Articles tagged “digital”

This week in digital news, Tripping had a slightly scary round of layoffs, and due to a different set of fears, corporate travel players strained to carefully make some progress.

This week in digital news, we took a broad view on earnings from Expedia, Travelzoo, and Trivago, the last coming out on bottom. For more big-picture analysis, check out our first Corporate Travel Innovators List.

Smart personalization is hard to do well in the travel industry. That’s why today’s best-in-class brands start with the fundamentals: gathering the right customer data, building the right technology stack to handle it, and finding the right talent.

We teamed up with the Accenture Amadeus Alliance to give travel industry startups a platform to pitch their innovative solutions at our premier startup competition.

This week in digital news, Booking Holdings was very busy with long-term strategic moves, including plans to go full-service while buying an activities distribution startup.

This week in digital news, thousands of hotels are trying out TripAdvisor's new sponsored listings offering, and companies are more worried than ever about the security of their data when employees hit the road.

This week in digital news, the big online travel agencies are deciding what's best for their futures. Expedia changed its name, slightly, to better reflect that the parent company is more than just Expedia.com. Meanwhile, Priceline's name-your-own-price feature is on the outs.

Today's most forward-thinking travel brands aren't just thinking about mobile. They're thinking about how to connect the dots between mobile and every aspect of the travel experience, from trip research to purchase to the in-trip journey.

This week in digital news, we looked at how mobile payments might displace cash, and how artificial intelligence might displace tourism workers — or not.

This week in digital travel news: Booking.com intends to grow into a full-service online travel agency, and Trivago wants to increase its Google advertising, but Ctrip hit a stumbling block.