Articles tagged “mobile booking”

Online Travel

India’s Massive Growth in Online Travel: Which Companies Will Lead?

The online travel landscape is poised for dynamic growth as local players strive to maintain their dominance and western OTAs take steps to tap into the opportunity.

Saniya Zanpure | 3 weeks ago

India’s Massive Growth in Online Travel: Which Companies Will Lead?
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Business Travel

Will 2020 Be the Year APAC Finally Embraces Managed Travel?

Companies across APAC have embraced business travel as a way to fuel ambitious growth and generate eye-popping revenues. Now, companies are formalizing their corporate travel policies and using software solutions to better manage travel spend and drive efficiencies. With tools like Travelstop gaining market share, next year could be the tipping point for professionalized business travel booking in Asia.

Travelstop + Skift | 4 years ago

Will 2020 Be the Year APAC Finally Embraces Managed Travel?
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Airlines

Singapore Airlines Enhances Passenger Experience with Innovative Mobile App

In today’s marketplace, it’s not enough for an airline to simply have an app. Cutting-edge functionality, efficient tools and, yes, fun bells and whistles are needed to engender consumer loyalty and drive increased revenue. The new app from Singapore Airlines ticks all the boxes and provides a new model for the industry.

Singapore Airlines + Skift | 4 years ago

Singapore Airlines Enhances Passenger Experience with Innovative Mobile App

Business Travel

Skift Global Forum 2019: How American Express Is Improving Customer Experience with a Focus on Meaningful Moments

Consumers are so overwhelmed by choice these days, they sometimes simply give up on travel plans altogether. Brands like American Express Travel are hoping to end that lamentable state of affairs by combining old-school service with new technological tools that make the complete “customer journey” both high tech and high touch.

Skift | 5 years ago

Skift Global Forum 2019: How American Express Is Improving Customer Experience with a Focus on Meaningful Moments

Online Travel

Travel Habits of Americans: Gen Xers Lead Hotel-Mobile Bookings Among U.S. Travelers

It's not a tsunami, but it's been clear for some time that the tides are turning: Skift's data show 23 percent of U.S. consumers who booked a hotel in the past year used a smartphone to do so. The waters – or mobile hotel bookings – will only keep rising.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Travel Habits of Americans: Gen Xers Lead Hotel-Mobile Bookings Among U.S. Travelers

Hotels

Guests Are More Satisfied at Hotels That Are Mobile Friendly

Where online travel agencies make it easy for guests to book hotel rooms from their smartphones, hotels need to do a much better job if they want more direct bookings. And they need to make better apps while they're at it.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago

Guests Are More Satisfied at Hotels That Are Mobile Friendly

Online Travel

Growth of Mobile Travel Bookings in 6 Charts

Smartphones continue gaining ground with online travel bookings, albeit slowly, and mobile web still outpaces what can be clunky mobile app user experiences.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Growth of Mobile Travel Bookings in 6 Charts

Hotels

Hilton Launches a New Video Ad Campaign to Push Direct Bookings

Many travel and tourism brands are harnessing the power of 360-degree video to inspire travelers, but this is the first time we've seen it used to convert direct bookings. It'll be interesting to see the results of this campaign by the end of this year.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 8 years ago

Hilton Launches a New Video Ad Campaign to Push Direct Bookings

Online Travel

HotelTonight Adds Rooms in 80 New European Markets

HotelTonight's reach may be broad, but it's not necessarily relevant in many of its new markets. Time would be better spent targeting major cities in Asia and Latin America than mining every possible market in Europe.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

HotelTonight Adds Rooms in 80 New European Markets

Online Travel

Priceline Boss: Mobile Bookings Not the Most Important Part of Mobile

Every travel brand engaged in mobile -- and that should be all of them -- should read about Booking.com's big-picture vision for mobile. Hipmunk and Expedia are also going down this road, albeit to a lesser degree.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Priceline Boss: Mobile Bookings Not the Most Important Part of Mobile