2015 › June

In the same way that Onefinestay is the boutique Airbnb, this funding round is the smaller equivalent to its larger rival's recent $1.5 billion haul.

Marriott has been ramping up its marketing efforts targeting LGBT customers while also promoting its internal advocacy for the LGBT community.

It's summer time in many parts of the world and travelers are looking to get outdoors and on the water for some fun in the sun and travel startups want a part in the action.

Slack is becoming the messaging app of choice for modern work teams, and these nascent travel services are just the start. Expect more established business travel related services and new Slack-native services to crop up in coming months.

As the big sharing economy brands adapt their offerings to the managed travel market, barriers to use in the managed travel are coming down.

Could this be an aftershock of the consolidation of online travel agencies during the past two years? Whatever the reason this can't be comforting for booking sites focused on growth when consumers say they're not the best deal in town.

Yes, KLM is on a league of its own by being able to leverage all the social care interactions into offers and purchases, but it's still working hard to integrate all its reservation systems, customer database, and social media interactions.

These are the aviation trends we were talking about this week.

These are the tourism trends we were talking about this week.

These are the digital travel trends we were talking about this week.