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Apr 5, 2019
Airbnb: The platform buys out HotelTonight and branches into the hotel industry
While several large hotel chains are joining forces in a bid to counter the rapid growth of Airbnb, the platform has just announced that it has bought out HotelTonight. By purchasing th [...]
Apr 3, 2019
China: Alibaba opens a futuristic hotel to promote its hotel-industry solutions
Fresh from equipping around 50 hotels in the Hainan province with its Alipay solution, Chinese online retail giant Alibaba has just opened its first hotel in the city of Hangzhou, engag [...]
Feb 8, 2019
Skiing holidays: Sales on the rise among students
Ski resorts are attracting ever fewer clients, but the trend seems to be on the turn among students. A specialist online agency has recorded a 25% increase in sales in the last year tha [...]
Jan 25, 2019
Malta: Futuristic museum proposed on site of Azure Window rock formation
The Maltese island of Gozo was long famous for its Azure Window, a natural arch similar to the Elephant Rock in Etretat, northern France. A popular tourist attraction, it collapsed into [...]
Jan 18, 2019
China: AirBnb-style platform Xiaozhu to use facial recognition for its rentals
Locks which film the occupiers of an apartment may sound like a paranoia-inducing plotline from the latest episode of Black Mirror, but this is exactly what users of the Xiaozhu platfor [...]
Jan 4, 2019
Space tourism: Virgin Galactic ventures into space for the first time
Richard Branson was right: Virgin Galactic have sent people into space before Christmas, just as he had announced in late November. SpaceShipTwo, which goes by the name of VSS Unity, r [...]
Jan 1, 2019
Porsche designing maps for exploration, not navigation
Porsche and the mapping platform Mapbox have teamed up to create a new mapping tool. Taking its cue from social media and making use of augmented reality, the system of customisable map [...]
Dec 21, 2018
Virtual reality: ambitious project to enable tourists to visit ancient Rome
"Rome Reborn" is the name of a series of applications and videos which will soon make it possible to (virtually) walk the streets of ancient Rome. The project, which was developed by US [...]
Nov 30, 2018
Zimbabwe is developing tourism despite its economic recession
Tourists are returning in numbers to Zimbabwe, a year on from Robert Mugabe’s resignation. After many years of civil war and corruption, the country is now drawing on its stunning nat [...]
Oct 19, 2018
China to open world’s first underground hotel in an abandoned quarry
Built into the side of an abandoned quarry and due to welcome its first guests in October, the Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland is a unique hotel, lying largely below ground level. [...]
Oct 8, 2018
Lunar mission: SpaceX has signed up its first client
The lunar mission that SpaceX is offering to private passengers is taking shape: on Friday 14th September, the company announced that it had signed up its first space tourist. The lucky [...]
Sep 15, 2018
International tourism: The UNWTO confirms record-breaking figures worldwide in 2017
The World Tourism Organisation has just published its annual figures that show the state of the international tourism market. The sector experienced significant growth worldwide in 2017 [...]
Aug 28, 2018
Japan: Instagram boosting tourism and lesser-known destinations
With Japan’s tourist industry enjoying a boom, more and more visitors are giving up guidebooks for Instagram. The number of people using the app in the country has more than doubled o [...]
Jul 20, 2018
Tourism: Blockchain set to revolutionise loyalty programmes
After shaking up the banking sector, blockchain could now be set to change the tourism industry, most notably in the way that loyalty programmes work. The technology enables the exchang [...]
Jul 16, 2018
Amazon’s smart speaker checks into hotel rooms
Marriott is set to become the first hotel chain to trial Amazon’s voice assistant thanks to a version specially designed for the hotel industry, which will enable guests to order room [...]
Jul 13, 2018
Timeshifter: The Six Senses hotel application that helps business travellers cope with jet lag
Developed to help business travellers deal with the effects of jet lag, the Timeshifter application is currently being tested by guests in Six Senses hotels.
Jun 16, 2018
Tourism: Hotel rooms the next frontier for voice control
The hotel industry is embracing the latest advances in smart home devices and the Internet of Objects in offering new, ultra-smart and customised rooms to meet the requirements of their [...]
Jun 8, 2018
Tokyo: RoBoHoN the mini-robot to guide tourists around the city
Sharp has designed RoBoHoN, a mini-robot created to guide visitors around the streets of Tokyo (Japan). The connected device responds to vocal commands and provides tourist information [...]
Feb 16, 2018
Hotel industry: A widespread price increase in 2017
According to the HRS group, which has just published its annual Hotel Price Radar report, the hotel industry experienced a widespread price increase in 2017.
Dec 19, 2017
Tourism: Virtual reality and 360° video a boom for the sector
Tourism is one of the sectors where virtual reality and 360° video are enjoying a meteoric rise. Several companies are already using these new technologies to show clients new desti [...]
Dec 9, 2017
Moop connected wristband guides users with vibrations
A connected wristband designed by Moop, a recently-formed company in Toulouse, France, guides its users in such a way that they no longer have to have their eyes riveted to a screen – [...]
Nov 18, 2017
Bleisure on the rise throughout the world, travel companies set to benefit
"Bleisure" is becoming ever more popular among people looking to combine business trips with tourism. The sector is developing apace and is set to expand yet further in the next few yea [...]
Nov 17, 2017
Tourism: Will vocal interfaces change the way we buy travel?
In the tourism sector as well as other fields of activity, the rise of voice-controlled smart speakers is opening up new horizons. However, this innovative way of booking and purchasing [...]
United Kingdom, Aug 25, 2017
London: Drop in the pound attracts business travellers and tourists
Be they business travellers or tourists, Europeans are choosing the United Kingdom, and in particular London, as their favoured destination. Experts believe that this phenomenon is due [...]
Abou Dabi - Émirats arabes unis, Aug 2, 2017
Tourism: Foreign visitor numbers surge in Abu Dhabi
Since the start of the year, Abu Dhabi has been reaping the rewards of its national tourism development programme. Over the first four months of 2017, the number of international travel [...]
Jul 29, 2017
Crowdfunding: All aboard the Hot Tug
Buoyed by the success of a crowdfunding campaign that has helped them bring the floating hot tub to the UK, two entrepreneurs will shortly be operating on a London canal, offering their [...]
Jul 28, 2017
Tourism: The online travel industry is booming
A recent study carried out by Phocus Forward showed that the online travel industry has a great impact on the tourist industry. From flight bookings to accommodation, the market is evol [...]
