Mobile & Social
Skyscanner to shut stand-alone local recommendations app
Skyscanner, owned by Chinese travel giant Ctrip, will close Trip by Skyscanner next month, marking the end of the user-generated
Zoomcar partners with ixigo to offer self-drive car rentals
Highlighting its key business focus of creating new demand avenues across platforms, self-drive car rental and subscription platform, Zoomcar has
Grammability: Important factor for holiday choices of over 10.6 million Brits
According to a new study, upwards of 10.6 million Brits are said to be shunning traditional guidebooks and holiday brochures
AI technology driven TFest heads to Dubai
TFest, a new event concept from Private Luxury Events, is expected to lure over 500 of the world’s most influential
New milestone: Expedia witnesses 15 million bookings
Expedia Travel Agent Affiliate Programme (TAAP) has reached a new milestone of 15 million cumulative trips booked on its platform.
Wales Coast Path unveils new app and trails
Wales Coast Path has launched a free augmented reality (AR) app, alongside new family-friendly walking trails, aimed at encouraging families
Sonoma County Tourism unveils training programme
Sonoma County Tourism recently launched its first-ever training platform that will certify travel professionals as Sonoma County destination experts. Created
On a mission: Agoda launches Travel Guides
Nature, beaches, food and drink, landmarks and culture are the five top global reasons to travel, according to new research
RCI acquires Alliance to accelerate growth
Vacation exchange network as part of Wyndham Destinations, RCI, announced it has acquired travel technology platform Alliance Reservations Network (Alliance)
Vietjet, Swift247 and Grab ink pact to boost transport mobility and delivery
Airline Vietjet, Grab and Swift247, a startup providing super express air delivery service, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
GIATA celebrates 1,000,000th unique identified property
There are over one million unique official accommodations in the world. This was revealed by hotel content database provider GIATA,
Ctrip bats for Sicily in China
Ctrip has announced a strategic partnership with Sicily that promises to bring a bigger share of the world’s largest outbound
Room service rip-offs: London’s most expensive meals revealed
Research, by apartment provider Cuckooz, has revealed some of the extortionate room service meal prices at London hotels. The report
Bubble button: Eurostar invites travellers to ‘press for champagne’
High-speed passenger rail service linking the UK with mainland Europe, Eurostar, has launched a ‘Press for champagne’ button to kick
Traxo and DVI to bring enhanced data insights to corporate travel spend
Travel data aggregator and itinerary intelligence company Traxo and DVI, data visualisation solution provider for corporate travel management, announced a
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