Market research group Mintel has issued its European Consumer Trends 2016 report, identifying beacons and virtual reality as two technologies which will impact travel and leisure businesses.
TravelClick, a hospitality tech provider, says it has acquired ZDirect, maker of a hotel customer relationship management (CRM) platform.
As the final chapter of the bitter rivalry between Ctrip and Qunar ends, the next question to consider is: Who will be the next challenger to an all-powerful Ctrip?
In coming weeks, Travelmob will vanish, with HomeAway rebranding all of the Asian Pacific sites in its own name.
China’s greatest OTA rivalry ends as Ctrip and Qunar merge with the help of search engine giant Baidu.
A contentious ballot measure in next month’s municipal election takes aim at home-sharing sites such as Airbnb Inc. by limiting short-term home rentals to 75 nights a year.
Back in January HotelTonight began enabling hotels to offer cheaper hotels to certain guests using the location of their mobile phone.
TravelDaily China led a delegation of Ctrip, Alitrip, Yiqifei and JointWisdom to spak at the ITB Asia conference.