While blockchain is still in the early stages of review in the airline industry, two airlines recently took big leaps forward. Lufthansa and SAP have partnered to launch the “world’s first aviation blockchain challenge” in a push to find working blockchain solutions. The ideas competition will be run by…

Sponsored by Checkfront. The go-to statistic when discussing the potential of tours and activities comes from research which says the sector will be worth “$183 billion by 2020.” That sum represents a vast opportunity – for B2B tech providers, B2C distributors, wholesalers and aggregators, the businesses providing the tours…

tnooz is proud to once again be live streaming from a major travel industry event. Next month we are partnering with BCD Travel and will be broadcasting live from the floor at the Global Business Travel Association’s annual expo in San Diego, August 13 – 15. Martin Cowen, tnooz…

AccorHotels remains committed to its new businesses, despite a “disappointing” performances from its luxury home rental brand onefinestay and concierge service JohnPaul. The top-line financials for the six months to end-June18 are generally strong across the many and various metrics used by a hospitality chain which operates “more than…

A new study by PYMNTS and Amadeus shows that there is a nervousness in the industry around changing payment processing structures, despite an awareness that there could be material bottom-line benefits in doing so. Up to 5.4% of travel sales globally, or $74.5 billion, are hoovered up by payment…

This is a viewpoint from Mitul Makadia, founder of Maruti Techlabs. Over the past couple of years, changes within the technology space have brought forward a paradigm shift and disrupted a myriad of industries. In the case of hotels, artificial intelligence in hospitality has the power to impact and transform…

Multi-modal search and booking engine GoEuro has added three new destinations and six new languages as it heads towards its mid-2019 target of covering all of Europe. The new countries are Ukraine, Norway and Finland. GoEuro has deals in place with Ukrainian Railways, Nettbus Norway and VR Group. It promises to add…

Asia-Pacific and Australasia dominate Dragon Trail Interactive’s quarterly WeChat travel update, with strong performances from Canada, Edinburgh and Paris dotted across the six categories analysed. WeChat now has more than one billion users as of this May, the vast majority of whom are in China.  In this context, the…

Oslo-based low-cost carrier Norwegian has recently renewed its distribution agreement with Amadeus and added the recently launched Norwegian Air Argentina which has been approved to serve over 150 routes. Norwegian credits its partnership with Amadeus for supporting its long-haul ambitions, saying that it has seen 110% growth in sales…

The vast majority of smaller or “simple” business meetings are booked directly with venues rather than through corporate booking tools, according to new research. A global study, carried out by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and hotel booking specialist HRS, revealed that those organising simple meetings mostly booked…