OTA, Travel Agencies & TO

Booking.com in the Sustainable Travel Report shows how sustainability is becoming a key issue, even on holiday.

83% of global travellers think sustainable travel is vital: sustainability must be a pillar of hotels as well as services providers’ management strategy and, in order to be perceived, it requires an efficient communication targeting valuable travellers

The resilience of direct bookings gives the opportunity to hoteliers to redefine their distribution strategy by balancing direct and intermediary channels, aiming at building value for tourists as well as accelerating the post-Covid recovery

Travel industry and vouchers: and opportunity to get revenue, monetise and build customer loyalty in view of the sector rebound

Subscriptions are fast becoming a way for pandemic-hit industries to get enough cash flow to hang on and build customer loyalty

In the complicated future of travel, the role of travel agents will be invaluable.

Ancillary services, which in recent years have proven to be a key source of revenue for OTAs and airlines, represent the opportunity to increase profits even for the hospitality industry, which should now develop a Post-Covid recovery plan.   Following the global pandemic, two core concepts have emerged in the hotel industry that must be kept in mind. On the one hand, the crucial role of an effective

TripAdvisor and Expedia, two of the most important players of the travel industry, are facing slowdowns; this is showing new scenarios full of business opportunities

Due to the Coronavirus emergency, Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) are adopting new internal strategies to address the challenges facing the travel industry

The sharing economy applied to the short-term rentals has been developing, often facing different Countries’ regulations.

Amadeus recently launched a videoplayer that allows to make online bookings while watching a video.

In the last years, mobility is being one of the focuses of several State’s policies and, mainly in Europe, enhanced new business opportunities, such as in the bus and train sectors.

Focalising and innovating can be the key to face the consolidated companies of the Travel & Tourism industry.

New business models are growing in a strong consolidation scenario to meet travellers’ demand.

The number of Chinese travellers is growing yoy, now demanding for high-quality experiences easy to organise.

Twissen interviewed itinari, a platform to promote destinations and activities and to create personalised travel guides.

The consolidation phase is expanding towards new sectors of the Travel & Tourism industry, including the wholesalers.

Platforms, metasearch and OTAs are being developed now also for the train sector.

Twissen interviewed Trip For Dog, which offers a metasearch to find the best pet-friendly facilities in Europe.

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OTAs are starting to intermediate activities at destination.

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On November 24th the Chinese colossus Ctrip officialised British metasearch Skyscanner‘s purchasing for about 1.74 billion US$ (about € 1,64 billion). Nowadays, Skyscanner serves about 60 million customers per month and is available in more than 30 languages. The acquisition is aimed at complementing Ctrip’s positioning at a global scale. This acquisition fits in the

The EU-China Year of Tourism 2018 is promoted by ETC – European Travel Commission to stimulate business opportunities through knowing a target of tourists that keeps on arriving to Europe with growing flows. China was defined as the biggest origin market of tourists by UNWTO. In the last months, big companies of the Travel &

Market’s experts seem to be a bit disappointed in the quarterly report published on the last 28th of July by Expedia Inc, parent company to many travel & tourism industry’s brands like Expedia.com, Hotels.com and Trivago. More precisely, what disappointed several analysts was the growth percentage of the room nights (excluding eLong, Orbitz and HomeAway).