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News / Distribution

Routehappy gets second GDS deal as Amadeus signs

By Kevin May | February 12, 2018

Amadeus will include airline information such as amenities, cabin services and seat provision to travel agencies after inking a deal with Routehappy. Read More

News / Startups

Travel tech entrepreneur launches blockchain system for non-airline services

By Mitra Sorrells | February 12, 2018

A new blockchain-based travel billing and settlement platform is in the works. Read More

News / Technology

Rental tech providers Hostfully and Orbirental merge

By Kevin May | January 31, 2018

Two vacation rental technology startups have agreed to combine companies, three years on from their inception in the U.S. Read More

News / Distribution

What hotels really want from reservation systems

By Jill Menze | January 25, 2018

The sustained quest for personalization underlies decisions being made all across the travel industry - including how hotels choose to approach their central reservation systems (CRSs). Read More

News / Technology

Video: How a travel startup uses Blockchain as part of a wider service

By Kevin May | January 23, 2018

For all the talk of Blockchain-led services on the verge of disrupting the travel industry, there still seems to be very few brands putting it at the heart of what they do. Read More

News / Technology

Helix buys attractions tech startup Booking Boss

By Kevin May | January 15, 2018

Australia-based Booking Boss, provider of booking and ticketing tools to operators in tours and activities, has sold to Helix Leisure. Read More

News / Technology

IHG starts major Amadeus tech move with Kimpton

By Kevin May | January 11, 2018

Kimpton is the first group of properties within the InterContinental Hotels Group to switch over to the long-awaited platform provided by Amadeus. Read More

News / Startups

Video: Three approaches to running a travel startup

By Kevin May | January 9, 2018

One has taken in around $450 million funding. Another hasn't brought in any outside capital investment. The other a modest $1.5 million. Read More

Opinion / Technology

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Technology

By PhocusWire | December 20, 2017

The problem with technology as a term in the travel industry is that it’s now so ubiquitous that it becomes difficult to single out what developments are the most important for 2018. Read More

News / Distribution

Rented raises $125 million for host guarantee plan

By Kevin May | December 7, 2017

Vacation rental management service Rented will use a massive investment windfall to tackle a different type of problem in its sector. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: Solving a genuine multi-billion dollar problem in travel

By Kevin May | December 6, 2017

There are a number of comments that often float about during travel startup pitch events - many of them not very positive. Read More

Interview / Distribution

In The Big Chair - Luis Maroto of Amadeus

By Kevin May | November 27, 2017

Almost 20 years - the last six as global leader - have seen the former-Bertelsmann exec push the company into new areas and list on the public markets. He tells Kevin May how the company views the... Read More