All Big Interviews

Big Interviews Jun 23rd, 2023 at 17:15

Big interview: Delving into Trivago’s data for this year's trends

Kate Harden-England spoke to Trivago's CFO Matthias Tillmann at Phocuswright Europe about what data is telling them

Big Interviews Apr 19th, 2023 at 15:10

Big Interview: AeroBid’s chief executive Zaher Deir on what's next for the bidding platform

Has AeroBid had the transformative effect on the industry its founders hoped for? We caught up with AeroBid founder and chief executive Zaher Deir to...

Big Interviews Mar 20th, 2023 at 12:55

Big Interview: Travelex remerges from cyber crisis to cash in on resilient forex market

Richard Wazacz, chief executive of the leading holiday money provider, says despite the move to a digital cashless society use of currency by people...

Big Interviews Mar 8th, 2023 at 12:10

Big Interview: COVID crisis was the mother of reinvention for travel

Travel industry lead for Accenture, Emily Weiss, spoke to Travolution about a shift to perpetual 'total enterprise reinvention' prompted by the...

News Feb 16th, 2023 at 16:10

Big Interview: How CruiseWatch aims to make AI accessible to all in travel

Markus Stumpe, founder of the Hanover-based technology developer, explains why it is rolling out its solutions to the broader travel sector with ...

News Feb 2nd, 2023 at 13:55

Travelex launches pre-order FX service to partner with OTAs and airlines

Holidaymakers will be able to fix their exchange rates at the point of booking driving ancillary revenues for retailers

Big Interviews Jan 20th, 2023 at 13:25

HolidayPirates goes fishing for emerging generation of travellers on TikTok

The Berlin-based deals specialist's UK and North America head of market Phil Salcedo tells Travolution that he's encouraged by the brand's UK debut on...

Big Interviews Dec 21st, 2022 at 11:00

Big Interview: Digital identity specialist Zamna, the COVID 'nuclear winter' survivor

Lee Hayhurst spoke to founder Irra Ariella Kri and recent investor and new board member Julia Sattel, the former Amadeus president, who says only...

Big Interviews Dec 14th, 2022 at 09:37

Big Interview: The hotel pioneer who’s at the new frontier of Web 3.0 and blockchain

Last month Dominican Republic luxury resort Casa de Campo won the Travolution award for Best Technology Innovation in 2022 for its work with start-up...

Big Interviews Dec 2nd, 2022 at 10:45

Big Interview: AI will be so prevalent we'll stop talking about it, says Amadeus tech boss

Christophe Bousquet gave Travolution an update on how the GDS and European tech giant is adopting AI as it goes through the biggest digital...

Big Interviews Oct 25th, 2022 at 15:15

Big Interview: Sabre Google partnership promises a 'golden age' of travel retail

Lee Hayhurst sat down with Mike Reyes, Sabre vice president of platform product management, at the recent T2RL 'Engage' conference in London to hear...

Big Interviews Oct 17th, 2022 at 12:00

Big Interview: Expedia's post-COVID focus on investment in smart shopping

The OTA group's vice president for global air partnerships Julie Kyse says future success revolves around making the shopping experience more...

Big Interviews Jun 28th, 2022 at 08:30

TravelTech Show: 'Don't wait for the ribbon cutting to work out your presence in the metaverse'

Ahead of her keynote at the TravelTech Show in London this week, Meta head of industry Karlijn Vogel-Meijer tells Lee Hayhurst that all travel firms...

Big Interviews Jun 24th, 2022 at 15:00

Big Interview: How Blacklane's sense of purpose is making for a smoother journey

Lee Hayhurst spoke to Henning Groß about how a genuine commitment to forging a sustainable future is helping the chauffeur service attract the right...

Big Interviews Jun 10th, 2022 at 13:15

Big Interview: The exciting challenge of travel tech is helping Expedia win the war for talent

CTO and president Expedia Services, Rathi Murthy, spoke to Lee Hayhurst about the war for digital and tech talent and how the OTA believes the...