The Millennial Traveller: It isn’t easy being green, according to Greenview’s Eric Ricaurte
While travel has always been regarded as a virtuous pursuit, it is not without its caveats. As travellers become more aware of their impact on the planet, consumer decisions have evolved into far more than simply finding the best price.
Unsurprisingly, the travel industry’s sense of ‘social r [...]
Skyscanner adds hotels and car hire to its mobile app
UK-based metasearch engine Skyscanner has integrated its standalone hotel and car rental mobile apps into its existing flight app on Android and iOS to make booking travel easier for travellers.
Hotels and car hire are now automatically synchronised with flights search so travellers do not have t [...]
Checkmate. TrustYou is now wherever guest feedback happens
TrustYou’s acquisition of real-time messaging specialist Checkmate last week fills the missing piece of the data puzzle that it is building in a bid to be the “company that knows everything about every guest when it comes to feedback” and, in turn, “the data platform that powers the booking [...]
The Wrap: Revenue from add-on services makes 10 airlines “billionaires”
The weekly news roundup: IdeaWorksCompany airline ancillary ancillary revenue review, 2016 Global Flight Price Ranking from Rome2rio, Apple Pay for Klook users
AVIATION: Revenue from add-on services makes 10 airlines “billionaires”
Ancillary revenue for airlines have doubled between 2 [...]
Locomote, backed by Travelport funding, powers on to change corporate travel
The idea of Locomote was born when Melbourne-based cousins Ross and David Fastuca (pictured) spoke to corporations about their problems booking their travel and found out what a disjointed experience it was.
“There were problems with duty of care, risk management, customer complaints with exist [...]
2017 Global Travel Price Outlook: Six risks identified – how to manage them
Travel prices are set to increase marginally or remain flat for 2017, while geopolitical and economic uncertainty mean travel managers need to remain flexible and agile.
These are among the findings in the 2017 Global Travel Price Outlook, which identified six key risks that could impact both tra [...]
The Wrap: Road to Rio 2016: When and how travellers are planning their stay
The weekly news roundup: KAYAK's analysis on hotel bookings for Rio 2016 Olympics, airline reviews at TripAdvisor, Copa Airlines’ digital transformation
HOTELS: Road to Rio 2016: When and how travellers are planning their stay
The Rio 2016 Olympics (August 5-21) is less than a month away. D [...]
The Millennial Traveller: What Pokémon GO could mean for travel
It’s no longer the FitBit that’s driving people to leave their homes and roam the streets on foot these days. Pokémon GO has gone viral in Australia, New Zealand and the USA, while everyone else eagerly awaits its global release.
Somehow, the notion of ‘virality’ doesn’t quite cut it w [...]
Airbnb and BCD Travel integrate data through new partnership
BCD Travel has signed up with Airbnb, the short-term rental service, to integrate the data of their shared corporate travel clients to provide them with a new security and risk management offering.
This feature can track the location and trip patterns of business travellers who book accommodation [...]
The Wrap: CarTrawler teams up with Hotels.com to broaden its ancillary offering
The weekly news roundup: It’s all about partnership this week – Hotel.com partners with CarTrawler, Uber rides with Kaligo, and Mauritania Airlines selects Travelport's distribution solution
SECTORS: CarTrawler team up with Hotels.com to broaden ancillary offering
Leading online travel [...]
