flights

Google began rolling out a new desktop interface for its Flights metasearch product in earnest on Friday. Most users who visit Google Flights in the U.S. on the Chrome Web browser are […]

Hotels are always looking for new ways to drive demand – and packages have been a solid vehicle to do just that. Packages, or combined hotel, airfare and/or car bookings, […]

  Consternation over the relationship between online travel agencies and hotels has garnered a lot of ink in industry articles over the past several years—that’s understandable. However, one very viable […]

Too much intervention can be problematic but a balanced and active approach to airline revenue management works best. ‘Passive’ revenue management (PRM) takes human intervention out of the equation. It […]

  Carriers make inflated claims of distribution costs, a study has found. Airline claims that increased direct distribution will slash their cost of sales are pulled apart by an ‘Airline […]

At one airline, the new promotional fare with a three-day purchase window isn’t selling. Another is finding that a large tourist boom in Costa Rica isn’t translating into sales of […]

The travel industry is always fixated on what’s new and sexy. Whether it’s booking a hotel using Amazon Alexa, or checking your Priceline booking from your Apple Watch, we tend […]

According to the 2018 Global Travel Forecast, travel prices are expected to rise sharply in the coming year, reaching nearly 4 percent increases in some sectors. Released today, the fourth […]

On both sides of the pond, regulators and companies alike are scratching their heads about how to handle the search giant’s move up the trip-planning funnel Even as the European […]

Bobby Healy, one of Google’s most outspoken critics, shares his opinion on what the European Commission’s fine means for flight search, and argues that a dedicated travel industry council might […]