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SilverRail raises $40 million -- CEO interview [UPDATED]
Interview / Distribution
SilverRail raises $40 million -- CEO interview [UPDATED]
By Sean O'Neil | April 14, 2014
SilverRail Technologies, a business-to-business platform for train ticketing, has raised $40 million... Read More
Can you monetise Facebook to create loyalty and revenue for airlines?
News / Distribution
Can you monetise Facebook to create loyalty and revenue for airlines?
By Kevin May | April 14, 2014
KLM has attracted plenty of attention for its various Facebook initiatives over the years - but is... Read More
Online giants eLong and Tongcheng form exclusive partnership
News / Distribution
Online giants eLong and Tongcheng form exclusive partnership
By Karthick Prabu | April 12, 2014
China's online travel agents - eLong and Tongcheng - have entered into a strategic partnership that... Read More
Intrepid Travel picks up remaining stake in Urban Adventures
News / Distribution
Intrepid Travel picks up remaining stake in Urban Adventures
By Linda Fox | April 10, 2014
Moves in the tours and activities sector this morning as Intrepid Travel acquires the remaining stake... Read More
Can you protect your site as Google heats up web spam war?
News / Distribution
Can you protect your site as Google heats up web spam war?
By Viewpoints | April 9, 2014
Google has ramped up its war on web spam in recent months with some big brand web sites including... Read More
One simple chart to show why airline merchandising gets so complicated
News / Distribution
One simple chart to show why airline merchandising gets so complicated
By Kevin May | April 8, 2014
At the heart of IATA's NDC project and the efforts by global distribution systems to evolve alongside... Read More
Japan Timeline: Local governments get boost with new web portal from inbound operator
News / Distribution
Japan Timeline: Local governments get boost with new web portal from inbound operator
By Nick Vivion | April 8, 2014
Inbound travel operator and travel agency intermediary Freeplus has come up with a clever way to... Read More
Derbysoft raises $9 million to strengthen metasearch platform, launch new marketing service
News / Distribution
Derbysoft raises $9 million to strengthen metasearch platform, launch new marketing service
By Karthick Prabu | April 8, 2014
Hotel technology solutions provider DerbySoft has raised $9 million in Series D round from... Read More
IHS, owned by Battery Ventures, acquires InnLink and TravLynx in hotel CRS landgrab
News / Distribution
IHS, owned by Battery Ventures, acquires InnLink and TravLynx in hotel CRS landgrab
By Sean O'Neil | April 8, 2014
Hotels originally set up computer reservation systems (CRS) as a way to record bookings. CRS quickly... Read More
Room 77's CEO Drew Patterson: Google to license our software
News / Distribution
Room 77's CEO Drew Patterson: Google to license our software
By Sean O'Neil | April 7, 2014
Room 77, the hotel metasearch startup, sent a letter today to its shareholders saying that Google is... Read More
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