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Asia-Pacific online travel sales tipped to overtake North America

By Kevin May | July 15, 2016

Next year could be a landmark one in the evolution of online travel as sales in Asia-Pacific surpass... Read More

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Booking.com dips toe in waters of attraction tickets, under the guise of AI platform

By Kevin May | July 14, 2016

Booking.com has finally moved into the complex world of tours and activities with the pilot of a new... Read More

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Bots lack the consistency users expect

By Viewpoints | July 14, 2016

Recently, there has been a mania for chatbots in the ecommerce world and, as you would expect, the... Read More

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Groupize and Travelport debut a small meetings, hotel booking tool for TMCs

By Sean O'Neil | July 14, 2016

Groupize, a B2B startup focused on group hotel bookings, has joined with travel technology company... Read More

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Yatra valued at $218 million, will list on NASDAQ

By Martin Cowen | July 14, 2016

Indian OTA Yatra.com will be listed on NASDAQ as part of a "business combination" with an investment... Read More

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What does Pokemon Go mean for the travel industry?

By Viewpoints | July 13, 2016

If you haven’t played, or at least heard about, Pokemon Go, you may soon be in the minority. Not only... Read More

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Sojern data shows Brazilians are warming to Rio2016

By Martin Cowen | July 13, 2016

Sojern's latest global analysis of travel trends, based on "more than a billion traveler intent data... Read More

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Google adds airfare tracking, hotel deal spotting, and filters to its metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | July 12, 2016

Google has begun adding a few tricks to its flights and hotels metasearch on both desktop and mobile.... Read More

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Travellers using sharing economy services double, driven by awareness and confidence

By Kevin May | July 12, 2016

Familiarity with brands and trust have triggered what is anticipated to be a doubling of travellers... Read More

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Airbnb signs with American Express GBT, Carlson Wagonlit and BCD Travel, scoring a TMC trifecta

By Sean O'Neil | July 12, 2016

Three major travel management companies (TMCs) -- American Express Global Business Travel (GBT), BCD... Read More

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