This blog post was drafted in collaboration with John Strickland, Director at JLS Consulting. You can find him on Twitter @JohnLStrickland.

“Since partnering with Skyscanner and embracing its Direct Booking platform, we’ve seen a robust improvement in the user Conversion Rate of almost 40%. Combined with a 17% year-on-year increase in overall traffic versus 2017 from Skyscanner, this has resulted in a significant uplift in revenue...

February was a busy month for Skyscanner: our industry experts attended three CAPA events around the globe. If you weren’t able to attend, here’s a quick summary of what was discussed and some key takeaways from our senior leadership team.

Spoiler alert: the answer is yes.

When it comes to air travel, customers in 2019 have more choice than ever before. As they increasingly seek better ways to find and book exactly what they need – quickly and efficiently – it pays for airlines and travel brands to get this right.  

Faical Allou is a former Skyscanner employee with more than 10 years’ experience in the airline industry. In this exclusive interview, he explains how this experience led to his first book, A Lifelong Flight, and why a frictionless experience for travellers is indeed the way forward in 2019.

It’s been a progressive and productive year for the travel industry. Headlines throughout 2018 highlighted the challenges from this ever-growing sector of the global economy as well as the positive impact. Whether it’s about enabling further travel through new routes or the latest innovations in...

As part of our 'Perspective on Payments' series, we interviewed Harry Boyd, Head of Global Sales for Online Payment Acceptance at Worldline to discuss payment flows in the travel industry, challenges and the shift to mobile. 

As part of our 'Perspective on Payments' series, we spoke to Svante Westerberg, Head of Global Strategic Development from Braintree for a view on the importance of the payment flow, challenges faced in improving it and what we can expect to change in the future.

With over 70 million app downloads and monthly active users, Skyscanner has successfully developed a two-sided marketplace that meets the needs of both travellers and travel suppliers by surfacing a wide range of travel offerings, and providing access to a global marketplace.