The Wrap: AccorHotels wraps up concierge deal with John Paul
The weekly news roundup: Accor’s acquisition of John Paul completed, CarTrawler and IdealWorksCompany forecast of 2016 ancillary revenue, partnership between China’s PKfare and Amadeus, virtual payment solution for agents from Sabre
HOTELS: AccorHotels wraps up concierge deal with John Paul
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Exploring the power of emotional intelligence in online travel
The inaugural Tern Tables was launched on Wednesday last week at Spacemob, the co-working space in Singapore. Sponsored by The Travel Corporation and HotelsCombined and in partnership with Travel Massive, the travel career coaching session focused on the power of emotional intelligence in a high-tec [...]
Getting to the bottom of “big data” buzzword will help airlines fly higher
‘Big Data’ was a buzzword of choice at the CAPA Asia Aviation Summit in Singapore recently.
A panel, moderated by Stephen Pearse (managing director of CAPA – Centre for Aviation), explored what embracing big data could mean for the aviation industry going forward and anticipated what barr [...]
The Wrap: Air Black Box has two new investors – ANA and Cebu Pacific
The weekly news roundup: Two new investors for Air Black Box, Chinese airports’ investments in technology for improved experience, destinations made almost famous through film tourism
STARTUPS: Air Black Box has two new investors - ANA and Cebu Pacific
Air Black Box (ABB), a dedicated [...]
Predictions: The 8 hot travel trends in 2017
In just over a month 2016 will come to an end, and we will welcome in a new year. This is also the time when many companies, regardless of the nature of their business, will come out with their predictions for what 2017 will bring.
Booking.com has done just that with eight travel predictions for [...]
Airbnb launches Trips platform, giving guests more direct access to local insights and experiences
Airbnb has ventured beyond the accommodation space after eight years with the launch of Airbnb Trips – a mobile platform designed to give consumers a new resource for local information, tours and activity bookings and travel itinerary planning. Trips focuses on three key areas, being: Experiences, [...]
The Wrap: Rome2rio adds onsite bookings, announces new partnerships
The weekly news roundup: Rome2rio's new booking model and partnerships, Travelport’s merchandising technology for Fly365.com, AirAsia’s enhanced one-click payment
MARKETING: Rome2rio adds onsite bookings, announces new partnerships
Travel search engine Rome2rio is reaching a key mi [...]
TUI takes stake in peakwork, software specialist for the travel industry
TUI Ventures, the capital investment company of TUI Group, has acquired 15.4% stake in technology provider peakwork, the first anchor investor for the Düsseldorf-based company.
peakwork is also planning to attract additional investors.
The parties have agreed not to disclose the investment pr [...]
AccorHotels invests in lifestyle brand 25hours Hotels
AccorHotels is acquiring a 30% stake in 25hours Hotels as part of its ‘strategy to be a global leader in lifestyle hotels’, as well as to support 25hours’ long term growth.
The financial terms of the investment are not disclosed
25hours Hotels, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, currentl [...]
Trends that matter in online travel
At WIT 2016 Conference in Singapore last month, Lorraine Sileo, vice president research of Phocuswright, shared the key trends that mattered in online travel with Yeoh Siew Hoon, founder, WIT.
Q. What are the big global trends that you’ve seen in the past year?
Consolidation, circle of d [...]
