Hotels are apparently losing up to 30% of revenue from cuts in commission or merchant fees as a result of the rapid rise of the same-day mobile booking apps in the marketplace.
Same-day mobile booking services – now there’s a hotel branded app for that
May 2, 2013 By 9 Comments
EasyJet mobile boarding pass trial includes Passbook integration
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
EasyJet is testing mobile boarding passes across departures from six airports including London Stansted, Edinburgh and Amsterdam
InnHand brings mobile, web and Facebook reservation system for B&Bs, guest houses, villas
February 26, 2013 By 2 Comments
Online reservation engines for accommodation providers have undergone multiple iterations of product refinement across channels – from being desktop-based to cloud-based to mobile-based to social media-based.
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Why is there no HotelTonight for airline tickets?
December 21, 2012 By 16 Comments
Answering a reader question with some in-depth analysis.
What will Apple do in travel? More questions than answers
July 30, 2012 By 5 Comments
A Google search for “what will Apple do?” returns more than two million results. Journalists, analysts, strategists, fanboys and even the odd civilian want to know.
EasyJet hopes to replicate success of apps with first mobile optimised website
July 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
Amazing that an airline of EasyJet’s size until today didn’t have a mobile-optimised website – but the launch marks the latest foray by the carrier into services on-the-go.
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Mobile Travel Technologies secures $5M investment push
June 7, 2012 By 2 Comments
Happy days at Mobile Travel Technologies as it welcomes a $5 million injection of funding from DFJ Esprit, one of the largest venture capital companies in Europe.
Not all apps are created equal, some are more equal than others
May 24, 2012 By 5 Comments
A colleague and I were recently reviewing a newly released mobile application that has generated a lot of buzz.
What else? EasyJet mobile, AMEX meetings, myTab friends, Mandarin airport apps
February 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
EasyJet gets social with mobile, AMEX extends meetings planner tool, myTab conencts with friends, Euro airports translate apps for China. A round-up of other stories from across the industry.
EasyJet gets more mobile, releases app for iPhone and Android
December 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
EasyJet plans to unveil its slick new booking application for iPhone and Android tomorrow
