Ctrip, Royal Caribbean Cruises announced to end their joint venture; China planned to merge culture and tourism authorities; Tujia hoped to work with Airbnb; and B&B and e-guide startups raised capital.
The global economic impact of Travel & Tourism is shown to account for 10.4% of global GDP and 313 million jobs, or 9.9% of total employment, in 2017.
OwlTing, which has raised $6 million from Kyber Capital and Midana Capital among others, has built a blockchain-based system for 400 clients that eliminates double-booking of hotel rooms.
Orbitz says its current site, Orbitz.com, wasn’t affected. And it doesn’t yet have “direct evidence” that any information was taken from the website.
Ryanair plans to reorganize Air Berlin's Niki, aiming to help it reach profitability by the third year of operations.
Since 2017, HelloWorld has acquired cruise data manager the Cruise Factory, wholesaler Seven Seas Cruising, home-based travel agency MTA and most recently Magellan Travel Group.
Skyscanner considers that at least for the next few years, voice interfaces are best suited to assist customers with discovery and inspiration rather than purchasing.
The use of mobile phones has surpassed the one of PC/tablets and is now the core of e-commerce, and the entire user’s behavior is around mobile phones, at least in China.