Google’s AI to power virtual travel agent from Priceline
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Want a New York hotel near a Christmas market, a vegan restaurant, or another attraction? Look no further than artificial intelligence from Google at Priceline…
Expedia Group beats Street estimates on record lodging bookings
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Expedia Group Inc on Thursday beat Wall street estimates for first-quarter revenue on record lodging bookings as travel returns to urban markets and…
Meet the talent: Shelli Brunswick
Can you tell us about your background and how you got to where you are now? My journey has three very distinct phases. The first was when I enlisted in…
Last-minute Valentine’s Day gifts
Known throughout the world as the festival of lovers, Valentine’s Day dates back to Roman times. It originated in response to pagan rituals involving matrons, who, in order to purify their spirits,…
MV Narrative: The Endless Cruise
How do you find a winning solution that combines the possibility of travelling worldwide and continuing to work with the comforts and all the tools you have at home or…
EU wants Airbnb, rivals to share bookings data with authorities
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Airbnb and other short-term home rental companies will have to share data on the number of people using their platforms under proposed EU…
Ana Nives Radovic explains the challenges of blockchain technology
Ana Nives Radovic, Founder and instructor at Fintech Online Center and co-founder of SUPER Hub, is listed among the Top 100 FinTech most influential researchers in the world by Onalytica.com, the world’s…
Five ‘appsolutely’ essential tech tools to help you travel
Tech tools to travel: With the world finally reopening to travel and tourism, many of us are planning long awaited trips overseas to far flung destinations. Traveltech is once again…
Security vs Privacy, the problem of facial recognition systems
Security and the protection of personal data are the two poles on which the game of video surveillance is played out, a hot topic at the centre of debate in…
Apple and World of Hyatt agreement on digital keys
Digital key arrives thanks to agreement between Apple and Hyatt Among the many things you can do with an iPhone and an Apple Watch is also the ability to use…