Barceló teams up with Expedia to launch package bookings
Expedia Inc. and Barceló Hotel Group have formed a strategic partnership, which sees www.barcelo.com powered by Expedia’s dynamic packaging platform.
Expedia said in a statement that its package bookings “drive twice the length of stay and booking window, and half the cancellations of st [...]
The Wrap: ‘Exclusive rates’ for agencies on Travelport platform
In the news: Travelport’s Exclusive Rates programme for agencies, HK Express’ loyalty programme new mobile app, Cebu Pacific ‘ASEAN One’ celebrations
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Exclusive rates for agencies on Travelport platform
Travel commerce platform, Travelport, is giving its corpora [...]
How SAP’s travel solution helps airlines meet demands of today’s digital traveller
Consumers are changing the way they research and book their travel, driven largely by the digital revolution. German multinational software corporation SAP has a solution to meet this shift in buying habits - a new release of its SAP Hybris Commerce travel accelerator.
The travel-specific sol [...]
Alipay partners STB to enhance the Singapore experience for Chinese tourists
Online and mobile payment platform Alipay has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to “enhance Chinese tourists’ overall experience in Singapore”.
Under the MOU Alipay, operated by Ant Financial Services Group, and STB will cross-share relevant [...]
Now you can book tours on GetYourGuide when flying with KLM
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is making it possible for its customers around the world to book GetYourGuide tours and activities through a partnership deal with the online travel platform.
Travellers can buy the tours/attracion when they make a flight reservation, at check-in or during their flight at [...]
SPONSORED: Mobile-first experiences are the true-game changers in the in-destination economy
Robert Meza is the Head of Travel of the ENTERTAINER
In 2013, one article reported that Ctrip had achieved more mobile bookings than desktop, and this was probably the first time that the term Mobile Travel Agency (MTA) had made sense to me.
In retrospect, I’m not of the opinion that larger [...]
The Wrap: Pop-up flight check-in debuts in Sydney, Virgin Australia first to test service
This week the focus is on airlines –Virgin Austraila’s trialing the world’s first pop-up flight check-in, and KLM piloting the new WhatsApp service to its customers.
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Pop-up flight check-in debuts in Sydney, Virgin Australia first to test service
Queuing at airports [...]
Mobile devices top choice for hotel shoppers, spending less time on web pages
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A recent analysis of hotel website and customer shopping behaviour conducted by the Sabre Digital Experience team, showed travellers are relying more on mobile phones and tablets for both hotel shopping and booking, spending less time on webpages as a result, but showing more will [...]
Huge incumbents in travel are hard to dislodge but Bao Bean sees opportunities around solving specific problems
William Bao Bean, general partner at SOSV, named the world’s most active seed investor by TechCrunch Crunchbase, has his eye on travel but is aware that the potential for new technology to really disrupt the industry is hard.
“Travel is a closed insular industry, there’s a lot of histor [...]
Post-restructure, IHG’s Barr says it’s about brand, scale and tech as it prepares to launch new reservations system
It was the Friday of the 10th Formula 1 weekend in Singapore. One assumes all visitors coming to town that weekend are here for the race but no, not the new group CEO of Intercontinental Hotels Group, Keith Barr. Barr was making a lightning visit to Singapore and the region to “spend time with the [...]
