Travel and hospitality

Choice Hotels has rolled out an iPad application after seeing its mobile revenue increase more than 250 percent year-over-year in 2011.

Marriott’s Fairfield Inn & Suites is using mobile video advertisements to drive last-minute hotel bookings.

Travel guide publisher Fodor’s Travel has enhanced its mobile applications with several integrations designed to make it easy for users to go from researching to booking reservations or purchasing tickets without having to leave the app.

Hotel chain Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is positioning itself as an expert on luxury wedding planning with a new tablet magazine application and dedicated social media handles.

Registration is open for the Mcommerce Summit: State of Mobile Commerce 2012 conference Thursday, May 3 with speakers from Citi, Zappos, Travelocity, 7-Eleven licensee Alon Brands and mall giant General Growth Properties. Must-attend New York event for retailers and marketers.

Registration is open for the Mcommerce Summit: State of Mobile Commerce 2012 conference Thursday, May 3 with speakers from Citi, Zappos, Travelocity, 7-Eleven licensee Alon Brands and mall giant General Growth Properties. Must-attend New York event for retailers and marketers.

Airbnb is using push notifications in its mobile application to help users quickly and easily book a room for their travels.

SAN DIEGO – A Choice Hotels executive at the Mobile Shopping Spring Summit said that the company is seeing approximately seven percent of revenue coming in from mobile.

A new study from Priceline.com finds that not only are consumers booking upcoming travels on their handsets, they are also using mobile to primarily find last-minute hotels.

SAN DIEGO – A Wyndham Worldwide executive at the Mobile Shopping Spring Summit said that instead of crafting mobile marketing around novelty, brands should think about creating an initiative that is based on how consumers are using their devices.