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Articles tagged “subscriptions”

News Blog

JAL Is Testing Flight Subscriptions Again With the Help of a Japanese Startup

Between August and November 2021, Japan Airlines (JAL) began a three-month promotion, making non-refundable flight tickets available in a discounted wholesale deal to travelers booking trips.  On June 22, the promotion returned, with some small changes. Up to 1,000 customers will be able to buy flight subscriptions, giving them access to tickets on up to 143…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

News Blog

Inspirato Adds a Third Travel Subscription Product

Inspirato, a subscription business primarily for stays at luxury vacation homes and hotels, debuted on Thursday a third subscription product. The new Inspirato Select product lets subscribers pick 3 trips from a list of more than 500,000 for an annual fee of $24,000, plus a $2,000 enrollment fee. The cost includes nightly rates, taxes, and fees but…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Online Travel

Online Travel’s eDreams Odigeo Claims a Competitive Moat in Subscriptions

Spain's eDreams Odigeo is building a big subscription program that it claims would be tough to imitate. But do big rivals really want to?

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Online Travel’s eDreams Odigeo Claims a Competitive Moat in Subscriptions

Startups

Japan Airlines Gave This Startup Travel Subscription Service a Lift

Japanese startup Kabuk Style has thousands of travelers booking hotels and guesthouses via subscription. A recent promotion with the airline JAL boosted the company's profile.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Japan Airlines Gave This Startup Travel Subscription Service a Lift

Hotels

CitizenM and Life House Redefine Hotel Relationships in Their Own Ways

CitizenM is willing to take a profit hit to entice long-term guest loyalty, while Life House seeks to limit guest services to extract maximum profits for owners. The sustainable business model award goes to CitizenM.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

CitizenM and Life House Redefine Hotel Relationships in Their Own Ways

Hotels

Scotland’s Gleneagles Offers Subscription Model for 1st Expansion in 9 Decades

It's hard to look at Ennismore's chic new Gleneagles Townhouse, which puts equal weight on its members club as its hotel, without drawing a connection to how many travel brands have been testing the subscription model.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Scotland’s Gleneagles Offers Subscription Model for 1st Expansion in 9 Decades

News Blog

Soho House to Launch Digital Membership

Private membership club Soho House aims to debut a digital membership for people to get to network and otherwise get to know one another before meeting at one of its properties. Soho House founder Nick Jones confirmed that tidbit this week, according to Hospitality Insights. “Lots of businesses, friendships, relationships have been created by a…

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Online Travel

Tripadvisor Hotel Recovery Lags Rivals

Tripadvisor CEO Steve Kaufer said Tripadvisor is "uniquely positioned as the world opens up again." Actually it isn't, as the company's first quarter performance shows. Yes, Tripadvisor has world-class traffic, and growing experiences and dining businesses, but it totally missed out on the short-term rental opportunity.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Tripadvisor Hotel Recovery Lags Rivals

Online Travel

Tripadvisor Names Veteran Media Exec Matt Goldberg as New CEO

Tripadvisor likely had a difficult time to fill this role. Several potential candidates begged off. This will be a heavy lift as the team tries to figure out the best future options.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Tripadvisor Names Veteran Media Exec Matt Goldberg as New CEO

Airlines

AirAsia SuperApp Offers New Subscription Promotion for Flights, Food Delivery

Subscriptions are relatively hot in travel although AirAsia's limited new plan might be seen as a sign of weakness rather than strength. AirAsia Super+ is essentially a marketing plan to jumpstart the airline's flights and food delivery businesses.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

AirAsia SuperApp Offers New Subscription Promotion for Flights, Food Delivery