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Sep 8Tue
  1. JTB Group Newsroom

    JTB and Shikoku Aquarium Launch 'Traveling Aquarium' Cruise Event

    JTB is partnering with Shikoku Aquarium Development to hold a 'Traveling Aquarium Cruise' on 14 November 2026, sailing from Takamatsu Port around the Seto Ohashi Bridge. Two departures are offered, a day cruise and a sunset cruise, featuring onboard marine-life exhibits, live music, a fish quiz rally and onboard sales. Adult fares are 4,000 yen for the day cruise and 5,000 yen for the sunset cruise, with child fares of 2,000 yen and 3,000 yen. The event is the second in the 'XX Aquarium' series and sits under JTB's Setouchi Island Concierge Service (SICS).

Sep 7Mon
  2. Fenbeitong Feed

    2026 Business Travel Platform Selection Guide: Integrated vs TMC

    Fenbeitong released a 2026 guide to selecting business travel platforms, analyzing corporate travel management pain points and industry trends. It categorizes platforms into pure TMC/OTA, pure expense management, and integrated travel-expense solutions, comparing their pros and cons. It recommends TMC with per-order fees for companies with annual travel spend below 2 million RMB, and annual-fee integrated platforms for those above, providing eight evaluation dimensions.

  3. Fenbeitong Feed

    Deep Comparison: Traditional TMC vs Integrated Travel-Expense Platform

    This article deeply compares traditional TMC and integrated travel-expense platforms, noting that traditional TMC focuses on booking with weak expense control, while integrated platforms offer full-chain management and no-advance-payment reimbursement. It recommends TMC for annual travel spend below 2M RMB and integrated platforms above, emphasizing price comparison on actual routes.

  4. TravelDaily China

    Tianjin Tourism and Meituan Launch 'Beauty in Tianjin' IP

    Tianjin Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau and Meituan jointly launched the 'Beauty in Tianjin' IP to convert local tourism resources into bookable experiences via the platform's multi-sector integration. Meituan data shows summer searches for Tianjin rose 98% year-on-year, five-star hotel orders grew 43%, and coupons up to 1666 RMB were offered to boost consumption.

Sep 6Sun
  1. Fenbeitong Feed

    2026 Travel Platform Selection: Fine-grained Control and Cost Reduction for Large Groups

    Fenbeitong published 2026 travel platform selection recommendations for large listed companies and group enterprises. The article compares API-integrated vs. native integrated travel and expense platforms, highlighting native platforms' advantages in scenario-based fine-grained control, full-chain audit trails, and unified governance across domestic and overseas. It provides a five-dimension evaluation framework, selection suggestions by business scale, and real cases.

  2. Fenbeitong Feed

    Selecting Travel and Expense Platforms for Large Enterprises: Based on Survey of 300+ Companies

    Fenbeitong released a guide for selecting travel and expense platforms based on surveys of over 300 large enterprises. It summarizes pain points in travel management, categorizes providers into four types, proposes six evaluation dimensions, and provides matching suggestions by enterprise profile. It emphasizes the advantages of native integrated platforms in project control and data consistency.

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Sep 3Thu
  1. Skift Feed

    Swiggy Launches Travel Concierge Crew

    Indian food delivery giant Swiggy has repositioned Crew as a subscription-based, invite-only personal travel concierge targeting affluent, time-poor urban consumers. It covers flights, hotels, cabs, visas, forex, reservations, and local experiences with 24/7 support. Priced at INR 999 ($10.60) for six months. In earlier tests, 40-50% of requests were travel-related.

  2. Web in Travel

    AI Travel Startup iWander Launches iOS App for On-Demand Guided Tours

    London-based startup iWander has launched a consumer iOS app that uses generative AI to create personalized narrated walking tours in about 30 seconds, drawing on a database of 6.5 million places. Previously operating as a B2B2C service for partners like City Sightseeing, the company now goes direct-to-consumer. Co-founder Marius Nigond says the app can book attractions and restaurants, with a long-term vision to compete with OTAs but using an experience-first approach.

  3. Web in Travel

    Google AI Mode Adds Hotel Booking, Agoda Named Eurovision Asia Travel Partner

    Google has fully launched agentic hotel booking in AI Mode, with partners including Expedia, Booking.com, Hilton, etc., allowing users to search in natural language and book directly via Google Pay. Meanwhile, Agoda has been named Official Travel Partner for the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest Asia, to be held in Bangkok in November 2026. Additionally, extreme heat is beginning to dent traveler perceptions of Mediterranean summers, with France hit hardest.

  4. Business Travel News

    Advito Launches AI Gateway Service to Guide AI Adoption

    BCD Travel's consulting division Advito has launched AI Gateway, a new service to help companies plan and adopt AI tools. The service includes AI readiness assessment, strategic planning, governance and implementation planning, and adoption and change management guidance. Advito says AI doesn't automatically create value; employees must understand how tools fit into their work. The service has been applied to large global organizations, including an investment firm targeting 70,000 employees.

  6. TripVivid

    Leyard Subsidiary Co-founds New Tourism Development Company

    Yuncheng Gujiang Changge Tourism Development Co., Ltd. was recently established with a registered capital of 50 million yuan. The company is jointly held by Jiangxian Sushui Tourism Development Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Lifeng Culture Technology, a subsidiary of Leyard. This move indicates Leyard's investment in the cultural tourism sector, participating in local tourism project development through its subsidiary.

