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Alibaba acquires air fare service provider Aslan
News / Distribution
Alibaba acquires air fare service provider Aslan
By Karthick Prabu | May 19, 2014
Alibaba's latest addition to its travel industry product suite is China's B2B air fare service... Read More
Nor1 pushes out new mobile merchandising product eReach
News / Technology
Nor1 pushes out new mobile merchandising product eReach
By Nick Vivion | May 16, 2014
Incremental revenue technologist Nor1 has created a new mobile merchandising platform that allows... Read More
Time to build travel applications that will move the world again
News / Technology
Time to build travel applications that will move the world again
By Sean Arena | May 16, 2014
Late last year, Sabre hosted a webinar on Tnooz to provide thoughts on how the digital landscape is... Read More
OpenJaw widens retailing capabilities for S7
News / Technology
OpenJaw widens retailing capabilities for S7
By Linda Fox | May 16, 2014
Russian airline S7 has extended flight and ancillary shopping capabilities on its website after... Read More
Will technology enhance or destroy the corporate’s hotel-travel policy?
News / Distribution
Will technology enhance or destroy the corporate’s hotel-travel policy?
By Kevin May | May 15, 2014
When thinking about hotels, the travel manager is constantly challenged to balance the needs of the... Read More
A reality check on tours and activities (bubble?)
News / Technology
A reality check on tours and activities (bubble?)
By Viewpoints | May 15, 2014
It's that time again, on the heels of another big tours and activities study from Phocuswright, when... Read More
Thomas Cook continues journey to lean, mean online machine
News / Technology
Thomas Cook continues journey to lean, mean online machine
By Linda Fox | May 15, 2014
Thomas Cook provided an update of its "digital transformation" this morning as part of half-year... Read More
TripIt is latest travel company on Google Glass, adds trip planning app
News / Technology
TripIt is latest travel company on Google Glass, adds trip planning app
By Linda Fox | May 15, 2014
TripIt has developed an application enabling travellers to access travel plans on Google Glass. A... Read More
Online travel agents vs hotels - friends, enemies or frenemies?
News / Distribution
Online travel agents vs hotels - friends, enemies or frenemies?
By Karthick Prabu | May 15, 2014
As the industry knows, online travel agents (OTA) bring additional bookings to hotels, but while doing... Read More
Startup pitch: Make It Social brings easy group booking to tour operators
News / Technology
Startup pitch: Make It Social brings easy group booking to tour operators
By Nick Vivion | May 14, 2014
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