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Evolve scores big with $80M investment to grow rental tech services

By Kevin May | August 24, 2018

Big investment is heading in the direction of Evolve Vacation Rental Network following a $80 million injection this week. Read More

News / Technology

ATPCO gets real-time air ticket filing go-ahead

By Kevin May | August 20, 2018

Global aviation fare registration platform ATPCO will use the recent award of a technology patent to redevelop its pricing calculation system. Read More

News / Technology

RateGain dances away with acquisition of DHISCO

By Kevin May | August 2, 2018

Hotel distribution service DHISCO is now part of the RateGain family following an acquisition of the company for an undisclosed fee. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Evolution warning: Are hotel owners in danger of becoming the new taxi drivers?

By Peter O’Connor - Essec Business School | August 1, 2018

Just as the taxi industry responded to new competition by trying to manipulate governments in their favor, hotel chains are ganging up on travel industry innovators such as Airbnb and online travel... Read More

News / Online

Chinese home rental platform Tujia adds SiteMinder property management for hosts

By Mitra Sorrells | July 24, 2018

Tujia, a vacation rental platform backed by Ctrip, has partnered with SiteMinder to offer its overseas accommodation providers an all-in-one management system. Read More

News / Online

Seatfrog grabs $6 million round to bolster upgrade bidding app

By Kevin May | July 12, 2018

Rail and air upgrade platform Seatfrog has secured a Series A investment to the tune of $6 million. Read More

News / Online

Booking.com gets down to Basics, gets rates from other agencies

By Kevin May | July 10, 2018

In what could be a significant strategic development, Booking.com is now getting inventory and exclusive prices for hotels from other online travel agencies. Read More

News / Distribution

New scenarios for a fast-moving airline distribution landscape

By Linda Fox | July 10, 2018

Airline distribution has evolved more in the last three years than perhaps at any time in the previous 20 before it. Read More

News / Technology

Lodgify bags $5M to build vacation rental tech, eyes hotel market next

By Jill Menze | July 10, 2018

Vacation rental software company Lodgify has raised $5 million to develop its direct-booking technology. Read More

News / Technology

SnapShot founders leave, Shiji takes control of revenue tech platform

By Kevin May | July 6, 2018

Chinese hotel tech company Shiji Group has increased its stake in SnapShot - effectively buying out the shares of the founders of the five-year-old company. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Everything hotels need to know about calculating direct sales

By Cesar Lopez - Mirai | July 3, 2018

Would you go on a diet without knowing or controlling your weight and without using scales? Then why, as a professional, do you want to boost your direct sales without knowing its cost? Read More

News / Distribution

Triptease secures $4 million to take hotel direct tech to the Far East

By Kevin May | June 26, 2018

Triptease has raised a further $4 million in its Series B round, bringing the total investment in the company to date to almost $25 million. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: Bedbanks can provide and thrive in a fragmented market

By PhocusWire | June 19, 2018

To say Hotelbeds Group has been through a fairly productive few years would be a bit of an understatement. Read More

Interview / Distribution

Europe Travel Launch 2018: WIHP Hotels

By PhocusWire | June 13, 2018

Seven years work has led WIHP Hotels to the launch of its Meta I/O product - a hub between hotel reservation systems and metasearch engines. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: Deep dive on hotels and online travel agencies

By PhocusWire | June 11, 2018

Some say the online travel agency vs. hotel debate moves in cycles, depending on who has the biggest to axe grind during a particular period in time. Read More

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