Is Airbnb now a bigger threat to travel companies?
Airbnb is treading dangerously close to travel agent territory. Almost as close as we are to cracking the bottle of wine...
How worried should agents be about 7Travel?
7Travel's entrance into the OTA market is about as welcome as our cousin's kids who steal all our money at Christmas lun...
Viking Cruises unveils OTA portal
Viking is "cruising" into the OTA space. See what we did there? We even used quotation marks for added gravitas.
Tripadvisor launches agent booking platform
TripAdvisor’s new booking platform is a big win for travel agents. Well, it could be, we haven’t actually read the a...
Over 50% of travel fraud comes from corrupt OTAs
Much like drunk dancing at Christmas parties, travel fraud is a simmering industry issue that few appear willing to broa...
Webjet to enhance online shopping experience
Webjet are still in the bad books with travel agents after 'that Ad', but they haven't been drowning their sorrows, inst...
Adopting Virtual Payment Solutions
Australian travel agents are catching on, we're told.
Google sneakily adds hotel booking
Search isn’t enough for this giant, it now allows users to book and pay for hotel rooms directly on Google.
Internet catching up with Flight Centre
After more than a decade of defying the threat from online competitors, is the internet finally catching up with Flight ...
Mobile should be key to hotel strategy: OTA
Australian hoteliers must join the mobile bandwagon, or miss out dearly on bookings, Expedia warns.
Hotels, strike a pose to sell: Expedia
Hoteliers, don't get psycho, just change photos if you want better conversion from online bookings.
Accor to take on OTA’s
AccorHotels gets its ducks in a row; becomes "trailblazer" in hospitality by wooing independent hotels.
Snub OTAs, book hotels direct: TAA
In a case of "I told you so", Qantas’ Hooroo is the latest OTA to jack up commissions, a move pre-warned by industry b...
Accor hints at acquisitions to fight off OTA dominance
Paris-based Accor, has posted record results following cost cutting measures and increased demand from outside its base ...
OTA fills Australian hotels; Asian travellers to thank
Expedia reported an 80% jump in travel demand from Asia for hotel bookings in Australia for the third-quarter of 2014, c...
Amazon to launch travel site with hotel booking capability
Online retailer Amazon will launch its own travel service for independent hotels across key drive-markets in the USA. Ex...
Wotif profit down 15%
Online travel group Wotif.com have reported a 15% drop in its full year profit, amid increasing costs and a slide in acc...