Meet the First Passenger to Fly Etihad’s Three-Room Residence Suite
It takes a elevated breed of aviation geek to roll like this.
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Interview: Rocketrip CEO on What Business Travelers Really Desire
Rocketrip CEO Dan Ruch makes a good point: Some corporations and travel management companies were once bitterly opposed to the idea of their employees booking a low cost carrier. In a similar way, road warriors are pushing their companies into the new world order.
Best Marketing and Advertising Insights From CEOs of Top Travel Booking Sites
Skift sat down with 17 online travel CEOs over three months to better understand what matters to them as they look at the future of travel booking. Understand the trends, buy the e-book.
Uber Moves to Patent the Surge Pricing Its Customers Hate
Can Uber patent it's most valuable asset: A stubborn refusal to listing to critics, regulators, or consumers?
Travel App Breadtrip Secures $50 Million in Funding
We've yet to see a content-sharing travel app catch on with consumers, no matter how much money has been poured into it.
Hyatt Introduces Free Wi-Fi Throughout All Its Properties
Hotels that align themselves with free Wi-Fi will quickly be recognized by business travelers, making the cost worth the marketing value for most business brands.
Interview: Commune CEO on How Lifestyle Hotels Adapt to Guest Desires
Commune sits squarely inside the growing boutique and lifestyle sector, putting it in a prime position to discover and adapt to guests' changing expectations faster than large hotel corporations dipping into the segment with a newborn brand.
American Airlines Gets on Bandwagon and Lures Business Travelers With Incentives
American has one other trump card that helps it compete while United and Delta scramble to pander to business class clients: The world's largest network of flights.
5 New Travel Startups That Give Travelers the Freedom to Have Fun
The ultimate goal of every trip is to enjoy oneself, which makes the ultimate purpose of these startups' point on -- even if it seems inconsequential at times.
Measuring the Real Impact of Destination Marketing Organizations
DMAI is working overtime to illustrate how tourism drives more than air arrivals and hotel nights to a destination when tourism marketers work well with local economic developers.
Marriott Wants to Be an Incubator for Culinary Entrepreneurs
A negative mind might suggest that Marriott is culling young talent for innovative ideas that it can turn around and slap a Marriott logo on; however, the brand deserves credit for going all in on its millenniall-or-bust development strategy.
Booking.com Paid Refunds to 10,000 Fraud Victims
Hacking incidents and phishing scams inside and outside of the travel industry are taking their toll, putting a huge strain on customer confidence.