Articles tagged “whatsapp”

Media and PR

Meta Reports Travel Was Fourth Quarter Bright Spot

Meta can expect travel to continue its strength considering the industry’s performance versus tech and other sectors.

Dennis Schaal | 4 months ago

Meta Reports Travel Was Fourth Quarter Bright Spot

Tourism

Daily Podcast: The UK’s Travel Incompetence

Good morning from Skift. It's Wednesday, June 22 in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Rashaad Jorden | 11 months ago

Daily Podcast: The UK’s Travel Incompetence

Online Travel

WhatsApp Helps Brands Personalize Travel in India and Middle East

Looking to offer hassle-free and personalized experiences for customers, travel companies have integrated WhatsApp as an effective communications platform. But troubleshooting cannot always be left to bots. Brands also need human beings to chip in at critical moments.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 11 months ago

WhatsApp Helps Brands Personalize Travel in India and Middle East

Online Travel

Travel Booking Is Finally Coming to Instagram

When Facebook enabled airlines and hotels to build booking functionality into their Facebook pages years ago, it was a total bust. But Instagram and Whatsapp seem to have an engagement level that was missing last time around, making these e-commerce moves appear to be a lot more feasible.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Travel Booking Is Finally Coming to Instagram

Online Travel

New Skift Trends Report: The Future of Messaging Tech in Travel, Part 1

Messaging technology is expanding at a rapid pace across the online commerce ecosystem, across categories. This report addresses the marketing operations side of the messaging technology equation among travel companies.

James O'Brien, Skift | 7 years ago

New Skift Trends Report: The Future of Messaging Tech in Travel, Part 1

Online Travel

Skift Travel Megatrend for 2016: Messaging Is the New Language of the Globe

Messaging gives brands a direct, intimate relationship with consumers that social media only hinted at. What will be the long-term effect on marketing when a hotel or airline can contact customers like their loved ones do?

Rafat Ali and Dan Peltier , Skift | 7 years ago

Skift Travel Megatrend for 2016: Messaging Is the New Language of the Globe

Business Travel

Messaging Apps With Travel Agents Are the ‘It’ Thing for Travel Startup World in 2016

In airports and hotel lobbies, how many times have you heard throngs of travelers lamenting: "This app on my phone is wonderful, but if only it had access to real, human travel agents within it?" A new wave of travel startups is conjuring this image. Is it reality-based or wishful thinking? We'll see.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 7 years ago

Messaging Apps With Travel Agents Are the ‘It’ Thing for Travel Startup World in 2016

Online Travel

Great for global travelers: Mobile messaging apps overtaking text messages

Mobile messaging apps such as WhatsApp are becoming a cost-effective and more personal way to communicate electronically for travelers on the go.

Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times | 10 years ago

Great for global travelers: Mobile messaging apps overtaking text messages