technology

Airbnb doesn’t just compete with hotels; it also competes with online booking sites like Expedia. About 60 million people have used Airbnb to find an alternative to a hotel. Now, […]

This is the first study looking at the impact of the Airbnb community on Japan, and comes after similar studies in France, New York, London, and many other cities across […]

  Airbnb rentals in Illinois will be getting more expensive next month. Beginning Jan. 15, the San Francisco-based home-rental platform will collect and remit on behalf of its hosts the […]

  Back in the good old days, say around 20 years ago, airline systems had a 10:1 ratio of searches to actual bookings. Fast forward to 2015 and a metric […]

As 2015 unwinds and we start thinking about the new year set to begin, it’s always an interesting exercise to take some time to reflect upon some of the up […]

  NB: This is viewpoint by Jason Q Freed, managing editor for Duetto Research. Attendees on a recent webinar hosted by Tnooz titled “Hotel pricing in a post-parity world” were […]

  Changing Booking Behaviors Mean TMCs Can Play Greater Role Helping Travel Programs Manage Bookings and Capture Data A new GBTA Foundation study released today confirms that travel buyers  want […]

  A dramatic shift towards online merchandising is being spearheaded by online travel agencies (OTAs) new research reveals. The Amadeus IT Group saw an 85% increase in the amount of […]

  Google was a constant theme during the keynotes at last week’s Buy Tourism Online event in Florence, Italy, but Lufthansa’s distribution cost charge (DCC) also made a few honorary […]

  Ask most hoteliers how they attract prospective guests and they’ll tell you about their marketing campaigns and loyalty programs. Ironically, the lowest hanging fruit for most hotels goes mostly […]