Articles tagged “connected trip”

Podcasts

Booking.com’s Insights on Catering to The New Indian Traveler

Booking.com is intensifying its efforts in India, recognizing the market's critical importance to its global strategy.

Booking.com’s Insights on Catering to The New Indian Traveler

Online Travel

Agoda’s C-Suite: Global Challenges, Working With Booking Holdings and Superapps

Travel, when you think about it end-to-end, involves a lot of stress, headaches, planning, and orchestration. The Agoda C-Suite gets this and knows their mission is to ease these burdens for travelers. And they're relying heavily on tech to achieve this.

Agoda’s C-Suite: Global Challenges, Working With Booking Holdings and Superapps

Experiences

Airbnb’s CFO on What Went Wrong With Experiences – and What the Fixes Are

Reading between the lines, Mertz was saying that Airbnb didn't offer experiences at the right time, and they weren't personalized and cheap enough. Like Booking.com, Airbnb does want a dose of the connected trip.

Airbnb’s CFO on What Went Wrong With Experiences – and What the Fixes Are

Travel Technology

Journera Shuts Down Despite High-Profile Partners and Investors

Big travel companies had higher priorities than to share data among one another. That's one of the reasons Journera didn't succeed.

Journera Shuts Down Despite High-Profile Partners and Investors
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Online Travel

Video Interview: Rethinking Loyalty in the Age of AI

In this video interview, Jason Perocho, vice president of product marketing at Amperity, discussed highlights from a new research report that explores how generative AI can help travel and hospitality companies put their customer data to its highest and best use, enabling them to earn loyalty in the new era of travel.

Video Interview: Rethinking Loyalty in the Age of AI

Online Travel

Booking.com Executive on Addressing Payment Failures and Return of the Chinese Traveler

The online travel scene in Asia characterized by fierce competition and high stakes. Booking.com knows that it needs to sort the payment issue and make sure any lingering concerns are put to rest if it wants to stay ahead in the game in the region.

Booking.com Executive on Addressing Payment Failures and Return of the Chinese Traveler
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Online Travel

Skift Global Forum Video: Enabling the Connected Trip of the Future

In this video from Skift Global Forum 2023, we hear from Edward Chandler, global head of B2B travel at Visa, about what defines the connected trip, what brands can do to create fast and seamless payment journeys, and what new technologies will enable the connected trip of the future.

Skift Global Forum Video: Enabling the Connected Trip of the Future
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Online Travel

How Payment Innovations Will Power the Connected Trip of the Future

As blended travel comes of age, tokenized payment innovations using artificial intelligence and augmented reality are paving new ways to create seamless travel experiences that span the entire customer lifecycle.

How Payment Innovations Will Power the Connected Trip of the Future

Experiences

TUI to Test Dynamic Pricing in the UK

TUI was doing "the connected trip" before Booking.com was born. But it needs to fine-tune its pricing and flexibility to stay competitive.

TUI to Test Dynamic Pricing in the UK

Travel Technology

Former Orbitz CEO Pushes a Connected Journey Through Data Partnerships

Based on the company's claims, Journera's product could answer travel company prayers for better connectivity — but as with any startup, the trick is getting potential clients to agree.

Former Orbitz CEO Pushes a Connected Journey Through Data Partnerships