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Skyscanner

Skyscanner partners with JioCinema’s ‘Jeeto Dhan Dhana Dhan’ for Bangladesh’s Tour of India

Kanchan Nath Sep 20, 2024

JioCinema announced that global travel app, Skyscanner, is coming onboard JioCinema’s free to play predict and win contest, Jeeto Dhan Dhana Dhan, in one of its first major partnerships in…

Reports

85% of respondents in India have had or are planning a ‘Destination Wedding’: Skyscanner Survey

Kanchan Nath Aug 28, 2024

Skyscanner, has unveiled its latest survey titled, “Destination ‘I Do’”, revealing a strong desire for destination weddings among Indians, with 85% of them either planning or have already…

Reports

75% of Indians ready for more trips if deals are right: Skyscanner

Kanchan Nath Jul 11, 2024

Global travel marketplace Skyscanner’s latest research reveals that Indian travellers have a strong appetite for travel and are keen value hunters, always scouting for great deals.

Technology

Skyscanner Savings Generator tool now available to more markets in APAC

Kanchan Nath Jun 3, 2024

Skyscanner has launched its Savings Generator tool in India, Singapore and South Korea. In Australia, this release is a refreshed and updated version of the initial edition launched in…

Global

Skyscanner now available in Hindi

Kanchan Nath Aug 28, 2023

Skyscanner, the global travel marketplace announced the launch of its website and mobile web experience in Hindi.

Global

Enjoy live “ICC Cricket World Cup 2023” with Skyscanner tools

Kanchan Nath Aug 18, 2023

According to Skyscanner's 'Travel in Focus 2023 Report', around 75% Indians expressed their willingness to increase their travel budget to experience live cricket matches.

Reports

Top 5 wallet-friendly round trips within India for the upcoming long weekend

Kanchan Nath Aug 10, 2023

The upcoming long weekend in August, coinciding with Independence Day, presents the perfect opportunity to plan your next holiday meticulously.

Reports

47% of Indians ready to revamp itineraries for irresistible deals: Skyscanner

Kanchan Nath Jul 18, 2023

Skyscanner, the global travel marketplace, released its Travel in Focus Report, which shares that budget-conscious travellers in India are embracing travel with an open mind to score more…

Air

Travellers look east as booking windows normalise – Skyscanner

Kristin Mariano May 8, 2023

Global travel marketplace Skyscanner is today publishing a new report exploring the latest trends in global travel. Titled Skyscanner Horizons: Destination & Booking Insights Q1…

OTAs & Tour Operators

Skyscanner: Travel off to a boosting start with UK bookings above 2019 levels

Kanchan Nath Jan 23, 2023

We’re seeing demand for holidays is extremely high going into 2023, and bookings in the first and second week in January exceeded the volume during the corresponding week in 2019,…

Airports

Skyscanner launches new solution for airports to target route development opportunities

Kristin Mariano Oct 21, 2022

Skyscanner has launched an exclusive new solution within its Travel Insight Vision business intelligence tool aimed at helping airports target route development opportunities.…

Features

37% post-Covid travellers eye bucket list trips this year

Megha Paul Jul 22, 2022

The research also revealed the post-pandemic traveller is more adventurous and open minded than ever, with 41% opting to explore somewhere new this year

Low prices, flexible tickets and direct routes: New traveller attitudes revealed

Megha Paul Oct 15, 2021

Titled ‘Skyscanner Horizons – Emerging traveller behaviour as the world reopens’, Skyscanner has published a new report exploring how travellers’ attitudes are evolving

Reopening updates

Flights and holidays cost surge in UK to countries on green list

Joe Cusmano May 12, 2021

Under the latest traffic light scheme, the UK government confirmed a ‘green list' of quarantine-free travel destinations on Friday.

Global

Trip duration and planning up as travel returns

Megha Paul Apr 30, 2021

Global travel marketplace Skyscanner has released an in-depth report exploring the new and emerging trends in travel in 2021

Maldives unveils campaign with Skyscanner

Megha Paul Nov 9, 2020

Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) has launched a major campaign with global travel marketplace Skyscanner, to promote the country as one of the safest destinations…

Charity / Sustainability / CSR

Can safety and sustainability go hand-in-hand?

Kristin Mariano Sep 25, 2020

Skyscanner’s New World of Travel report has revealed that sustainable travel concerns are no longer on top of mind for many travellers.

Air

Confidence in international travel still low

Kristin Mariano Sep 24, 2020

Findings of The New World of Travel report by Skyscanner have revealed that confidence in international travel is still low.

Skyscanner’s Fare Families helps airlines upsell with ease

Kristin Mariano Jul 3, 2020

Skyscanner is my go-to service when shopping for flights for I can easily filter flights based on price, time, and length of flight saving me time and money.

