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News / Technology
Blockchain and airlines: how transformational is the technology?
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 16, 2017
Blockchain technology is posing as the potential solution to the ongoing flight data problem. Read More
In The Big Chair - Sean Menke of Sabre
Interview / Distribution
In The Big Chair - Sean Menke of Sabre
By Kevin May | November 16, 2017
  The new boss has been in the job less than a year - but with a wealth of experience in the world of airlines and elsewhere, he knows what needs to be done in areas as varied as NDC, AI and... Read More
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News / Online
VIDEO: Being hyper-competitive in an emerging market
By Kevin May | November 16, 2017
MakeMyTrip has seen it all in its home market of India - but the sector is changing rapidly. Read More
How digital assistants are transforming the travel experience
News / Technology
How digital assistants are transforming the travel experience
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 15, 2017
In this brave new world of digital assistants, ixigo’s TARA looks to the future of AI and the travel experience. Read More
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Opinion / Online
Time for travel search engines to up their game
By Gilad Berenstein - Utrip | November 15, 2017
With the advent of search engines like Google and Yahoo! almost two decades ago, accessing information became incredibly easy. Read More
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News / Startups
VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 4
By Kevin May | November 14, 2017
After a day of pitches from startups, PhocusWire's PundIT Show returns to take the temperature of three delegates at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More
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News / Technology
VIDEO: English, Gerstner and Hafner - Next Big Thing
By Kevin May | November 14, 2017
A petri dish of testosterone? Three of the leading lights of online travel of the past decade or so gaze into their crystal balls? Read More
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News / Distribution
Where does online travel retailing stand today?
By Ritesh Gupta - China Travel News | November 14, 2017
A major key performance indicator for airlines is about how they monetise their web and mobile traffic. Read More
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News / Online
Travelers will embrace personalization and AI for a better travel experience
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 13, 2017
Google claims that the "friction in travel" makes it ideal for new technology and artificial intelligence-led services to come in and make improvements. Read More
In The Big Chair - Barbara Dalibard of SITA
Interview / Technology
In The Big Chair - Barbara Dalibard of SITA
By Kevin May | November 12, 2017
The aviation technology company is nearly 70 years old and, amongst other things, works with airports and airlines on their passenger service Read More
Google rolls out new hotel search service
News / Online
Google rolls out new hotel search service
By Kevin May | November 10, 2017
Google is tightening its grip on the hotel search marketplace with the roll-out of a new platform this week. Read More
VIDEO: GDSs survive but full content agreements will not
News / Distribution
VIDEO: GDSs survive but full content agreements will not
By Kevin May | November 9, 2017
British Airways has got it right, but Lufthansa has not - that's the view emerging over the latest changes in airline distribution. Read More
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News
Welcome to a world of extremely dynamic packaging
By Dirk Rogl - Phocuswright | November 9, 2017
Something is going on in the European leisure travel market – in part, due to the distribution strategies of airlines and hotels. Read More
VIDEO: Asia leads the pack of digital travelers
News
VIDEO: Asia leads the pack of digital travelers
By Kevin May | November 8, 2017
India, China and Indonesia have come out on top in a list of countries with the most digitally savvy travelers. Read More
VIDEO: How startups can make a mark (but rarely do)
News / Startups
VIDEO: How startups can make a mark (but rarely do)
By Kevin May | November 8, 2017
It's a tough world out there for travel startups - with failure rates far higher than the number of success stories. Read More
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