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Travel Technology

Travel Technology

IHG’s App Can Book Rooms By Floor Height, View, and More – How It Works

Mapping each room in thousands of hotels is a huge project, but more undertakings like that are needed to bring the hotel industry into the 21st century.

Justin Dawes | 4 weeks ago

IHG’s App Can Book Rooms By Floor Height, View, and More – How It Works

News Blog

IDEAS: Uber One Campaign Sees Robert De Niro and Asa Butterfield Become ‘Best Friends’

A new campaign from Uber One has brought together an unlikely pairing in Hollywood legend Robert De Niro and Sex Education star Asa Butterfield, as they become 'best friends' thanks to their shared love for 'eating food and going places'. Credit: Mother London/Uber The three minute advert which comes from creative agency Mother London was…

Adam Stacey | 4 weeks ago

Travel Technology

Amadeus and Microsoft Want to Make Air Travel More Like Amazon Shopping

Most agree that the airline industry needs an upgrade, but making it happen is the hard part.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Amadeus and Microsoft Want to Make Air Travel More Like Amazon Shopping

Travel Technology

Uber’s CEO on ‘Delightful’ Products and Smart Career Moves

Uber's CEO sits down with Skift's CEO to talk about the importance of building delightful products, the potential of autonomous vehicles, and the role of career compounding.

Jose Marmolejos | 1 month ago

Uber’s CEO on ‘Delightful’ Products and Smart Career Moves

Skift Research

U.S. Travel Tracker: Q3 2023 Highlights

Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, U.S. travel achieves record levels, with changing travel patterns highlighted by a decline in business trips.

1 month ago
U.S. Travel Tracker: Q3 2023 Highlights

Travel Technology

We Used the Meta AI Chatbot to Plan a Trip. Here’s What It Got Wrong.

If Meta wants its new AI chatbot to be used for travel, it has some catching up to do.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

We Used the Meta AI Chatbot to Plan a Trip. Here’s What It Got Wrong.

Travel Technology

Mews Buys Hotel AI Startup. Plus: 3 Other Travel Tech Acquisitions

Mews completed one of at least four travel tech acquisitions this month.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Mews Buys Hotel AI Startup. Plus: 3 Other Travel Tech Acquisitions

Skift Research

A Deep Dive into Google Travel Part I: U.S. Hotel Distribution

In this web scraping exercise of Google Hotels, we consider one of the most interesting questions in the travel industry currently: what role does Google play in the shifting sands of hotel distribution? Google, not one to stay static, is constantly tweaking its hotels platform and we see its latest iteration contributing directly to the democratization of the online travel market and a dis-intermediation of the legacy OTAs in favour of direct bookings.

1 month ago
A Deep Dive into Google Travel Part I: U.S. Hotel Distribution

Travel Technology

Musician John Legend Releasing App to Counter ‘Negative’ Google and Yelp Reviews

It's Good is entering crowded territory, but reviews have been operating the same way for years, so maybe it's time for a change.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Musician John Legend Releasing App to Counter ‘Negative’ Google and Yelp Reviews

Travel Technology

Meta, Microsoft, AWS: Big Tech Reveals Travel-Related AI Projects

As the big tech companies reveal what they've been working on in travel, it raises questions about the longevity of small companies that have been working on similar projects.

Justin Dawes | 2 months ago

Meta, Microsoft, AWS: Big Tech Reveals Travel-Related AI Projects