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PhocusWire | March 06, 2020

Online travel giants Expedia Group and Booking Holdings disbursed a record $11 billion on marketing in 2019, up from $10.6 billion the year before. The difference is that one company grew its marketing spend in 2019 and the other company essentially remained flat. Under its “selling and marketing” line item, Expedia Group reported a 6% increase from $5.567 billion in 2018 to $6.03 billion in 2019. The Seattle-based online travel agency spent $5.22 billion under that category in 2017....

Industry Outlook

Internova Travel Group | January 27, 2022

Travel industry surveys show that many people don't use all of their vacation days during the year, affecting their health, relationships and job performance. That's why today's National Plan for Vacation Day (NPVD), powered by U.S. Travel Association, encourages Americans to plan their vacation days for the entire year at the start of the year. By planning ahead, people are more likely to take that well-deserved time off and are happier and healthier as a result.And, according to a ...

Travel Technology

Tourlane | November 19, 2020

German startup Tourlane, the arranging and booking stage for tweaked, selective multi-roadtrips, has raised an extra approx. €16.8 million as an augmentation of their 2019 Series C financing round. Past financial specialists Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, DN Capital, and HV Capital, just as the two originators, taken an interest in the round – boosting the organization's all out capital raised to over €84 million. The subsidizing gives Tourlane money related steadiness, perm...

buyingbusinesstravel.com | January 28, 2020

New consultancy Element Travel Technology has signed two new partnerships ahead of exhibiting at next month’s Travel Technology Europe. It has announced a value-added reseller (VAR) agreement with booking platform dcs plus, where it will add the “TINA” enterprise resource (ERP) technology to its portfolio. TINA automates resource-heavy processes for TMCs, streamlining critical parts of the business including invoicing, reporting and automatic blocking when credit limit is reach...