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LP Maurice, CEO and co-founder of coach travel booking platform Busbud, discusses how tech is leading to more consumer empowerment

One of the biggest trends in travel over the last decade has been the empowerment of consumers. Social media, price comparison sites, on demand services and new geolocation apps are just some of the factors that have given consumers more control over their travel experience.

Generation Y: The importance of embracing the culture of a mobile first generation by Russell Loarridge, Janrain

Organisations recognise that a growing majority of customers interact via mobile rather than desktop. Most are aware of the need to adopt a new way of tracking these mobile customers, using single sign on solutions that exploit either social media or telephone number identities. Few, however, have made the essential mind set move from the desktop digital marketing model to accommodate the now dominant Generation Y that has a fundamentally different way of interacting.

High-flying branding: rebranding in the airline and travel industry by Tim Hill, Worldwide Development Director, Brand Union

Air travel still remains one of the most exciting, awe inspiring and fascinating modes of transport for human beings. But the role of the airline is far greater than being a ?mode of transport?, simply taking people across the oceans to far-flung places. Airlines, especially national carriers, are in fact symbols of their country of origin. They represent advancement, service, standards and culture. In a nutshell, they are physical manifestations of what a country wants to export to the rest of the world.

James Parker, Operations Director at Tregenna Castle Resort, suggests why your clients should consider spending Christmas in a hotel

Around the UK there are thousands of people who will continue to follow the same tradition and do the ?norm? at Christmas - soap specials, bucks fizz and turkey. But what about those who want to stuff a suitcase instead of a turkey?

Travel gets personal: how to make the most of customer data by Lydia Mar?al, content lead at ORM

Booking a holiday online should be fun. However, it often becomes a chore when a site offers a complicated interface with disorganised drop down menus, multiple pages and the same questions asked to everyone.

Cash in on the ?500m of flight compensation due to UK air passengers says Marek Janetzke, managing director at flightright

More than 1.6 million UK passengers are eligible for compensation, meaning Brits are missing out on more than ?500m in compensation for delayed or cancelled flights, according to data from flightright, the consumer portal for air passenger compensation for delayed, cancelled or overbooked flights.

Rosie Hartman, an analyst at Pragma says that silver spenders have money to burn and air miles to earn

Having spent years chasing the hard-earned cash of Britains youth market, businesses are now waking up to the fact that consumers aged 50-plus are sitting on a pot of gold.