Travelstart Egypt has been crowned "Best Online Travel Agency" for the second consecutive year at Amadeus' annual gala in Egypt.  “This award, along with our nearly 300% increase in…

BookingLate.com has, ironically, been launched ahead of schedule to target the summer late booking market. The venture is the first to be developed by John McLean, CEO of the Online Travel…

An ever-increasing number of Chinese celebrated the mid-autumn festival, a traditional holiday for family get-together by travelling. This was revealed by data from online travel agency…

Every once in a while, a disruptive platform or app comes along that changes everything in travel. TourDragon gets local tour operators to bid live in a reverse auction for the first time in…

Airbnb has become a popular alternative to expensive hotels for a day of “staycation”. Philippines’ Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is turning to Airbnbs as the new source of additional…

Eating while riding a train is a unique experience that one should not miss out on. In order to elevate customers’ experience, EaseMyTrip is offering free food when users book. Meanwhile,…

Travelport announced that it is actively working with multiple airlines and partners to offer Next Generation Storefront (NGS) capability. NGS is an industry initiative to enable travel…

This week in the travel tech sector, TUI is hailed by independent consumers as the best travel brand trumping rivals Thomas Cook and Booking.com. Meanwhile, this could be your chance to go…

Online travel agency MakeMyTrip (MMT) is ramping up its offerings in the corporate travel segment through acquisitions. As a part of this strategy, the company recently picked up a…

There are many different reasons people choose to travel – whether that’s for a relaxing break, to visit a bucket-list destination, seeing friends and family further afield, or to learn…

Matt Luczynski, CEO and co-founder of Travala.com, shares insights on social media, smartphones and other trends that are shaping the way we travel.

This week, three new players enter the travel tech field and will battle it out in the space with the old timers.

There is never a dull moment in the travel tech sector, new things come up like an app to rent a boat and zip up hotels for cost-conscious hardy travellers. Companies also give back like…

Google is not the only juggernaut that small players should be afraid of, e-commerce giant Amazon wanted a piece of cake too and has launched its flight search and booking on its platform in…

Written by Andrew Creed, managing partner, Hurdle

Start-up Mint House, Airbnb-style for business travellers, raised USD 15 million in Series A funding led by Revolution Ventures.

This week, we saw travel start-ups getting funding to further their growth. Some companies also facilitated new partnerships to expand their services.

This week, we saw new start-ups launch worldwide KIWIride, SensorFlow, and Bounce. Zudu cooked up digital strategies while Egencia updated its platform to enhance customer experiences,…

Hero Traveler founder and CEO Joseph Anthony saw an opportunity to develop the first travel-focused social media application and website.

This article was originally published as a blog post by AltexSoft. It is published here with permission. Despite the recent charge toward using OTAs, a recent study showed that offline…

For this week's TD Podcast I met the CEO of WorldVentures Holdings and Rovia, Josh Paine, back stage at the Impact Arena in Bangkok. Paine had just finished speaking at an event for his…