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Inspirato to open physical experience centers to promote luxury rentals

By Nick Vivion | August 29, 2014

In a real-time marketing twist, luxury vacation rental company Inspirato has opened a series of "experience centers" in high-end malls around the United States. The company (TLabs here) was most re Read More

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American Express boosts traveler care with enhanced traveler management

By Nick Vivion | July 28, 2014

Product rollouts at the annual Global Business Travel Association conference in Los Angeles have begun, and American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has announced updates that enhance the current Read More

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Travel agents feel the pinch of the Internet - and it doesn't hurt that much

By Nick Vivion | October 17, 2013

At a recent invite-only roundup for American Express-affiliated travel agents, the assembled agents were surveyed about how the Internet has impacted their businesses. Traditionally, the Internet h Read More

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TripAdvisor and American Express - a user review deal with a difference

By Linda Fox | October 8, 2013

As partnerships go, today's tie-up between American Express and TripAdvisor is a curious one. Effectively the partnership gives card members recognition for posting a review, flags up that the revi Read More

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Travel MARKETING - Product news, launches and more - September 2013

By PhocusWire | September 10, 2013

National Geographic Traveler has re-organized their media brands. Read More

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The gamification of managed travel: Can social gaming plug travel policy leakage?

By Nick Vivion | August 13, 2013

One of the strong undercurrents of this year's annual GBTA conference in San Diego was the consumerization of B2B travel products, such as using consumer behavioral insight to increase travel policy... Read More

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The consumer conundrum: Why businesses must accept consumerization in B2B product development

By Nick Vivion | August 12, 2013

The shift away from enterprise and government as the driver of new technology advancements has greatly accelerated in the past 5 years, a shift that has causes discomfort among B2B product developers. Read More

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The Scan - Lowcostholidays film map, Louvre Hotels on Google, Air New Zealand Bears All (again) and other travel tech stories

By PhocusWire | March 8, 2013

Lowcostholidays, Air New Zealand, Priceline-Kayak, Inner Maldives, Reardon Commerce, American Express, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Micros Systems, Etihad and NYC & Company all make the cut in our round of... Read More

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Attack of the Clones - so big brands should rebel and fight back against less authentic startups

By Viewpoints | January 24, 2013

Is it me or are you noticing more travel startups that are really just technology businesses or media companies operating under the disguise as a leisure travel business? Read More

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Unused vacation days: The fall travel marketing opportunity

By Nick Vivion | September 26, 2012

A new survey shows that Americans have a lot of vacation days to use up by the end of the year, providing a targeted marketing opportunity to savvy travel marketers across the world. Read More

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The Scan: Carlson Wagonlit expands in China, Travelocity lands on the Kindle Fire, and more news

By PhocusWire | September 5, 2012

CWT Online is China's first online booking tool for international flights, and more items in our roundup for 5 September. Read More

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Morning Scan: Amex's Orbitz-run booking engine launches, United pivots its blog, and more

By Sean O'Neil | August 21, 2012

American Express and Orbitz team up to create a booking engine, United Airlines is shifting the focus of a blog it created this spring when shifting to a unified tech platform, and more items in our... Read More

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American Airlines offers direct-connect bounty via Priceline, talks with business travel giants stall

By Kevin May | July 31, 2012

American Airlines is back in Direct-Connect mode, after its programme to try and turn the airline distribution model on its head fell by the wayside as it faced bigger battles. Read More

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American Express: 5 ways to boost business travel savings and compliance

By Dennis Schaal | June 19, 2012

With global airfares and hotel rates rising, American Express Global Business Travel is emphasizing the carrot -- rather than the stick -- in trying to get road warriors to save money in their travel... Read More

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Orbitz Worldwide returns flight-booking fees to CheapTickets to build hotel business

By Dennis Schaal | May 3, 2012

Orbitz Worldwide went along with most of the online travel agency pack and eliminated the bulk of its flight-booking fees for its US brands in 2009, but quietly brought them back on CheapTickets.com in... Read More

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