Ryanair partners with CarTrawler to create Ryanair Car Hire
CarTrawler, the world’s biggest online car rental platform, announced its appointment as exclusive car rental provider to Ryanair. The new service, Ryanair Car Hire, will go live on Tuesday September 1. Speaking in London, Mike McGearty, Chief Executive Officer of CarTrawler, said:“Ryanair is a [...]
Hotel direct bookings growing, but losing ground to OTA bookings
The TravelClick North American Distribution Review (NADR, Q3 2015) reveals that while there is still growth in direct hotel bookings they are falling behind in bookings made with OTAs.Another finding from the review is consumers used both “new school” and “old school” approaches to booking h [...]
Sleep with me: The surprising rise of renting shared space
Back in 2012 when Airbnb was starting to generate some significant momentum and buzz, our team decided to add a new lodging category to our annual U.S. Consumer Travel Report. That category was shared space, or the renting of a couch or room or within a private home or apartment.Personally, I was sk [...]
The Wrap: Cloud technology helps generate more revenue for hotels, says SiteMinder
In the news: Strong revenue for hotels with SiteMinder's solutions, Amadeus’ new deals with EVA Air and Corporate Travel Services, TrustYou Meta-Reviews integrated with SkyscannerCloud technology helps generate more revenue for hotels, says SiteMinderHotels that employ cloud technology and the lat [...]
Skyscanner’s Williams: “To win, we have to win in Asia”
Gareth Williams, CEO and co-founder of Skyscanner, on what it will take to win big in Asia, his ambitions for the company he co-founded in 2001 and why he won’t give his AI project a girl name.CEO and one of the three co-founders of Skyscanner, Gareth Williams, is spending more time in Singapore t [...]
The Wrap: Hong Kong’s Langham adds hotels to TripAdvisor’s instant booking platform
In the news: It’s all about partnership this week as companies team up to both expand business and travel options to their guests and travellers worldwide. Joining forces are Langham Hospitality Group and TripAdvisor, Klook and Asia Miles, Travelguru and Amadeus, Air China and TravelportHong Kong� [...]
Expedia’s De Schepper wants hoteliers to see OTAs in a new light
Mieke De Schepper wants to help hoteliers in APAC see the light, as it were, regarding the true value of distribution via OTAs. The vice president, Market Management, Asia Pacific, Expedia® Lodging Partner Services, who joined Expedia after a long career with Philips, where she was responsible for [...]
Mom & pops the real fuel behind the Vietnamese boom
As with most of emerging Asia, the smartphone is transforming Vietnam’s travel market. Digital entrepreneur and marketing specialist Simon Christy, founder and CEO, of VEO Media, started Alehap.vn, a social travel platform, back in 2009 and has since the changes since the beginning. He talks to WI [...]
Skyscanner partners MSN to power its flight search globally
Skyscanner has signed a deal with MSN to power a flight channel within Microsoft Travel for 31 markets that include the US, UK, Australia, India, Singapore, France, Hong Kong and Mexico.Through the Skyscanner white label product consumers searching for flights on MSN Travel have access to the meta [...]
Game-changer in the making? Ascott teams up with Tujia, CapitaLand gets serious about IT
The private accommodation and real estate market in China and Asia just got a whole lot more interesting with the latest move by Singapore-based CapitaLand to invest in and form a joint venture with Tujia.com, Beijing-based apartment sharing site.CapitaLand is one of Asia’s largest real estate com [...]
