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Opinion / Online

Racing toward tomorrow's travel experience

By Stephanie Meltzer-Paul - Mastercard | September 11, 2024

Stephanie Meltzer-Paul, executive vice president of global loyalty at Mastercard, explores what's possible when the right mix of personalization, loyalty and technology are activated. Read More

News / Online

Travel platforms, topics and influencers: Who's using what?

By PhocusWire Research | September 10, 2024

Through a better understanding of demographics that embrace social media and the psychology of why people engage with the medium, travel brands can better position themselves and improve the... Read More

News / Online

Booking Holdings' new CFO expects connected trip "is really there" in 3 to 5 years

By Morgan Hines | September 10, 2024

Ewout Steenbergen, chief financial officer at Bookings Holdings since March, called out the company's work in alternative accommodations and artificial intelligence and strong demand in Asia as key... Read More

News / Online

Reiwa Travel raises $33M for travel packaging tech development and expansion

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - Web in Travel | September 9, 2024

Reiwa founder Takaya Shinozuka said earlier this year that he planned to take Newt, his travel packaging startup, global and that he was in the midst of raising funding to power the expansion. Read More

News / Online

Uber and Turo partner to integrate car rentals into uber app

By Mileva Sapic | September 6, 2024

Uber customers in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and France will soon be able to rent from Turo's selection of vehicles directly through the Uber platform. Read More

News / Online

Thomas Cook finds new home with Poland's eSky Group

By Linda Fox | September 5, 2024

The Poland-based travel company that operates the eSky and eDestino brands has acquired Thomas Cook from Fosun Tourism Group. Read More

News / Technology

Mobi brings intent driven search to travel

By Linda Fox | September 4, 2024

The search and discovery technology is combining natural language search with generative AI and its content store of points of interest around the world to present users with a “best match.” Read More

News / Startups

Tour Amigo raises $2M in seed funding to boost growth

By Morgan Hines | September 4, 2024

The B2B SaaS company will use the funding to speed software development and expand into North America, which it views as a key market. Read More

News / Distribution

Yatra acquires Globe All India, boosts corporate travel presence

By Linda Fox | September 3, 2024

The acquisition boosts Yatra’s position in the corporate travel sector in India and adds approximately 360 corporate customers to the Indian online travel agency. Read More

News / Online

Decisions guided by trust: Social media conversion in travel

By Phocuswright Research | September 3, 2024

Companies know social media influences travel decisions, but getting bookings is a challenge. Phocuswright’s latest research provides insights into who the converters are. Read More

Opinion / Online

Cookieless is toast: What can travel marketers do to stay ahead?

By Kurt Weinsheimer - Sojern | August 30, 2024

Kurt Weinsheimer, chief product officer at Sojern, shares what's next for the travel industry following Google's decision not to phase out third-party cookies on its browser. Read More

News / Online

Travalyst begins standardization for accommodation certification suppliers

By Linda Fox | August 29, 2024

The organization has defined three initial criteria, including publicly available standards and third-party audit, by which to measure the compliancy of accommodation certification suppliers. Read More

Interview / Technology

CEO Spotlight: Steve Singh of Spotnana

By Linda Fox | August 29, 2024

Steve Singh was announced as CEO of Spotnana in June, adding to his existing roles of executive chairman of Direct Travel, Troop, Spotnana and Center as well as other technology companies. He is also... Read More

News / Online

Business travel division leads 2X growth for Flight Centre Travel Group

By Mitra Sorrells | August 28, 2024

Flight Centre Travel Group CEO Chris Galanty credited the company's AI Centre of Excellence for "revolutionizing" customer service and empowering agents through automation. Read More

Opinion / Online

How hotels can capture demand for sustainable stays

By Alina Arnelle - BeCause | August 28, 2024

Alina Arnelle of BeCause writes that sustainability data management can give travelers confidence that a hotels’ actions toward the environment are genuine. Read More

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