The Owned Inventory Merchant Model is an inventory acquisition model and a contracting strategy used by travel wholesalers to acquire hotel room inventory. In a nutshell the wholesaler pre-pays or guarantees... Read more »
Sell and distribute your tour and activity in…
Date: March 15th, 2013 @ 11:24
Changing of the Guard: Japan Cedes Title as A…
Date: March 13th, 2013 @ 03:00
Japan's dominance as Asia Pacific's largest travel market has come to an end, marking a major milestone for the region as an emerging China assumes the top spot. Following over a decade of economic stagnation,... Read more »
U.S. Mobile Travel Bookings to Top US$25 Bill…
Date: February 21st, 2013 @ 04:00
Mobile travel bookings may have started out as a footnote on the balance sheet, but smartphones and tablets are on track to capture nearly one in five online travel dollars by 2014. According to a new... Read more »
Amid China’s Torrid Online Travel Marke…
Date: January 31st, 2013 @ 04:00
If China's economy is slowing, no one told the country's online travel market. Visitors to travel websites in China are increasing nearly six times faster than total Internet traffic, with growth among... Read more »
All About the Add-Ons: Hotel Ancillary Revenu…
Date: January 17th, 2013 @ 04:00
The debate over airline ancillaries may steal the headlines, but hoteliers are increasingly getting in on the action. From breakfast and bike rentals to in-room entertainment and event tickets, ancillary... Read more »
I’m on Vacation (and You’re Not):…
Date: December 20th, 2012 @ 04:00
From slideshows and postcards to online travel reviews and social networking posts, travelers have always found a way to share their travel experiences. But U.S. travelers are increasingly using social... Read more »
OTAs Dwarf Metasearch in Supplier Referrals
Date: December 13th, 2012 @ 04:00
Metasearch has received ample press attention of late, with Priceline's recent move to snap up Kayak making headlines. But while the popularity of metasearch is growing among U.S. travelers, its role in... Read more »
Who should hold the bag in terms of API integ…
Date: December 7th, 2012 @ 20:15
In my most recent Tnooz post titled “Putting the supplier cart before the distributor horse in travel” I discussed how creating open inbound APIs could help to foster connectivity between supply... Read more »
Online Travel Agencies Power On as European T…
Date: December 6th, 2012 @ 04:00
The European online travel market will sustain double-digit gains in 2012, despite anemic growth for the region's travel industry, according to the new report PhoCusWright's European Online Travel Overview... Read more »
Priceline to Acquire Kayak: Unexpected, Yet U…
Date: November 12th, 2012 @ 04:00
It's not often that the travel industry gets a true bombshell. Along with the many accomplishments the management teams at Priceline and Kayak can count, catching us all off guard is now one of them. But... Read more »