The Travel Technology Association

12/15/2021

Travelport's multi-year arrangement with the world’s largest network of independent travel agency franchises, Lufthansa City Center International, paves the way for access to Travelport's next-generation marketplace for travel retail. https://bit.ly/3CA1rLR

Travelport announces a multi-year agreement with the world’s largest network of independent travel agency franchises, Lufthansa City Center International (LCCI).

12/14/2021

The world's largest travel guidance platform, Tripadvisor, created its first immersive audio experience in all of North America with Visit Orlando. 🎧

The experience uses Amazon Alexa to inspire and drive tourism demand in Orlando, FL. https://bit.ly/3nAQMMN

Tripadvisor, the world's largest travel guidance platform, has created its first immersive audio experience in North America via Amazon Alexa, in partnership with Visit Orlando, the Official...

12/10/2021

Short-term rental platforms put people first.

That's why Airbnb made major enhancements to its host and guest experiences, ensuring damage protections for hosts and improving guest access to critical booking information, like Wi-fi speed verification. https://tcrn.ch/3oPG8Rt

Last night, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky took to Twitter to share what he’s seeing in the company’s data. The broad strokes version was that the pandemic-induced flexibility in our work lives has allowed more people to travel during the week, and even travel for months at a time, effectively…

12/09/2021

Travelers are flocking to cities this winter! ❄️

Tripadvisor's 2021 Winter Travel Index reveals travelers plan to return to iconic cities around the world this winter, with New York City, Orlando, Las Vegas, Paris, and London top choices.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3qVbysy

As the autumn season is sadly winding dawn, leaves are slowly beginning to fall, and all focus shifts to the holidays, Tripadvisor's new Winter Travel Index divulges where Americans are heading...

12/08/2021

CWT is taking business travel to the next level, with plans to invest $100 million in technology, enhancing the booking process and funding its sustainability functions.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3qX0WJM

The travel management company's $100 million tech investment is part of its $350 million recapitalization program.

12/07/2021

Last month, Airbnb revealed its pledge to become a net-zero company by 2030, outlining several steps the company will take over the remainder of the decade to decarbonize and transparently reinvest in nature.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/2Z64SMz

Committing to net zero is the latest step we are taking to help address the climate crisis.

12/06/2021

As comes to an end this evening, Travel Tech wishes you a happy last day of celebration with your friends, family, and loved ones. 🕎

12/03/2021

members make one-stop comparison shopping easy for travelers!

trivago is launching an app on Huawei's AppGallery that enables users to instantly compare millions of accommodations worldwide to find the best choice for their travels. https://bit.ly/3oNKjNL

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY – 26 October 2021 – trivago, a leading global accommodation search platform, and HUAWEI, one of the world’s largest providers of information and communications technology infrastructure and smart devices, today announced a partnership in the development of travel products ...

11/30/2021

Travel Tech co-signed a letter with ten other organizations asking Secretary Yellen to urge her Canadian counterparts to stop the January 1, 2022 implementation of a unilateral, retroactive digital services tax.

Read why this discriminatory tax targets mostly American digital companies.

11/29/2021

American Express Global Business Travel extended its partnership with UNICEF USA for another two years to support the Learning Passport program.

Developed by UNICEF, the program helps youth overcome barriers to receiving an education. https://bit.ly/3BwbeSt

American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has extended its flagship partnership with UNICEF for another two years.

11/25/2021

Happy 🦃🍂!

Whether you're at home or on a holiday trip with friends or family, Travel Tech wishes you the happiest of holidays.

11/24/2021

A leader in fraud detection practices, Tripadvisor last month announced that two million reviews were removed or outright rejected from the platform out of 26,000,000 total reviews in 2020. https://bit.ly/3CuuNvR

Tripadvisor, the travel platform trusted by hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide for its traveler reviews, has today published its 2021 Review Transparency Report, revealing in detail the...

11/23/2021

Amadeus and KAYAK are expanding their partnership to continue offering travelers a fast and high-quality online flight comparison experience. https://bit.ly/3BmiekR

Amadeus will continue to power KAYAK’s online shopping experience with a new suite of tools and technology

11/22/2021

International travel requirements can be confusing and difficult to manage.

CWT is working with Tracker Software Technologies to help business travelers meet tax and immigration compliance requirements with ease. https://bit.ly/3CtV9xZ

Tie-up with TST could help companies avoid fines and other sanctions

11/18/2021

American Express Global Business Travel is a leader in sustainable business travel, helping to standardize environmentally-conscious tourism.

AmexGBT joined the Global Sustainable Tourism Council to continue working towards a greener travel industry. https://bit.ly/3uqzKCB

American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has officially joined as a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). Sustainability is at the top of organizations' agendas today. According to a report from United Nations Climate Change, the number of businesses and local governments com...

