Travel Technology News

WiT events have always attracted the travel tech industry’s biggest names.

WiT takes bird’s eye view of travel 2020 and beyondSINGAPORE – It’s been a momentous time for online travel and on the cusp of a new decade, the WiT Singapore 2019 conference –...

Emirates expects to make biometric boarding available for all its US destinations by end-2019.

At some Emirates flights, your face is your passportDUBAI – Passengers flying from Dubai to any of Emirates’ 12 destinations in the United States will soon be able to use facial...

‘One room left on our site’ claims don’t always ring true, says Which? Travel.

When ‘one room left’ isn’t all it seemsLONDON - Booking.com is still giving a false impression of hotel availability to rush consumers into making a booking, Which?...

TripAdvisor says it’s a daily battle to uncover fake reviews.

TripAdvisor shares fake review data in new reportNEEDHAM, Mass. - TripAdvisor is pulling back the curtain on its process for catching fake reviews.

Travellers seek a good digital experience when booking a flight.

Who are you going to trust when booking a trip?LANGLEY, UK - A survey of 23,000 regular fliers in 20 countries has found that when shopping online, travellers are having...

Collaboration will “lay the foundation for simple and efficient two-factor authentication,” said Amadeus’ managing director of payments Bart Tompkins.

Amadeus, CyberSource team up to tackle fraud in travelEUROPE – Amadeus has embarked on a partnership with Visa’s payment management platform, CyberSource, which will see the...

Narita International Airport will be progressively installing 72 automated bag drop units across its four terminals.

Narita to roll out automated check-in ahead of 2020 OlympicsTokyo’s Narita International Airport will be introducing self-service bag drop units at the airport with the signing of a new...

The NDC connection to Qantas is the first by any GDS to the carrier.

Travelport and Qantas pioneer NDC era for Asia-Pacific regionTravelport has begun handling its first bookings with Qantas using IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard.

Jane Sun, CEO, Ctrip

Ctrip Steps Up Global ExpansionScale has been the bread and butter of online travel agencies. Even as the global economic and political outlook turns gloomy,...

Sabre unveiled several product developments to its GDS network at its annual flagship conference STX in Las Vegas in June.

4 developments we learnt from Sabre’s Las Vegas conferenceAt its flagship conference STX held in Las Vegas in June, Sabre unveiled several product developments to its Global...