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Airbnb says its estimated direct economic impact tops $100B

By Jill Menze | July 1, 2019

Airbnb is reporting its guest community has generated more than $100 billion in estimated direct economic impact across 30 countries in one year. Read More

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How Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency might fit into travel

By Linda Fox | July 1, 2019

Concerns are not surprising given the probes into the social media platform around privacy and wider concerns about cryptocurrencies, but, for travel, there are a few interesting elements about Libra. Read More

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Sabre CEO Sean Menke: Future of NDC is a "wild guess," but we remain committed

By Jill Menze | July 1, 2019

Speaking at the Sabre Technology Exchange event last week, Sabre CEO Sean Menke says the travel technology company has embarked on an “audacious” goal to “lead a new market for personalized travel” by... Read More

Flywire payment complexities tours and activities

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Q&A: Payment complexities in the growing tours and activities sector

By Mitra Sorrells | June 28, 2019

Flywire's Colyn Smyth discusses some of the challenges related to payments in the tours and activities space. Read More

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Sabre broadens hospitality offerings with retail push, new lodging APIs

By Jill Menze | June 27, 2019

At the Sabre Technology Exchange, the company detailed how hotels can benefit from its Intelligent Retailing platform and announced the launch of Content Services for Lodging. Read More

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TripActions raises again, $250M round going to aggressive growth plan

By Mitra Sorrells | June 27, 2019

This latest investment comes less than eight months after TripActions' Series C round last November which brought in $154 million. Read More

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Huangbaoche brings in $50M for guided tour driver platform

By Kevin May | June 27, 2019

The Series C round into the Beijing, China-based company comes just 15 months after another $50 million injection of capital in 2018. Read More

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Hotel C-suite buzz: Disruptive Google, data security and emerging tech

By Mitra Sorrells | June 27, 2019

Cybersecurity, emerging technology and Google were some of the topics discussed by a trio of hospitality chiefs at the HITEC conference in Minneapolis. Read More

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The Phocuswright Conference 2019 - speakers announced, secure a registration discount

By PhocusWire | June 27, 2019

The boss of one of the online travel brands of the moment, OYO Rooms, makes a welcomes return to Center Stage at The Phocuswright Conference 2019. Read More

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Booking.com CEO Gillian Tans moves aside, Glenn Fogel steps in

By Kevin May | June 26, 2019

The sudden change at the top of Booking.com, announced today, is effective immediately and ends a three-year stint for Tans as CEO. Read More

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Getting out of the way of "innovation" in travel

By Linda Fox | June 26, 2019

Amazon Web Services believes the travel industry is stuck in silos and an “old way of thinking about IT”, with disparate systems that don’t talk to each other. Read More

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VIDEO: A maturing market for tours and activities

By Kevin May | June 26, 2019

Booking.com's entry into the tours and activities sector and TripAdvisor's likewise move to add a software company into its mix certainly caused a stir in 2018. Read More

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Q&A: How an emerging market online travel agency facilitates payments - offline

By Jill Menze | June 26, 2019

One of Flymya's biggest hurdles is payments: Only 2% of the population has a credit or debit card, plus money can’t be transferred electronically between banks - meaning the company must employ a... Read More

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Airbnb rebrands top tier to Airbnb Luxe, adds dedicated concierge services

By Mitra Sorrells | June 25, 2019

Airbnb is renaming its luxury tier of properties as Airbnb Luxe and is providing a dedicated concierge with each booking. Read More

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A tale of two airlines battling disruption with technology

By Linda Fox | June 25, 2019

The cost of disruption to airlines is around 8% of revenue, or $60 billion to the industry, every year. Little wonder then they turning to technology to address disruption from weather events to... Read More

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