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In The Big Chair - Jens Wohltorf of Blacklane

By Kevin May | April 5, 2018

Since Jens Wohltorf co-founded the private car company in 2011, Blacklane has grown its reach to 250 cities and has raised $85 million. Read More

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China's Meituan acquires bike-sharing platform Mobike

By Mitra Sorrells | April 4, 2018

Chinese e-commerce platform Meituan has acquired Mobike, one of the world's largest smart bike-sharing companies. Read More

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Expedia Group can sell Air France-KLM flights without surcharge

By Mitra Sorrells | April 4, 2018

Air France-KLM has agreed to waive surcharges for leisure and corporate customers that book through Expedia Group brands Expedia, Ebookers and Egencia. Read More

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Skyscanner adds no-fee train booking feature to app

By Mitra Sorrells | April 4, 2018

Travelers in the United Kingdom can now use Skyscanner’s iOS app to compare and book train tickets. Read More

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Hotels can now buy sponsored listings on TripAdvisor

By Jill Menze | April 4, 2018

Hotels jostling for visibility on TripAdvisor can now buy their way to the top through the platform’s Sponsored Placements offering. Read More

Mark Travel Corp Apple Leisure Group merge

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Apple Leisure Group merges with Mark Travel Corporation

By Jamie Biesiada - Travel Weekly | April 4, 2018

Apple Leisure Group and the Mark Travel Corporation will form a single company. The financial terms of the merger agreement were not disclosed. Read More

Interview / Distribution

In The Big Chair - Tobias Ragge of HRS

By Kevin May | April 3, 2018

The founder's son, Tobias Ragge has run HRS for 10 years, with a particular emphasis on pushing it into new markets around the world and, more recently, concentrating on its core corporate travel... Read More

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Musement and Bókun partner to sell tours and activities

By Mitra Sorrells | April 3, 2018

Italy-based tours and activities booking platform Musement is expanding its supply through a partnership with Iceland-based Bókun. Read More

Interview / Online

Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with Rome2rio's Rod Cuthbert

By PhocusWire | April 3, 2018

Ahead of the event, Rod Cuthbert discusses the evolution of multi-modal booking, how Google is changing travel and why he's publicly called out TripAdvisor. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Amadeus, Hotelbeds, Interjet and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | April 2, 2018

Amadeus adds tours from Bookingkit… Hotelbeds group succeeds through its API… Interjet signs deal with Sabre… Philippine Airlines works toward five-star rating… Peakwork introduces new solutions… Read More

News / Online

Research Spotlight: What's bolstering the US online travel market

By Jill Menze | April 2, 2018

Growth was steady in the US travel market in 2017, with all segments seeing an increase of from 1 to 5% over 2016. Online sales in particular outperformed the market as a whole, which advanced 3%... Read More

News / Technology

AI analysis, part 1: Travel tech giants

By Mitra Sorrells | April 2, 2018

The ubiquity of artificial intelligence is evident in the fact that the abbreviation “AI” is now a common and recognizable term. Read More

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Air France-KLM inks NDC deals with Amadeus and Travelport

By Mitra Sorrells | March 30, 2018

Amadeus and Air France-KLM have reached an agreement to allow Amadeus customers to access a private channel to receive airline content without paying a surcharge. Two days earlier Travelport announced... Read More

Interview / Distribution

Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with CarTrawler's Bobby Healy

By PhocusWire | March 30, 2018

Ahead of the event, Bobby Healy discusses the major opportunities in mobile, what's wrong with Google and why it's crucial to stay ahead of the competition. Read More

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Abacus nostalgia as execs take new senior GDS jobs

By Kevin May | March 28, 2018

One of the figures at the centre of Sabre's takeover of Abacus in 2015 has landed one of the top distribution jobs at the company. Read More

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