This is a viewpoint from Karen Kent, chief marketing officer at Flight Centre USA Leisure Brands. Recently, while exploring the landscape and patterns of group travel, Liberty Travel cited what most would deem an unlikely trend, the post-divorce getaway. Called the “Start-Anew-Moon,” at first glance people might chuckle or…

As the opening CEO Talk at TravelDaily’s annual gathering in Shanghai, China, Priceline Group’s CEO set the tone for an event focused on the current state – and future growth – of this country’s travel industry. Fogel highlighted some of the themes that would resonate throughout the conference, especially those…

European tour operating veteran Thomas Cook Group has formed a strategic alliance with Expedia Inc and will use the online giant’s platform to power its city break and hotel-only business across its European points of sale. In Thomas Cook-speak, the tie-up relates to its “complementary” city and domestic holiday…

Routehappy has expanded its C-Suite with the addition of a chief marketing officer and hired ecommerce specialist Olivia Mark for the role. This is her first role in travel, though she is an avid traveller, including an extended round-the-world trip in 2008 and 2009. She has a BA in…

This video interview appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. “Travel sellers and suppliers can improve not only the traveller experience but also employee satisfaction by automating their B2B payment processes”, according to Anthony Hynes, managing director of eNett International. In an interview with tnooz, Hynes explains…

This is a viewpoint from Marie Despringhere, country manager UK at Optimizely. Today’s ‘always on’ traveller expects a hyper-personalised package of products and services, forcing companies in the highly competitive travel industry to find new ways to gain attention and sell their services. Travel companies must deeply understand consumer…

As trends move towards mobile-first engagement, site speed optimisation becomes critical. In its latest report, Net Affinity offers insights for travel brands on optimising the design of their mobile and desktop-sites for greater user engagement and conversions. The top tip: keep the site lite. Net Affinity reports that mobile…

The long-haul LCC race just picked up hyper-speed – thanks to a simple travel hack. For the past two years, there have been talks ongoing of expanding long-haul, low-cost services with domestic LCC feeder networks. There has been one big drawback: IT. EasyJet has worked around the systems connection…

Airbnb, alongside other vacation rental services, has been elbowing into the tourism world for years. Until recently, it was seen as a hotel problem. Accommodations were at risk as Airbnb steadily pulled in almost 20% of business and leisure travelers — but the rest of the industry was safe….

This is a viewpoint by Skye Mayring, on behalf of Arival – The In-Destination Event. Even if you’re a seasoned traveler, chances are that you haven’t stayed in a cannabis-friendly hotel room—complete with its own ensuite vaporizer—nor taken a sushi, sake and joint-rolling class that puts two grams of marijuana…