11/17/2021

BCD Travel and Fox World Travel have partnered to expand a 15 year-partnership, offering even more travel options for business travel management on a global scale: https://bit.ly/3jNEleg

U.S. travel management company Fox World Travel is expanding its global travel services in partnership with BCD Travel, an international | This partnership allows for travel management support on an international level with the backing of the global scale BCD Travel brings.

11/16/2021

International travel during can be complicated.

Now that the US borders are open, the CDC released this helpful tip sheet to make entering the US stress-free.

11/16/2021

Demand for travel this holiday season remains high and many US travelers have already booked trips.

If you're still looking to take a winter vacation, there are several affordable destinations that would make for the perfect winter getaway on a budget: https://bit.ly/3w3v3j5

Planning a winter getaway on a budget? Here are 10 of the best cheap winter vacations in the U.S., according to Hotels.com.

11/15/2021

Vrbo booking data shows popularity for the slopes this winter season, with ski destinations being booked earlier than ever. ⛷️

Travelers looking to shred snow should book accommodations fast! https://bit.ly/3mxMyFj

New Vrbo data shows surge in early demand for ski destinations. Vrbo reveals destinations with vacation homes still available for families hitting the slopes. Though snowflakes have yet to fall in most of the continental U.S., families are ready to hit the slopes. New data from Vrbo® shows that vac...

11/12/2021

: Travel Tech's Sustainability Passport highlights how our members are leading the travel industry's pursuit of sustainable travel.

As comes to an end, it's important that we continue to make traveling sustainably the standard. https://bit.ly/31qKhnf

11/10/2021

Data from Booking.com from June shows a watershed moment for the tourism industry, with nearly 50% of US travelers seeking sustainable options for travel.

Amid , it's critical for industry leaders to revolutionize sustainable travel for consumers: https://bit.ly/3mlyv5n

73% of US travelers think sustainable travel is vital, with 46% saying the pandemic has made them want to travel more sustainably in the future  Almost half (42%) still believe that in 2021, there aren’t enough sustainable travel options available, with 48% admitting they get annoyed if somewhere...

11/09/2021

A new report from Sensor Tower ranks several Travel Tech members as the top downloaded travel apps of 2021, including Expedia Group partners and Booking.com.

Our members bring convenience to booking travel, straight from the App Store or Google Play: https://bit.ly/3GwWDtY

According to a report from SensorTower, top travel booking apps exceeded 10.6 million downloads in Q2 2021 – an 81% jump compared to 2019.

11/08/2021

Travelport data finds that UK travelers are most excited to fly to the US now that US have re-opened.

Top destinations for British travelers include Orlando, New York, Miami, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. https://bit.ly/3woSnIe

After nearly two years, today, the US has reopened its borders to fully vaccinated international travelers arriving via air from the 26 Schengen countries in Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil. Today Travelport released the below trend data highlighting....

11/08/2021

Confused about how to navigate the newly reopened US borders?

Travel Tech President Steve Shur joined cheddar news to discuss everything international travelers inbound to the US need to know ahead of booking travel. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3H1LDoF

The U.S. has fully reopened its borders with Mexico and Canada and lifted restrictions on travel that covered most of Europe.

11/05/2021

The pandemic's lull in travel gave us time to think through how to improve our industry.

Expedia reveals strategies to help inform decision-making and produce data-based policies to drive tourism recovery and make the travel industry more sustainable. https://bit.ly/3brB7Z2

Restarting tourism and driving demand in sustainable and responsible ways can help destinations thrive for travelers and communities.

11/04/2021

Our partners are constantly creating new ways for travelers to travel more consciously and get involved in communities.

In August, Airbnb launched an alliance with WWF and Costa Rican officials to promote safe and sustainable travel in the country. https://bit.ly/3vXMEsF

This new partnership aims to boost the revival of international tourism to Costa Rica and promote safe, responsible and sustainable travel through two curated road trip routes.

11/03/2021

It's no wonder why TravelTech members lead the industry in making tourism .

This year, BCD Travel became the first global travel management company to join the United Nations' Science Based Targets Initiative to increase Paris-aligned climate action. https://bit.ly/3EtIxaY

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, April 22, 2021 – As part of a long-standing commitment to sustainability, BCD Travel signed on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), a U.N. initiative to increase corporate participation on climate action in line with the Paris Agreement. As the first global tra...

11/03/2021

As the travel and tourism industry roars back to life, many pandemic-era tech tools will continue to factor into your trips.

TTA President Steve Shur spoke with National Geographic on how digital innovations will make your next trip safer & more efficient ➡️ https://on.natgeo.com/3k1z56U

These digital innovations will make your next trip safer and more efficient. But will they invade your privacy?