  7. Pinchain Tourism

    Adora Cruises and Fliggy Integrate Membership Programs

    Adora Cruises and Fliggy announced membership integration. Fliggy members can link accounts at Adora's official store to get corresponding Adora membership, enjoying dual benefits and points. This deepens cooperation from product to user operations. Adora operates three cruise ships, with the second domestically-built Adora Flora City scheduled to debut in November 2026.

  11. BCD Travel RSS

    What to Do When a Hotel Cannot Honor A Reservation

    BCD Travel published a guide to help travelers and travel managers handle situations where a hotel cannot honor a confirmed reservation. The guide recommends booking through approved channels, using tools like Tripsource for itinerary information, and provides steps when a hotel 'walks' guests, including asking for alternative accommodation, requesting transportation, and confirming reimbursement.

  12. Skift Feed

    Amadeus Travel President: Open Ecosystem, Traveler in Control

    In a Skift Global Forum preview interview, Amadeus President of Travel Decius Valmorbida argues for a more open travel ecosystem. He advocates a 'longevity-first' investment approach, prioritizing long-term impact over hype. Valmorbida calls for moving from closed, walled ecosystems to an open, collaborative model where travelers are in control, with shared foundations like identity, data standards, and interoperability. He emphasizes trust as a key differentiator and highlights cooperation as the industry's most overlooked opportunity.

  13. Skift Feed

    Uber to Lay Off 3,300 Employees, Reducing Management Jobs by 20%

    Uber is laying off 3,300 employees and cutting managerial roles by 20%, consolidating teams to prioritize ridesharing, delivery, and autonomous/robotaxi investments. The company says its product portfolio remains unchanged, but travel partnerships (Hopper, Expedia, Omio) may see reduced focus as resources shift. Remote work policy tightens: only about 1% of staff remain fully remote, with a three-day-a-week in-office mandate.

Sep 2Wed
  1. Skift Feed

    The Economics of Flight Search, Post-Google

    The article analyzes the financial performance of three flight search companies: Skyscanner, Kiwi.com, and Wego. Skyscanner generated approximately $660 million in revenue, up 24%, with a 32% operating margin. Kiwi.com's revenue fell 20% to $264 million, facing debt pressure. Wego doubled revenue to $63.5 million but with near-zero margins. These companies illustrate divergent outcomes in the Google- and AI-exposed travel sector.

  2. Skift Feed

    Intrepid Partners With Air Canada Vacations Amid Canada's Domestic Travel Push

    Intrepid Travel has partnered with Air Canada Vacations to offer eight small-group Canadian adventure itineraries through its booking platform and advisor network. The launch coincides with U.S.-Canada trade tensions and political calls for Canadians to travel domestically. Travel from Canada to the U.S. is down about 25% in 2025, while domestic tourism spending rises. Intrepid's CEO says timing is coincidental, but Canada is its fastest-growing market with 2026 bookings up 26%.

  4. Web in Travel

    What Big OTAs Are Betting On: AI and Experiences as the Next Frontier

    At a WiT panel, executives from Booking.com, Expedia, Trip.com, and Webjet discussed AI's role in OTAs. Expedia's AI-drafted responses are accepted over 75% of the time; Trip.com's AI Trip Planner handles about 18% of itinerary planning. OTAs collectively process nearly half a trillion USD in transactions annually. AI excels in discovery, but trust remains crucial for transactions. Experience bundling shows potential, e.g., Trip.com sold ~20,000 hotel+concert packages in Hong Kong.

  5. Web in Travel

    Klook Expands Kreator Shops Feature to All Creators

    At KREATORVERSE 2026, Klook announced rolling out its upgraded Kreator Shops feature to all 30,000+ creators across 88 markets. The feature lets creators consolidate travel recommendations into a single storefront page, eliminating separate links per post. Citing its Travel Pulse 2026 study, Klook said four in five travelers have booked based on a creator's recommendation. Creator-led bookings rose 246% in 2025.

  7. Agoda Newsroom

    Agoda Named Official Travel Partner of Eurovision's Inaugural Asian Edition

    Digital travel platform Agoda has been announced as the Official Travel Partner of Eurovision Song Contest Asia, as the iconic song contest makes its debut in Asia. The inaugural Asian edition will see the Grand Final held in Bangkok, Thailand on 14 November 2026. Agoda will be integrated across broadcasts and offer special travel deals to help fans attend the event.

  11. Skift Feed

    What Happens to a Travel Company Owned by Private Equity for Too Long?

    Audley Travel, a tailor-made tour operator, achieved record revenue of £482 million in FY2025 but reported a net loss of £23.3 million due to financing costs exceeding operating profit. The company has total borrowings of £610 million, including £434 million in shareholder loan notes with 10-15% annual interest. 3i Group, holding 48% equity, has owned Audley for nearly 11 years, launched a sale in late 2024, but shelved it by April 2025 after rejecting offers.

  12. Skift Feed

    AirDNA Enters Revenue Management Market With Host Dynamic Pricing Tool

    AirDNA has launched Adapt, a revenue management tool priced at $20 per listing, offering four pricing strategies: prioritize revenue, occupancy, a mix, or steadier earnings. The tool has been in beta for nearly three months with 14,000 listings. AirDNA estimates only 15% of hosts globally (31% in the U.S.) use dynamic pricing, indicating significant market potential. Adapt integrates with Airbnb, Guesty, and others, with plans to expand into the Middle East and Latin America.