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Booking new tools professional rental partners

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Booking.com creates new filters and tools for short-term rental partners

By Mitra Sorrells | November 1, 2018

Tools to help professional vacation rental managers save time and control who can book their properties are part of a new suite of products launched this week by Booking.com. Read More

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Metasearch can survive and thrive (with some tweaks along the way)

By PhocusWire | October 31, 2018

We now admit to starting our theme month in October pondering how much discussion there was to be had around metasearch in travel. Read More

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Q&A: HomeToGo on metasearch in the vacation rental industry

By Phocuswire | October 31, 2018

Metasearch has tried to become a part in the rental ecosystem - with some big investment rounds going into startups and, unfortunately, some fairly high-profile casualties along the way. Read More

Booking Holdings Grab investment partnership

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Booking Holdings invests $200M in SE Asian ride-hail company Grab

By Mitra Sorrells | October 29, 2018

Booking Holdings is making a major investment and creating a strategic partnership with Grab Holdings, a Singapore-based on-demand transportation platform that operates in 235 cities in eight countries... Read More

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MakeMyTrip soft launches experiences as it reports gains across air and hotel units

By Linda Fox | October 29, 2018

MakeMyTrip Group has reported an increase of 27% to gross bookings of more than $1.2 billion for the second quarter of 2019 fiscal year. Read More

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The metasearch model, part 4: Startup space

By Mitra Sorrells | October 29, 2018

Compared to other aspects of travel, metasearch has not seen as much activity from startups. For our final piece in this series, we explore the question of why, with insights from a venture... Read More

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TAKE A SURVEY: Gender parity in travel and technology

By PhocusWire | October 26, 2018

Phocuswright is engaging its community to help find out where the industry stands on gender parity. Read More

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QOTW: Something about second-guessing travelers

By PhocusWire | October 26, 2018

Quote from Akemi Tsunagawa, founder and CEO of Bespoke, in an article of PhocusWire this week. Read More

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The hotel email marketing trends that can help boost ROI

By Jill Menze | October 26, 2018

Compared to other marketing channels such as social media, direct mail or paid search, email delivers the highest returns on investment for hoteliers. But the contents - and timing - of emails sent by... Read More

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Blockchain, emerging markets and a new travel economy

By Jill Menze | October 25, 2018

Just how significant will blockchain be on the digital economy, and what are its practical applications? Read More

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Reduced advertising spend succeeds in returning Trivago to profitability

By Mitra Sorrells | October 24, 2018

After four quarters that CEO Rolf Schrömgens describes as “quite a challenge,” hotel metasearch platform Trivago posted a dramatic turnaround in the third quarter of 2018. Read More

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Skyscanner becomes first travel search engine to join NDC Exchange

By Mitra Sorrells | October 24, 2018

Skyscanner has joined NDC Exchange, an industry-owned marketplace created by ATPCO and SITA to facilitate adoption of IATA’s New Distribution Capability. Read More

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GoEuro doubles its funding with new round of $150M

By Mitra Sorrells | October 23, 2018

Berlin-based GoEuro has raised $150 million to grow its multimodal travel booking platform, which currently works with more than 800 providers across Europe. Read More

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Travelport claims NDC flight booking first

By Kevin May | October 23, 2018

NDC debut alert! Travelport reckons its has become the first of the global distribution systems to manage live bookings of flights using the new connection standard. Read More