Car-hailing giant Uber is trying to beef up its data science credentials with the acquisition of US-based AI startup Geometric Intelligence....
Ctrip appointed Jane Jie Sun as CEO and a director while chairman and former CEO James Jianzhang Liang will serve as executive chairman and focus on Ctrips innovation and expansion strategies....
Japanese finance house and investment group Softbank has signaled a financial write-down in its backing of Indian cab-hailing app Ola....
European metasearch giant Trivago filed its long awaited IPO in the U.S. today on 14th and will be listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol TRVG, using a holding company named Travel BV....
Travel technology startup Lola has acquired Room 77, the hotel metasearch platform....
Musement has shown there is still a bit of capital swilling about for consumer-facing platforms for tours and activities – landing a $10 million round this week....
A research pointed out that travelers who snapped photos and selfies on vacation “were 40% more likely to remember their vacations well than those who didn’t.”...
The hotel industry is fragmented, and so are the standards it uses to categorize its data. The industry would be better able to communicate with each other if its systems used common standards for data....
Simon Breakwell, who founded Expedia’s European operations, believed that within five years everything will have been turned on its head by voice search. Its impact on travel will be as big as mobile....
Lufthansa continues to talk the talk around the impact of its year-old distribution cost charge (DCC), although concrete details about the impact on its bookings and bottom line remain elusive....