Jason Xie who has been eLong’s Chief Operating Officer for almost seven years will immediately step down as eLong will bring in two technocratic vice presidents to maintain the company’s mobile platform and seek a new technological breakthrough.
It’s not every day that Google, Kayak, Hipmunk, TripAdvisor, Skyscanner, and Travelzoo (owner of Fly.com) unite in solidarity.
Amid the rancour of the Scottish independence referendum campaign and separatist fervour across Europe last week, a message of international togetherness and hospitality may be a tough sell.
On September 17th, Tencent invested with Morningside Venture Capital in outbound travel website Woqu.com's. This B round financing is worth 20 million US$.
In some consolidation news on the travel payments front, US-based Onyx Payments has acquired Norway’s Net Trans Services.
Traders in Australian travel site Wotif.com Holdings Ltd. should have more faith in potential acquirer Expedia Inc. than fear of regulators.
Demeure, the Canadian platform-as-a-service provider, has bought UK-based B2B vacation rental platform IAVRA and will add it to its newly branded Metamarketplace network of buyers and sellers.
Spottly, a mobile social travel app based around video has raised $850,000 in seed funding.