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Booking.com tests marketplace offering third party technology

By Linda Fox | July 19, 2018

Booking Holdings is piloting a service that offers access to third party technology platforms for its hotel customers. Read More

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Travel startups - pick your battles against the powerful wisely

By Alex Bainbridge - Autoura | July 19, 2018

The Phocuswright Conference in November this year comes at a point in the travel and hospitality industry life-cycle where challenger startups from 15-20 years ago are now the global incumbents. Read More

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Sabre creates Travel Solutions division, rejigs team, hires ex-Google engineering chief

By Linda Fox | July 18, 2018

Sabre has created a Travel Solutions division spanning airline solutions as well as data and analytics across its business units. Read More

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Package bookings drive higher ADR, have longer booking windows

By Jill Menze | July 18, 2018

Analyzing data on package bookings vs. standalone hotel bookings, Expedia Group found that for full year 2017, package bookings delivered higher average daily rates and had longer booking windows,... Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: TransferTravel.com wants to be the "eBay" of travel

By Mitra Sorrells | July 18, 2018

TransferTravel.com is a peer-to-peer marketplace designed to help people sell their unwanted tickets and reservations to travelers looking for bargains. Read More

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Airbnb told to get in line with European consumer law

By Linda Fox | July 17, 2018

Airbnb has been told by the European Commission to clean up its pricing as well as commercial terms. Read More

Interview / Online

In The Big Chair - Jane Sun of Ctrip

By Jill Menze | July 17, 2018

Jane Sun joined Ctrip in 2005 and took the reins as CEO in 2016. As Ctrip grows globally, Sun sees opportunities in tours and activities for Chinese travelers and hopes to see international business... Read More

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Booking Holdings invests $500M in Didi ground transport platform

July 17, 2018

Didi Chuxing has caught the eye of Booking Holdings, with a $500 million capital injection and a major strategic partnership. Read More

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QOTW: Something about embracing the mess

By PhocusWire | July 13, 2018

Quote from James Ferguson, senior design manager at Skyscanner, in an article on PhocusWire this week. Read More

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Headout lands $10M to conquer last-minute experiences market

By Jill Menze | July 12, 2018

Angling to be the largest brand for last-minute experiences, Headout has secured a $10 million investment to expand its service to 100 cities. Read More

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KKday charts expansion into China with investment from Alibaba

By Mitra Sorrells | July 12, 2018

Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund has made an investment in Taiwan-based experiences distributor KKday to help it expand into the Chinese market. Read More

News / Online

Vacasa launches real estate network to grow supply base

By Jill Menze | July 12, 2018

Already the largest vacation rental management company in the United States, Vacasa is looking to substantially grow its supply by launching a real estate network. Read More

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Google streamlines hotel advertising with integration in new Google Ads platform

By Mitra Sorrells | July 11, 2018

Google wants to make it easier for hotel marketers to manage and scale their advertising campaigns on the site. Read More

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VIDEO: Tours and activities from two perspectives

By PhocusWire | July 11, 2018

We all know the widely-used phrases - "hottest sector in the industry", "ripe for growth", "fragmented but fixable", etc. Read More

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Attribute-based selling comes to hotel reservation systems

By Mitra Sorrells | July 11, 2018

Attribute-based selling is a concept that has generated buzz in hospitality circles in recent years and now Amadeus is implementing this strategy as part of its new guest reservation system being... Read More

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