2015 › March

Yelp has been fighting Google for years and looks to mobile and TV advertising as two ways to reduce the company's reliance on Google traffic.

Activity-planning startups are a dime a dozen but Musement seems to be getting investors' attention.

These are the newest travel startups from Angel List vying for travelers’ interest and investors’ attention.

It makes sense that Ryanair would take advantage of the distressed status of this airport and of the popularity of Valencia as a tourism destination, especially for UK travellers. The airport's promoters are no doubt relieved.

Expedia Inc. has been tacking on assets to bump up its growth and the Travelocity Partner Network, owned by Orbitz Worldwide, meshes with Expedia's growth strategy.

Small hospitality companies like Avalon represent the last bastion of classic boutique hotel experiences.

Hotel CEOs agree that the fee frenzy has been overblown. They believe that fees, where needed, should be transparent, but that not many have actually been added in recent years.

HomeAway should be careful what it wishes for in a potential Airbnb IPO -- especially when HomeAway has chosen to give scant attention to the younger generation in favor of wooing the older crowd.

The record visitation levels are no surprise after consistent month-over-month growth, but do highlight the growing economic importance of the U.S. travel industry and the priority that it should begin to take in federal and local governments' budgets.