Mobile & Social

The UK-based student and youth travel booking website StudentUniverse has announced the brand’s continued global growth as it now launches in the Australian market. In a bid to expand…

Bedbank player Hotelbeds has released details of the audience surveys conducted at its recent MarketHub Americas and Europe events held this May in Cancun and Istanbul respectively.…

Hotel representation, sales, marketing and distribution providers, HotelREZ, celebrated its 15th anniversary by announcing a 33% annual growth, some 23% ahead of the global distribution…

UK based tech firm and travel commerce platform Travelport, has announced it has signed up 50 new travel agencies clients to its Trip Assist mobile app. The most recent signatories include…

Grand Millennium Dubai, a 5-star property in Barsha Heights, has announced the launch of its very own app Grand Millennium Dubai for Apple and Android phones.

According to new research from Oracle Hospitality, only 69% were confident in their organisation's ability to adapt and deliver mobile experiences.

In a comprehensive, travel company Destination2 has analysed data to reveal the top 26 hotel-related hashtags across the social sphere.

Banyan Tree Samui witnessed an eight-fold increase on RoI, measured in incremental guest spending, thanks to ancillary revenue tech Portier Technologies. The American company's in-hotel…

Nearly every industry leader and veteran has been talking about the new technological advancements and emerging ones like VR/AR will impact the travel industry. With VR-Helsinki, the capital…

New research has revealed that UK consumers are more discerning and less ready to be ‘influenced’ when booking a holiday than travel brands may have previously thought.

For this week's podcast I spoke to the CEO and founder of Keyocoin Matt Baer, about making a real-world application for blockchain, solving the difficulties of the fragmented nature of the…

With travel trends constantly in flux recent habits have seen tourists swapping their sun loungers and beach beds for city breaks as well as the now ubiquitous adrenaline fuelled experience.…

Opinion piece by tourism marketing expert Chris Torres

With worldwide tourist arrivals increasing approximately 7% in 2017 and Asia Pacific alone at an increase of 6%, the travel industry is not slowing down. The panel experts of UNWTO are…

China’s economy has been on the rise for decades. Improved living standards, a growing interest in tourism and relaxed travel regulations for Chinese citizens has led to a huge rise in…

Just a couple of weeks ago, I spoke to the CEO of Swayy, David Gabriele, on how he built a tech company that helps hotels through influencer marketing. In this article, we dive into the…

Travel management companies (TMCs), already providing road warriors with both travel-agent assistance and software solutions, are now starting to focus on the automation. This strategy…

New UK search data from online data provider SEMrush found that the Dutch capital beat the likes of New York, Barcelona, Paris and Dubai, to claim the top spot on the list of total searches…

Tencent Holdings Limited’s CEO Ma Huateng suggested the introduction of an electronic pass system for a hassle-free travel between Hong Kong and Mainland China.

The last-minute booking trend is on the rise, despite the travel industry’s best efforts to incentivise early bookers. In fact, a staggering three million Brits are more than happy to book a…

All-jet airline, bmi, announced its integration with attraction booking specialist, Tiqets, to offer customers direct instant access to some of the best tickets in Europe.