Emirates becomes latest airline to tee up activities and inspiration as part of trip search

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Over three years on from Lufthansa and two years after British Airways, Emirates is trying to change the way people search for flights, based on what passengers might do in a destination.

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Emirates wants to spread a little love through latest campaign [VIDEO]

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Emirates has created a series of 29 videos which the airline hopes people will share and use to connect with each other

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Social media is dead – airline marketing in 2013 all about connected travellers and the real world

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Let’s face it – social media is dead. There are over 200 airlines on Twitter today, for example, and the space is cluttered.

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The Scan: Cathay Pacific partners with Klout for new “Klout Card” via Passbook, and more news

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Webtrends, Emirates, Netbooster, Gmail, Bescover, RateGain, Trippy, Yahoo, and Airberlin all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 18 October.

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The Scan: Home-printed luggage tags debut in Denmark, and other travel tech news

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Billund Airport, IHG Hotels, Emirates, TravelRepublic, Best Western, Zero Controls, and JT Touristik all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 5 October.

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The Scan: Emirates deals Oneworld a blow with Qantas tie-up, and more news

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Starting in April 2013, Emirates will no longer be constrained about walking all over the interests of Oneworld member British Airways, and other news from our daily roundup.

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What Else? Vayable grows, Lonely Planet offline, Emirates IFEs, HotelsCombined, Rocco

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Vayable jumps to 200 destinations, Lonely Planet boosts offline apps, Emirates upgrades IFEs, HotelsCombined books with Ostrovok, Rocco opts for IDeaS… A round-up of other stories from across the industry.

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Innovative ways airlines are using the new Facebook Timeline

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We recently talked about the Eight steps to driving results for travel brands from the new Facebook Timeline, highlighting some key aspects of the new layout for brands.

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Getting mobile web basics right in travel is still a target rather than an achievement

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As we got towards the end of 2011, many people were asking me what I thought was next in the world of mobile and whether I had any predictions.

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Travelport loses $19.7 million decision to former distribution partner

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Travelport says it will take a $19.7 million “extraordinary cash charge” in the fourth quarter because of an arbitrators’ decision which favored a former national distribution company partner.

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