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Rocketrip scoops $15M from Google Ventures to expand business travel platform

By Kevin May | April 25, 2018

Google Ventures has led a $15 million investment in Rocketrip, the tool that gives employees rewards if they "travel smart". Read More

News / Startups

TravelPerk captures $21 million to boost corporate booking tool

By Kevin May | April 11, 2018

A series B round of $21 million has come to Travelperk from a group of new and existing investors in its bid to "fix business travel". Read More

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Amadeus takes majority control of Hiberus, changes name to Travel IMS

By Kevin May | March 26, 2018

Hiberus Travel IO Solutions, an inventory management provider to tour operators, is now 95% owned by Amadeus. Read More

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The state of the computer reservation system nation

By Kevin May | March 20, 2018

A major new study has shown how hotel chains are using technology to capture bookings, at the same time as illustrating how they want the ecosystem to evolve. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

Unleash the power of genuine intelligence

By Mary Pat Sullivan | March 16, 2018

The diversity of products and services in the travel industry creates a complex need for technology solutions that can translate content and deliver it to every B2B and B2C channel available. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Everything hoteliers need to know about GDPR

By William Beckler - ALICE | March 16, 2018

At ALICE, we've been working hard to fully understand the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its obligations on us and our customers. In order to help hoteliers figure out what is going on,... Read More

News / Technology

New data analytics tool aims to help hoteliers maximize revenue

By Mitra Sorrells | March 7, 2018

OTA Insight has released a new data visualization platform for hotel revenue management and optimization. Read More

News / Startups

Rezdy lands new $3M round for North America activities tech push

By Kevin May | March 6, 2018

Tours and activities booking tech specialist Rezdy has raised a further $3 million as part of an expansion warchest in the North America region. Read More

Opinion / Technology

The democratization of travel and the future of airline innovation

By Kevin Krone - Uplift | February 28, 2018

The airline business exists to bring people together. An important part of the industry’s mandate should be democratizing the process of air travel, making new experiences and destinations affordable... Read More

News / Technology

Decoding blockchain, part 4: Cross-border payments

By Mitra Sorrells | February 26, 2018

Most of the headlines about blockchain have been about the implications of this emerging technology on the financial sector – the potential for it to change banking, share trading, insurance, payments... Read More

Notated News / Technology

Travelport, Egencia, Yapta and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | February 22, 2018

In today's wrap-up of news in brief: Travelport adds NDC-enabled content… Egencia expands rebooking services… RedAwning debuts voice assistant… Yapta partners with Amadeus… Read More

Opinion / Technology

Travel opportunities - and distribution challenges - in the blockchain

By Sara Pavan - Amadeus | February 22, 2018

In 48 BCE, the historic city of Alexandria was destroyed by Caesar’s army, including its world-famous library. Today, if a library was destroyed, its records would live on in other libraries and on the... Read More

News / Technology

Q&A: Trust, truth and transparency at the heart of TUI Group’s blockchain work

By Mitra Sorrells | February 21, 2018

TUI Group was one of the first travel brands to make headlines for its adoption of blockchain. Read More

News / Distribution

Travelport looks to 2021 for major business goals

By Kevin May | February 20, 2018

Travelport is targeting a number of major milestones over the course of the next three years - outside of the core GDS segment of the business. Read More