Slow Travel and Micro Escapes: Trends to watch out for in 2020

Alastair Newport Nov 19, 2019

Skyscanner has published its APAC Travel Trends Report for 2020. today. Following research into the booking preferences of Asia-Pacific (APAC) travellers, the report has revealed that Slow…

Ctrip is now Trip.com

Megha Paul Oct 29, 2019

The recently concluded 2019 annual general meeting of shareholders adopted the resolution to change the name of the company from Ctrip.com International to Trip.com Group. Ctrip.com…

Skyscanner hits 100 million monthly users

Megha Paul Sep 25, 2019

Skyscanner has launched a global brand refresh and has announced hitting the significant milestone of 100 million peak monthly active users (MAUs). The travel company is now a leader in…

Harry’s game: Duke of Sussex launches new Booking.com, Ctrip & TripAdvisor collaboration

Alastair Newport Sep 4, 2019

The Duke of Sussex has announced a new global partnership aimed at improving conservation, environmental protection and expanding local community economic development by encouraging…

Technology

Skyscanner to shut stand-alone local recommendations app

Megha Paul Aug 14, 2019

Skyscanner, owned by Chinese travel giant Ctrip, will close Trip by Skyscanner next month, marking the end of the user-generated travel planning mobile app and website founded in 2010…

Air

IndiGo partners with Skyscanner for flight integration

Megha Paul Aug 6, 2019

IndiGo has partnered with global travel fare aggregator websites and travel metasearch engines Skyscanner. The integration, powered by a global flight search technology, will allow…

Airlines and Aviation

How NTUC Income “reimagined” travel insurance

Alastair Newport Mar 29, 2019

Travel insurance firm NTUC Income, has come up with a new way of making sure travellers are protected against the seemingly random and unpredictable nature of airline’s tickets prices, which…

Global

20 trend reports in 1: What travel will look like in 2019

Kristin Mariano Dec 31, 2018

Flooded with trend reports at the end of the year? TD has a special New Year's gift-- the lord of all trends reports to keep you on top of your game in 2019.

Tourism

Bite-sized travel: Demand moves to itinerary-packed weekend getaways

Kristin Mariano Dec 24, 2018

More people will take more weekend trips next year and they will be looking for made-to-measure, bite-sized travel with more curated travel itineraries squeezed into shorter time frames.

Sports Tourism

Ctrip and Skyscanner report 600,000 global travellers visited Russia for World Cup

Tian Tolentino Jul 30, 2018

OTA giant, Ctrip, the largest in Asia and the second largest in the world, has released the Summer 2018 Global Football Fan Travel Trends Report, developed in partnership with travel search…

Global

Skyscanner unites with Forwardkeys for “even greater insight into tomorrow’s travellers”

Alastair Newport Jun 20, 2018

Following last week’s helpful hacks to for a successful World Cup, travel distribution company Skyscanner has revealed details of its new partnership with industry analysts ForwardKeys. The…

Air

Cathay charges up distribution capabilities with Skyscanner deal

Alastair Newport Apr 23, 2018

Skyscanner has linked up with Cathay Pacific and its subsidiary, Cathay Dragon, to make them the first Hong Kong airlines to be able to sell tickets directly within the site.

Middle East

Infographic: Why luxury hotel stays in the UAE don’t have to break the bank

Alastair Newport Apr 6, 2018

New research from Skyscanner has identified the top global cities with the cheapest five-star hotels. The data, compiled by the global travel search engine and rendered into the handy…

Train

UK travellers set to go loco as Skyscanner launches train bookings

Tian Tolentino Apr 4, 2018

To diversify the travel search engine’s offering to UK travellers, the Skyscanner app has launched the train bookings feature, now available on iOS and soon to follow on Android systems.

Tourism

Skyscanner: China and the future of travel

Alastair Newport Oct 12, 2017 0

Skyscanner has released a white-paper focusing on travel technology trends in China and detailing why many in the industry are now looking East for inspiration.

Technology

Skyscanner makes monsoon travelling easy

Megha Paul Aug 17, 2017

Global travel search engine, Skyscanner has introduced a new tool aiding the Indian travelers to plan a vacation that the weather won’t put a dampener on. The interactive Monsoon Planner…

Airlines and Aviation

Skyscanner reveals opportunity for transatlantic low cost routes

Jill Sayles Jun 15, 2017

A new study by Skyscanner reveals the potential opportunity for Transatlantic low cost routes between Europe and the US, by highlighting the impact of ‘Price Elasticity’ and the increased…

Technology

Brain Waves: Virtual flight bookings, biometric baggage drops, and more…

Mark Elliott May 16, 2017

Amadeus creates virtual booking experience Navitaire, a subsidiary of Amadeus, has created a new solution that allows customers to complete their entire travel booking in Virtual Reality.…

Airlines and Aviation

Brain Waves: Skyscanner boosts bookings, Changi converts loose change, and more…

Mark Elliott Mar 7, 2017

Finnair offers bookings within Skyscanner Finnair passengers are now able to book flights and ancillaries via Skyscanner, without leaving the travel search site. The new initiative, which…

Hotels

Brain Waves: HKIA’s new robot, Skyscanner helps plan public holidays, and more…

Mark Elliott Feb 21, 2017

HKIA appoints robot "ambassador" Hong Kong International Airport has employed a new staff member - a humanoid robot called Timmy. The airport's "ambassador", Timmy was initially…

Airlines and Aviation

Scoot starts selling direct on Skyscanner

Mark Elliott Jan 24, 2017

Scoot has become the first low-cost carrier, and the first airline in the Asia Pacific region, to be featured on Skyscanner’s Direct Booking platform. Skyscanner is a meta-search site…