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Ibibo ramps up global bus GDS plans via Malaysia/Singapore

By Martin Cowen | July 27, 2015

Indian travel group Ibibo has stepped up its ambitions to operate a global, GDS-type product for... Read More

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Lufthansa debuts direct corporate booking, first via Concur

By Sean O'Neil | July 27, 2015

Lufthansa, the German national carrier, has signed a deal to open a direct connect with Concur, the... Read More

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Aeroflot moves to cut costs, scraps credit card payments via GDSs

By Kevin May | July 24, 2015

Nowhere near on the scale of recent shenanigans involving Lufthansa, but another major carrier is... Read More

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TripAdvisor adds Hyatt to instant booking, so now 235K hotels are instantly bookable

By Sean O'Neil | July 24, 2015

Since February, TripAdvisor's market cap has soared by about a third to $13.4 billion, despite a dip... Read More

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Tourico puts tech at the heart of China plans

By Viewpoints | July 23, 2015

Tourico believes supporting hotel companies with the right technology is key to scaling up a... Read More

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Startup pitch: HundredRooms, Spain's rental metasearch, deploys its Euro 1M

By Sean O'Neil | July 22, 2015

Founded in early 2014, HundredRooms is Spain's first homegrown holiday rental metasearch service. A... Read More

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MakeMyTrip buys 28% stake in HolidayIQ for $15 million

By Martin Cowen | July 22, 2015

India's leading travel reviews site, HolidayIQ, has sold a 28% stake to MakeMyTrip for $15 million,... Read More

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Taylor Swift: Can online travel learn from her haggling skill?

By Viewpoints | July 22, 2015

Everyone and anyone who supports fairness in internet commerce should take note of a new hero – or... Read More

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South Korean travel meta Allstay gets $430K

By Martin Cowen | July 21, 2015

The backers of two big Asian Pacific online travel booking websites have pumped 500m KRW ($430,000)... Read More

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Amadeus buys property management system Itesso

By Kevin May | July 21, 2015

Dutch property management system provider Itesso is the latest company to be acquired by Amadeus to... Read More

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