Travel tech news from OneFineStay, Goibibo, RateGain, Marriott Hotels, Mercator, Air Indiam, Unisys, United Airlines, Honeywell, WAYN, Air Asia and Google.
The SCAN – Marriott gets million fans, Google fined for Streetview and more news
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Scan: Skyscanner heads to the US, Marriott tests lobby booking, and more travel tech
February 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Skyscanner, PhoCusWright, Marriott, Yatra, OneTwoTrip, WAYN, TripRental, Rover, TUI, TourWrist, Yelp, JetBlue, and American Airlines are mentioned in today’s round-up of travel tech news.
The Scan: Wired magazine and Marriott partner, and more travel tech news
September 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Four events hosted exclusively at US Marriott hotels through December will focus on the needs of digital travelers, and more items in our roundup.
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The Scan: UK hotels scolded for online rate display, the first use of Facebook’s Were Here API, and more
August 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Eleven major hotel chains are routinely breaching British government guidelines and advertising standards rules by not including VAT in headline prices online, and more items in our roundup.
Another hotel price fixing class action emerges in the US, same defendants as previous complaints
August 28, 2012 By 10 Comments
Are we seeing the floodgates beginning to open with the hotel price parity issue? Perhaps so, with news of another attempt at a class action in the US against online travel agencies and hotel chains.
Hotel price fixing case will likely do little but generate legal fee bonanza
August 22, 2012 By 1 Comment
A class action suit was filed this week in California against various major online travel retailers and hotel chains alleging antitrust violations in relation to resale price management (RPM) agreements.
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Hotel price fixing saga switches to the US with class action against Expedia and others
August 21, 2012 By 13 Comments
There is a whiff of anger in the air, it appears, over alleged price fixing between online travel agencies and hotels – with a class action being brought against some of the biggest travel brands on the planet in the US.
Morning Scan: Billing giant Kale rebrands as Accelya and other travel tech news
August 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kale Consultants is re-branding itself as Accelya. The combined operation will handle accounting and billing between travel agents and airlines for more than 100 airlines and earn $110 million a year in revenue. And other travel tech news…
Behold the tech-savvy, young and affluent Chinese traveller, coming to a country near you
July 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In fifteen years, the Chinese middle class will reach 800 million, up from 300 million today. Over the next five years, affluent Chinese consumers will grow from four million to 20 million.
Which was the only company to apply for a .FLY domain?
June 15, 2012 By 5 Comments
With lots of talk in recent months about a bonanza of new domain name extensions being made available to anyone, perhaps more than one company would’ve bid for .FLY this week.
