Articles tagged “travel apps”

Online Travel

Capital One Travel Is Sleek But Limited by Content Gaps: Skift Review

Capital One Travel is a surprisingly nimble online travel site for a portal of this type that's still in beta. That being said, it has some significant content holes.

Dennis Schaal | 1 month ago

Travel Booking

Top Travel Booking Apps: Look Who’s Winning the U.S. Now

Shifting consumer tastes in travel booking apps recently gave Hopper a boost over Booking.com and other rivals. But can the challenger brand sustain its lead?

Sean O'Neill | 2 months ago

Online Travel

Softbank to Buy Stake in South Korean Travel Startup Yanolja

Yanolja means “Hey, let’s play” in Korean. If Softbank agrees to play, the travel startup will have the capital to go on an acquisitions spree to bolster its global reach. That way it will be more likely to have a successful public listing in the U.S. later.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 months ago

Online Travel

New Sites and Apps Aim to Dispel Confusion About Travel Restrictions Worldwide

Who isn't confused about the ever-changing pandemic-related restrictions in place? It's good to have some more tools at hand to sort things out.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 1 year ago

Tourism

Spain to Trial Coronavirus Tracing App on La Gomera in the Canary Islands

All of Europe will be watching.

Isla Binnie, Reuters | 1 year ago

Hotels

Hilton’s Newest App Feature Ups the Game in Guest Personalization

Minority Report meets hotels. It was inevitable. It’ll be interesting to see how this tech evolves, and how hotels walk the fine line between being serviceable and just pushing ads into guests’ phones.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 5 years ago

Uncategorized

The Promises That Led to Uber’s $40 Billion Valuation

Uber's promise of becoming more than just a ride app and its growing global reach is fueling its sky high valuation, which - even if exaggerated - highlights its near unlimited potential.

Bernard Condon and Barbara Ortuta, Associated Press | 7 years ago

Online Travel

Tourism App Developer BlueBridge Raises $1 Million to Expand

Although it may be difficult to get visitors to download an app for a one-time visit, those that prove useful in the planning and navigation phases are likely to improve visitors' experience and perception of the destination.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 7 years ago

Online Travel

Tales To Go Delivers Long-Form Travel Content to Mobile Devices

Delivering long-form content directly to consumers' mobile devices sets Travel To Go apart from other content sites and magazines that see apps as a secondary, rather than primary, delivery channel.

Spud Hilton, San Francisco Chronicle | 7 years ago

Online Travel

5 New Travel Startups That Inspire and Organize Outdoor Travel

Many startup ideas we see today are creative and many we see piggyback on current trends, which suggests that it will be difficult for most to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive online travel market.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 8 years ago