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Articles tagged “travel booking”

News Blog

UK’s Revolut Adds Viator Experiences

The UK-based fintech app Revolut, which claims 30 million users, has added a in-app experiences marketplace, in partnership with Tripadvisor's Viator. The app now features some 300,000 tours, activities, and attractions, offering users options like "traversing the rocky Agafay Desert on camelback or taking a relaxing dip in Budapest's Széchenyi Thermal Baths." The Revolut experiences marketplace,…

Selene Brophy | 2 months ago

Travel Technology

Mondee Adds Mobile App and AI Chatbot for Travel Booking

A mobile app, online shopping cart, and easier group travel booking are highlights in a world of outdated tech for travel agents.

Justin Dawes | 2 months ago

Mondee Adds Mobile App and AI Chatbot for Travel Booking

Hotels

Hotel Rates Are Higher and So Are Their Costs

Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at higher hotel room rates, AI travel booking tools, and Qantas’ return to New York City.

Rashaad Jorden | 3 months ago

Hotel Rates Are Higher and So Are Their Costs

Travel Technology

The AI Travel Booking Tools Keep Coming. Not All Will Succeed. 

A lot of generative AI-based travel planning and booking tools are coming out. Which ones will last?

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

The AI Travel Booking Tools Keep Coming. Not All Will Succeed. 

News Blog

Travel Agents Could Have a Say in New Rules For Passengers

Travel agents could bring a real-world perspective to complex rules shaping the protection of air travel passengers, as part of a modernization proposal for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) watchdog for aviation consumer protection. The Modernization Act (H.R. 3780) would see the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC) membership include a dedicated travel agency…

Selene Brophy | 4 months ago

Travel Agents

Travel Die Hards: Agents Continue to Adapt to Disruption

Managing complexity and adding a human touch has always been the strength of travel agents. They'll need to embrace that as they face the latest travel tech disruptions.

Selene Brophy | 4 months ago

Travel Die Hards: Agents Continue to Adapt to Disruption

Airlines

Ryanair Almost Sets a New Profit Record

Ryanair has inched closer to profit highs last seen by the company in 2018, with the Irish carrier carefully considering the impact of Boeing delivery delays and its ability to grow its passenger numbers in the year ahead.

Padraic Halpin, Reuters | 4 months ago

Ryanair Almost Sets a New Profit Record

Online Travel

The Fintech Platform That Promises Happy Campers

The rain insurance provider could discover plenty of partners on the other side of the Atlantic as more brands and consumers warm to clever insurance add-ons.

Matthew Parsons | 4 months ago

The Fintech Platform That Promises Happy Campers

Startups

Worldia Raises $27 Million for Travel Agency Booking Platform

Worldia wants to help travel agents book several parts of a trip through a single platform, and Travel.win is curating travel products that credit card companies can use for their loyalty programs.

Justin Dawes | 5 months ago

Worldia Raises $27 Million for Travel Agency Booking Platform
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Travel Booking

A New Era of Airline Retailing: Inside Sabre’s Busy NDC Launch Schedule

As travelers seek better shopping and booking experiences, travel companies must transform both the technology powering their retailing systems and the organizational culture behind them. Recent milestones within Sabre’s Beyond NDC program demonstrate how the company is advancing new retailing opportunities across the entire travel value chain.

Sabre + Skift | 5 months ago

A New Era of Airline Retailing: Inside Sabre’s Busy NDC Launch Schedule