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QOTW: Something about a magician's tricks
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October 12, 2018
Quote from Stephen Joyce, CEO of Rezgo, in an article on PhocusWire this week.
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How to get smart with hotel distribution during the low season
By Gino Engels - OTA Insight
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October 12, 2018
Peaks and troughs are the perennial features of every hotelier’s annual revenue graph. This is unlikely to change.
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VIDEO: Checkfront on Google's entry and where the experiences sector is heading
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October 11, 2018
Checkfront is one of the first partners for the Reserve With Google initiative - a development that has the potential to be a disruptive move for tours and activities.
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VIDEO: LIVN on bringing a GDS approach to tours and activities
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October 11, 2018
LIVN has a pertinent perspective on how the tours and activities is likely to develop on the next few years.
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Shaken, not stirred, by a travel sector now following a familiar pattern
By Stephen Joyce - Rezgo
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October 9, 2018
The path that I was dutifully walking ended up not being the path that the rest of the industry was taking.
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Hotels are right to be obsessed with direct bookings
By Patrick Bosworth - Duetto
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October 2, 2018
Because Airbnb, the online travel agencies and other billion-dollar third parties are waging an arms race to be the world’s biggest travel brand, hoteliers obviously want to optimize their booking...
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VIDEO: Musement on being bought and being part of something bigger
By Kevin May
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September 25, 2018
The recent deal that saw online travel agency for tours and activities, Musement, head the way of the TUI Group is the latest long line of deals this year.
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Xola creates app marketplace for tour and activity operators
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 24, 2018
Xola, an online booking platform for tours and activities, is consolidating apps and integrations to support online and offline customer acquisition and sales in its new Xola App Store.
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Redeam launches new automated channel management platform for tours and activities
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 20, 2018
Redeam, a digital ticketing and redemption provider for suppliers of tours, activities and attractions, has created a new channel management platform.
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Google breathes down the neck of Kayak in clicks sent to airlines
By Kevin May
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September 5, 2018
Google is sending almost equal levels of traffic to airline websites as Kayak, following a massive increase for the search giant over the course of the last 12 months.
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In The Big Chair - Sean Fitzpatrick of OTA Insight
By Mitra Sorrells
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August 31, 2018
A former-Oracle, Nokia and HotSchedules executive, Sean Fitzpatrick arrives with a recent investment round in the company's war chest and in a marketplace that continues to throw up new challenges.
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RedAwning targets multi-unit rental sector with Leavetown acquisition
By Kevin May
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August 30, 2018
Vacation rental network RedAwning has made it second acquisition of 2018 - this time buying fellow service Leavetown Vacations and its Jetstream distribution platform.
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Is there enough room for another one-stop shop like Airbnb?
By Kevin May
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August 29, 2018
It's worth remembering that Airbnb was the feisty little upstart of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry not too long ago - before it became a power player.
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Subtle change to users, big impact on brands - Google search and hotels
By Pablo Delgado - Mirai
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August 27, 2018
The real estate on Google's search engine results pages has changed dramatically over the course of the last decade.
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Tech comes of age in tours and activities
By David Juman - Phocuswright
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August 27, 2018
There is some irony to the fact that, when it comes to arranging their leisure tours and activities, travelers often have little choice but to reserve and book offline.
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