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TourRadar aims high on multi-day tour bookings with $50M raise

By Kevin May | June 26, 2018

Multi-day online tour booking specialist, TourRadar, has secured a massive $50 million funding round and enlisted the help of an ex-Expedia executive. Read More

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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

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The fragmented landscape of travel brands in Google’s organic search

By Mitra Sorrells | June 26, 2018

The usual suspects in travel and hospitality are the most successful at leading the Google search game, but more than half of the total market share is still up for grabs. Read More

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VIDEO: Under the hood of ground transportation

By PhocusWire | June 26, 2018

Some would say that Lyft and undoubtedly Uber get a disproportionate amount of attention in terms of coverage of the ground transportation sector. Read More

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Modern travel marketing, part 4: Paid search

By Mitra Sorrells | June 25, 2018

PPC, when done right, can drive relevant conversions, but when done wrong can quickly rack up huge bills with nothing to show for the expense. Read More

Opinion / Online

Quartz (and others) are wrong about tours and activities: Here's why

By Douglas Quinby - Phocuswright | June 22, 2018

In March of this year, Quartz proclaimed that somebody should let Airbnb know that travelers don't like booking tours and activities online. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Blockchain: Not your father’s dial-up modem

By Douglas Rice - Hospitality Technology Network | June 21, 2018

A recent article reminded me of an older colleague who, sometime around 1997, told me that the internet and e-commerce would never really take off because "you always get a busy signal when you’re... Read More

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VIDEO: Number-crunching the Hopper way

By PhocusWire | June 21, 2018

Hopper would perhaps be the first to admit that it spent a lot of time (and investment) building and evolving the product. Read More

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A transformational win for hotel technology

By Mike Ford - SiteMinder | June 20, 2018

How it became possible to connect the dots Read More

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Travelers losing interest in home-sharing, Google gaining ground as travel resource

By Jill Menze | June 20, 2018

For all the chatter of Airbnb stealing scene time away from hotels, traveler interest in home-sharing seems to be waning. Read More

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Peek bags $23 million fund, claims building "OpenTable for activities" model

By Kevin May | June 20, 2018

Cathay Innovation is leading a $23 million funding round into U.S.-based tours and activities platform Peek. Read More

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Yapta targets leisure travelers through Skyscanner, Traxo partnerships

By Jill Menze | June 19, 2018

Price-tracking tool Yapta is broadening its offerings for leisure travelers through new partnerships with Skyscanner and Traxo. Read More

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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

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QOTW: Something about throwing out the playbook

By PhocusWire | June 15, 2018

Quote from Jen O'Twomney, vice president of Expedia Local Expert. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Debunking the impact of blockchain on hotel distribution

By Max Starkov - HEBS Digital | June 14, 2018

A recent article on the Nasdaq website claims blockchain‐based platforms “offer promising solutions” to particular areas of difficulty in the hospitality industry, including blockchain‐based hotel... Read More

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