12 enero, 2022
Travelperk dispara su valoración y ya se codea con los unicornios españoles
Por R.P.
Travelperk entra en la lista de los conocidos como unicornos españoles tras haber obtenido una nueva inyección de 101 millones de euros, según informa este miércoles EU Startups. De este modo, la plataforma global de gestión especializada en viajes de negocios con... Seguir leyendo...1 noviembre, 2013
China tops the list for booking trips with smartphones
he Chinese are in a hurry to book their trips, more so than most. No other nation makes more frequent use of smartphones and tablets to make travel reservations than China. Speaking at the 21st World Travel Monitor® Forum in Pisa, Rolf Freitag, president of the tourism... Seguir leyendo...
31 agosto, 2013
China's Online Travel Bookings to Double by 2015
China's travel market is powering through the headwinds of a slowing economy, driven by enormous travel demand among the country's expanding middle class. Freshly crowned as the largest travel market in Asia Pacific, China will sustain double-digit travel bookings growth... Seguir leyendo...
30 junio, 2013
Weak Rupee Disguises Solid Growth in India's Travel Market
Despite facing a myriad of challenges from within and outside the travel industry, India remains among the fastest growing travel markets in the Asia Pacific region, according to a new PhoCusWright report. Although the country's slowing economy, depreciating rupee, and... Seguir leyendo...
18 febrero, 2013
Orizonia sought bankruptcy protection
lights operated by Orbest airlines are normal and Spanish tourists in Mexico and the Dominican Republic are returning home as scheduled, Spanish tour operator Orizonia, which sought bankruptcy protection last week, said Sunday. The tour operator's customers in Mexico's... Seguir leyendo...
3 diciembre, 2012
Barceló buys Orizonia
The spanish group Barceló has agreed to buy the touristic company Orizonia. The agreement has been signed last night in Palma (Mallorca), where both companies are based, even though the negotiations were declared broken last Friday. Barceló will inject 40 million... Seguir leyendo...
13 noviembre, 2012
U.S. Travel Market Tops $300 Billion as Fiscal Cliff Looms
he U.S. travel market remains strong despite a murky economic outlook for 2013. Aided by rising prices and corporate travel demand, the industry will grow 8% in 2012 to reach a record $303 billion, according to travel industry research authority PhoCusWright, in the new... Seguir leyendo...
4 noviembre, 2012
Barceló ponders to enter in Orizonia
Spanish travel holding Grupo Barceló ponders its entrance in Orizonia, the second main Spanish travel group, according to several sources from both holdings and from the financial sector involved in the conversations that preferente.com has been able to reach. Orizoniaâs... Seguir leyendo...
15 octubre, 2012
Greeley S. Koch, new Acte Executive Director
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives announced last night that Greeley S. Koch will replace Ron DiLeo as ACTE Executive Director, effective 1 December 2012. The announcement was made at the opening general session of the ACTE Global Education Conference taking... Seguir leyendo...
15 septiembre, 2012
Travel bookings on social networks have yet to flourish
Social networks like Facebook have attracted massive s bases, and a strategically managed social media presence has become de rigueur in the travel industry. However, companies are still struggling to determine how best to harness the medium. Is it a distribution channel,... Seguir leyendo...