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Chinese car rental web brand eHi files for IPO in the US

By Martin Cowen | October 6, 2014

Chinese car rental business eHi Car Services, in which Ctrip is the largest investor, has filed for an... Read More

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Fate of TUI web brands still unknown, but details emerge of financial performance

By Martin Cowen | October 3, 2014

Mystery remains as to the long term future of TUI Travel's AsiaRooms and Malapronta consumer websites,... Read More

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How do travellers engage with different types of images?

By Martin Cowen | October 3, 2014

Travellers like to see their hotel room before booking, so it makes sense that they might like to see... Read More

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One click travel by 2020 via devices not even invented

By Linda Fox | October 2, 2014

The year 2020 doesn't seem that far away so findings in a Switchfly study on future travel trends make... Read More

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Expedia bid for Wotif takeover back on track

By Martin Cowen | October 2, 2014

Panic over - an Australian regulator has decided that Expedia Inc's proposed takeover of wotif.com... Read More

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Startup pitch: TourDigger is a new tours-and-activities marketplace

By Sean O'Neil | October 1, 2014

New Ottawa-based startup Tourdigger.com, a B2C aggregator of tours and activities in about a thousand... Read More

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Meta wins: Ongoing implications as bot scraping continues to be good business in travel

By Nick Vivion | October 1, 2014

Deploying robot scripts to scrape content is nearly as old as the Internet itself - as the Web shifted... Read More

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Dear 2015, seven wishes for the coming year from hotels

By Pamela Whitby | October 1, 2014

If you work in hospitality you will know that in this fragmented, complicated business things are... Read More

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LastRoom's pivot: 5 travel startup truths learned the hard way

By Viewpoints | September 30, 2014

Mexico City-based LastRoom.com recently pivoted from courting leisure travelers as the "Latin American... Read More

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UK government wants in on sharing economy

By Linda Fox | September 30, 2014

The UK government is looking to "open doors" for the sharing economy and make the country a global... Read More

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In partnership with Zartico, this video series explores the latest trends and delivers practical... Read More

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Get real: The power of combining AI with authentic intelligence

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