Personalized travel planner Google Trips gets better at handling your reservations

 Google last fall introduced its own travel planning application, Google Trips, a competitor to TripIt and…

Google makes its local reviews easier to use when traveling with automated translation

 Google announced today it’s making its business reviews easier to access and read when you’re traveling…

Why do airlines overbook their flights?

 We’ve all been there: You turn up to the gate and there are more passengers than…

Tour and activities marketplace Zozi lays off 30% of staff

 Zozi, a startup that describes itself as an OpenTable for tours and activities, and which raised $30…

Alaska Airlines is killing off Virgin America and Richard Branson says it’s OK to cry

 Alaska Airlines has announced they are killing off the Virgin America brand sometime in 2019. Sad?…

US authorities ban electronics larger than a phone from flights from 13 countries

 According to numerous reports, US authorities today alerted a number of Middle Eastern and African airlines that…

Facebook adds a travel-planning feature called “City Guides”

 Facebook has been busy with the app updates, as of late. In recent months, it has…

Klook raises $30M for its Asia-focused travel activity platform

 Klook, a service for finding and booking travel activities, has closed a $30 million Series B…