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News / Online

QOTW: Something about room for the biggest startup in the world

By PhocusWire | March 2, 2018

Quote from Brian Chesky, in a one-to-one interview with PhocusWire this week. Read More

News / Online

Google Flights: the mainstream player everyone feared?

By Kevin May | March 2, 2018

Google doesn't really talk about how well its Flights metasearch engine is shaping up against its powerful competitors - but external data providers can help shine a light. Read More

News / Online

Low-commission OTA Hotel Bonanza racks up 10,000 hotel listings

By Mitra Sorrells | March 2, 2018

Hotel Bonanza is a new online travel agency trying to disrupt the hold large companies such as Booking.com and Expedia have on the market, by charging hotels a lower commission and offering consumers... Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Dynamic pricing should be changing the game for airlines

By Rajendran Vellapalath - TPConnects | March 1, 2018

Let me start by saying that dynamic pricing isn’t something new. In fact its origins go way, way back to the midst of time, when pricing was simply influenced by supply and demand. Read More

News / Distribution

Amadeus closes in on €5 billion annual revenue milestone

By Kevin May | February 28, 2018

Amadeus took in almost €5 billion in revenue during 2017 after an 8.5% increase on the previous 12 months for the travel technology provider. Read More

Interview / Online

In The Big Chair - Brian Chesky of Airbnb

By Jill Menze | February 27, 2018

The three co-founders started Airbnb with an air mattress in their apartment. Now, the 36-year-old CEO oversees a travel company worth $31 billion. Read More

News / Distribution

Sabre seeks to consign old NDC position to history

By Kevin May | February 27, 2018

International Airlines Group's shift to a New Distribution Capability-led connection to intermediaries pretty much ended any lasting resistance from tech providers last year. Read More

News / Online

Airbnb exec takes key role at Booking.com

By Kevin May | February 26, 2018

Booking.com will take an apparent fight it now faces with Airbnb head-on after hiring one of the private accommodation sharing giant's high profile figures. Read More

News / Technology

Travel managers told to check data and hold fire on booking hotels

By Kevin May | February 26, 2018

Travel managers are missing out on getting heavily reduced rates on hotels because they are not examining pricing trends in their marketplaces. Read More

News / Online

Interview: Airbnb CEO says it's now "100%" battling online travel agencies

By Jill Menze | February 23, 2018

Airbnb views itself going all-in with a plan to compete with the giants of the accommodation world - online travel agencies. Read More

News / Startups

Hostaway secures €700K to expand distribution tool for thriving rental market

By Mitra Sorrells | February 22, 2018

Helsinki, Finland-based Hostaway has raised €700,000 in funding to grow its vacation rental channel management solution. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Travelport, Egencia, Yapta and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | February 22, 2018

In today's wrap-up of news in brief: Travelport adds NDC-enabled content… Egencia expands rebooking services… RedAwning debuts voice assistant… Yapta partners with Amadeus… Read More

Opinion / Technology

Travel opportunities - and distribution challenges - in the blockchain

By Sara Pavan - Amadeus | February 22, 2018

In 48 BCE, the historic city of Alexandria was destroyed by Caesar’s army, including its world-famous library. Today, if a library was destroyed, its records would live on in other libraries and on the... Read More

Priceline Group changes name to Booking Holdings

By Mitra Sorrells | February 21, 2018

The Priceline Group will now be known as Booking Holdings. Read More