Monthly Archives: June 2015
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Posted by :Chirag Nandaniya
Date :18/06/2015
Booking.com recently introduced a new business travel booking and management platform called Booking.com for Business that aims to better assist the needs of business travelers.The platform, free to sign up for and featuring more than 650,000 properties across 212 countries, was created because Booking.com noticed that millions of users were booking for business on its leisure … Continue reading Booking.com for Business Accommodates Business Travel Market →
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- Posted by :Chirag Nandaniya
- Date :17/06/2015
Indian OTA Cleartrip has outlined a sharp growth in mobile bookings and expects its relaunched mobile web site to drive even bigger numbers in the future.In the first three months of last year, mobile accounted for 42% of air volumes and 22% of hotel. Consecutive quarterly increases followed, and in the final three months of … Continue reading Cleartrip shows the value of mobile web →
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- Posted by :Chirag Nandaniya
- Date :16/06/2015
Airport Parking & Hotels (APH) has teamed with Travelport to make its airport parking plug-in available through the company’s agency point of sale solution, Travelport Smartpoint. The application offered through Travelport’s Marketplace will enable travel agencies to upsell airport parking when making flight bookings using a simple two-step process.The application automatically presents relevant parking content based … Continue reading APH gets smart with Travelport →
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- Posted by :Chirag Nandaniya
- Date :11/06/2015
Expedia.com, one of the world’s largest full service online travel sites, recently unveiled several major updates to its award-winning Expedia mobile apps, in response to recent company research on mobile travel behaviors. Recent Expedia app updates include: Rental Cars: With Expedia mobile app customers increasingly citing rental car bookings as a “wish list” feature, the … Continue reading Expedia Accelerates Mobile Growth, Introduces Major App Updates to Address Traveler Requests →
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- Posted by :Chirag Nandaniya
- Date :10/06/2015
Expedia, in partnership with Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), released a comprehensive study that analyzed a rich set of global air travel data spotlighting air travel trends. The report, Travel Check-Up: Air Travel Trends 2015, represents the original analysis of a variety of travel data. An analysis of air industry data suggests that the second half … Continue reading ARC and Expedia Release Mid-Year Air Travel Trends for 2015 →
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- Posted by :Chirag Nandaniya
- Date :09/06/2015
Travelport and Jeju Air, Korea’s low cost carrier (LCC) have jointly announced their first ever global content, merchandising and marketing agreement. The new multi-year agreement will enable Travelport- connected travel agents worldwide to search and book Jeju Air’s services via Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform, including web fares and group fares. The content is already live … Continue reading Jeju Air and Travelport sign global agreement →
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- Posted by :Chirag Nandaniya
- Date :08/06/2015
A new study of the Asia-Pacific market conducted by travel industry technology provider Amadeus reveals that China’s annual spending on business travel is expected to double over the next 10 years. China currently spends $250 billion annually on corporate travel, but by the year 2025 the figure is projected to surpass $500 billion.Amadeus‘ research reinforces previous estimates … Continue reading Study Projects Chinese Business Travel Spending to Double by 2025 →
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- Posted by :Chirag Nandaniya
- Date :06/06/2015
Ryanair announced that its low fares are now available to Sabre-connected travel agencies and corporations across Europe via the Sabre global distribution system (GDS), following its agreement with Sabre Corporation, a global technology provider to the travel and tourism industry. This is the latest in an on-going series of Ryanair customer experience improvements under the … Continue reading Ryanair fares now available on the Sabre network →
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- Posted by :Chirag Nandaniya
- Date :05/06/2015
Arzoo.com has launched mobile recharge service for travel agents through which they will be able to reap rewards through another line of business without spending extra for the setup. Arzoo.com has tied up with several telecom operators including Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance, Aircel, BSNL, BPL, TATA Docomo, Uninor and Virgin Mobile. As per the release, Arzoo.com … Continue reading Arzoo.com launches mobile recharge facility for travel agents →
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- Posted by :Chirag Nandaniya
- Date :04/06/2015
Priceline.com, a leader in mobile travel and part of The Priceline Group announced the launch of its priceline.com app for Android Wear supporting the Android mobile operating system. The priceline.com Android Wear app uses Google map technology to pinpoint local places like convenience stores, ATMs and pharmacies within the vicinity of a traveler’s hotel. Embedded in the Android reservation, the app creates … Continue reading Priceline.com Launches Android “Companion” Wearable App Designed to Assist the Forgetful Last-Minute Traveler →
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