TECHNOLOGY

With this strategic partnership, MakeMyTrip and Travelport aim to strengthen domestic and international air bookings, besides enhancing the hotel front. InterGlobe Technology Quotient (ITQ), the official distributor of Travelport in India, and MakeMyTrip have forged a strategic alliance that will allow the OTA access into Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform. Under …

While MakeMyTrip’s losses have considerably widened during the year’s first quarter, Deep Kalra, Chairman & Group CEO, plans to accelerate growth in the hotel segment by continuing to offer deep discounts and investing in other companies. AHANA GURUNG Q What has been going on in the backdrop of the Ibibo …

Ezeego1.com recorded a mid-year growth of 25 percent in air and hotel packages. This year, Ezeego1.com is introducing Israel and New South Wales to its clientele. Business has been good for Ezeego1.com in 2017 so far despite disruptive policy measures like demonetisation and GST, informs Neelu Singh, CEO and Director, …

Nucore Software Solutions has set its eyes on India and by 2018, they plan to cater to the region with the launch of a SaaS-based programme, along with several other products. Nucore Software Solutions mainly caters to the Middle East and African markets, where they boast of a presence in …

Virtual Assistants or chatbots, video reviews or an all-inclusive personalised online itineraries, what could be the next big wave in digital travel? Experts give their opinions. As told to AHANA GURUNG Nikhil Ganju, Country Head, TripAdvisor Domain – Online travel content, reviews The area where we are seeing the maximum …

While buying travel insurance is mostly mandatory for international trips, many travellers ignore the same when venturing out for domestic travel. Tourists need to be aware of the benefits and importance of a domestic travel policy. T.A. Ramalingam Senior President and Chief Distribution Officer, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Travel insurance …

Danny Levy, General Manager, Worldwide Business Research (WBR) Singapore, the organisers of the recently-concluded Digital Travel APAC, talks about how within a year they have managed to establish the event as the best travel conference in the region and about continuing to provide the most inspiring content and quality networking …

The digital revolution has created opportunities and the need for new technological advancements in travel to suit the demands of the Indian traveller. Abhijit Mishra, Country Director, KAYAK India Planning a holiday today is often even easier than expected due to the availability of high-speed Internet connections, enabling travellers to …

Smartling facilitates translation of web pages into the local languages of targeted markets, generating new revenue streams and covering a wider network of tourists. According to a report by Common Sense Advisory – Can’t Read, Won’t Buy, 2014, 75 per cent of the buyers strongly agree that when faced with …

The latest version of API shows availability search results in less than a second while the structure has been optimised to lower the data size and processing time. RoomsXML has recently launched an upgraded version of its API which gives realtime access to its hotel inventory at competitive net rates. …