Mobile

Hotels are providing the opposite of hospitality with long queues, paperwork, poor Wi-Fi and disconnected systems, according to Lennert de Jong, president for hospitality at Planet. Read More

Since 2009, former Amazon and Microsoft executive David Risher has been CEO of Worldreader, a San Francisco-based nonprofit whose mission is to improve reading outcomes in children ages 3-12. Read More

The latest investment in the company comes from Orilla Asset Management and AXIS and adds to Cabify’s €40 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), as well as an investment from Mutua... Read More

The company, which plans to launch DuveAI in the second quarter of this year, says it will enable “hoteliers and hosts to interact with their guests like never before.” Read More

App-based Orbzii brings together flights and hotels and employs artificial intelligence to enable consumers to filter options and put together a trip as well as discuss it and share it with... Read More

SkipQ describes itself as a travel retail marketplace that connects airport retailers and passengers via its app. Read More

The two companies announced a partnership last year enabling the South Korea-based company to expand the transportation options in its Kakao T app. Read More

The travel service is part of Brex Empower and provides travel booking and management, self-service trip changes and round-the-clock support from agents. Read More

Along with enabling bookings of flights, trains, buses and more, the solution would share data across suppliers to manage travel disruption. Read More

Via will integrate Citymapper’s app, which consumers use to plan trips, into its TransitTech platform. Read More

The site includes supply from Booking.com – such as 1.4 million hotels around the world - and is powered by technology from Rocket Travel by Agoda, another of Booking Holdings’ brands. Read More

The investment in the Canada-based startup was led by Centana Growth Partners with Thayer Ventures, FUSE, Blackpines Capital Partners and Derive Ventures also participating. Read More

The program, managed by SITA and Indicio in partnership with Aruba Tourism Authority, is an extension of work the organizations began at the start of the pandemic to create a blockchain-based app to... Read More

Hear from Mastercard about shifts in payment strategies and why cross-sector partnerships are so critical for the future. Read More

An in-depth Phocuswright report looks at how social marketing has evolved, how consumers interact with brands and nuanced differences for travel. Read More