London is world’s most connected city, HK leads in Asia
London is the most connected city in the world with direct flights to 351 global destinations, while Hong Kong takes the same ranking in Asia connecting to 147 cities.
These are findings from the inaugural Global Connectivity Ranking produced by multimodal search specialist, Rome2rio, and social [...]
Virtual Reality to help shape the future of luxury travel
Virtual Reality (VR) escapism and immersive brand experiences will play a key role in influencing the future of luxury travel, predicted Fortune 500 futurist Faith Popcorn.
Described as ‘The Trend Oracle’, Popcorn teamed up with InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, which celebrates 70 years [...]
Meet China’s new wave of travellers – young, free, independent, affluent, sophisticated
A new breed of Chinese travellers is emerging in China, dubbed free independent travellers (FITs), who increasingly shuns escorted travel in favour of spontaneous exploration.
Travel site TripAdvisor shared findings from a Phocuswright study, which provide insights into the behaviour, spendin [...]
Responses to Google’s travel plans – “bad news”, “they can go wrong” and “transformational”
A sampling of responses to Google’s talk yesterday at Phocuswright Dublin.
Rod Cuthbert, CEO, Rome2rio
“Google's relentless push to replace existing travel intermediaries with their own solutions is bad news for the whole travel industry. Their key products -- Flights, Hotels, Transit [...]
Google’s quest to become our personal travel assistant – to be loved or feared?
You could almost feel the air being sucked out of the room as Oliver Heckmann of Google closed off Day 1 of Phocuswright Dublin with a talk on everything the world’s largest search engine was doing in travel. I sensed everyone was grappling with the massive implications everyone of its products wo [...]
Rome2rio launches instant bookings for train journeys
Rome2rio, the Australia-based multi-modal search specialist, has made available on-site bookings for train journeys in the UK.
Launched in partnership with SilverRail Technologies the new feature allows Rome2rio users to search its site for available transportations between any UK locations. They [...]
The Wrap: Sabre partners with Indian university to incubate its next QA Centre of Excellence
In the news: A Sabre sponsored CoE in Delhi, FASTBOOKING in Japan, Etihad Airways’ new mobile app, top destinations for UAE and Saudi Arabia family travel,
Sabre partners with Indian university incubate to its next QA Centre of Excellence
Sabre has tied up with Indira Gandhi Delhi Tech [...]
Strong Q1 for Sabre, reports 21% increase in revenue
Sabre had a solid start to the year, recording a 21% rise in revenue to US$859.5 million in the first quarter 2016, compared to US$710.3 million for the same period last year.
Consolidated income from continuing operations totalled US$92.9 million, compared to US$49.3 million in the first qua [...]
Booking.com’s new chat functionality empowers customers to personalise their stay
The new Booking Messages interface on Booking.com, described as “a chat-inspired communication platform”, enables guests and accommodation providers to communicate with each other when a booking is made.
The interface features automatically pre-translated templates for certain predefined requ [...]
Six consumer mega-trends influencing travel and hospitality in the future
A new report from Sabre, Consumer Mega-Trends Impacting Hospitality, reveals six trends expected to impact the hospitality industry in 2016 and beyond.The global report also analyses changing consumer behaviour and emerging trends to identify what consumers will want next.The study is a collaboratio [...]
