Travel Technology

Companies that incentivize business travelers to book less expensive trips can increase policy compliance and save the company money — a win-win-win for corporate travel, finance, and employees.

Never before have we seen such a broad vision for the advancement of air travel and tourism in any region and with such financial support for it. Over the course of the next few years, we will be closely following the developments in the Middle East with keen interest!

This is at least the third c-suite exec that has departed over the past year, and it comes as Sabre continues a big tech transformation.

The tours, activities, and experiences market is a lucrative and underexplored opportunity in the travel industry. Its high fragmentation, influx of small suppliers, and rapid shift from offline to online makes it a goldmine for online intermediaries to gain market share from traditional offline players.

Hotelbeds, which reportedly hired bankers a couple of months ago to ready an initial public offering, has appointed a new general counsel, and the hotel wholesaler touted her experience in…

Infare, a Denmark-based provider of airfare data and analysis software, has been acquired. 

The future role of the global distribution system could be a lot different than it is today. Amadeus is investing to ensure it maintains its place in that future.

Some generative AI tools for travel booking are getting more impressive, and some are not.

Travel's focus on sustainability is giving way to the more impactful concept of regeneration. Luxury travel, too, is stepping up, looking beyond minimizing harm to actively restoring and improving ecosystems. The challenge lies in execution, where real-world impact will define success.

As with lots of cash and stock deals, the ultimate outcome will depend on Upgrade's eventual exit, and how that turns out. On the face of it, though, this deal looks underwhelming for Uplift.