of mouth reigns. People trust people and reviews influence bookings. But hotel reviews — the good, the bad, and the brutal — are just a small part…
Investing in Google AdWords may be the route to rapid early growth for many travel start-ups, but this was not the case for Holiday Pirates. In fact, today the company, which launched in 2012 as a travel blog publishing value for money deals, only pays for 7% of its…
When airports invest in technology the passenger experience is often improved but the bit that’s sometimes overlooked is that airlines benefit too. Therein lies a bit of a problem. Airports, it seems, have not been good at articulating the value that lies in their technology and when sitting round…