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Google hotel reviews more than doubled in 2017, drive overall increase

By Mitra Sorrells | March 13, 2018

Travelers posted 27% more hotel reviews in 2017 than a year earlier and most of that growth can be attributed to Google. Read More

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Digital Darwinism: A concept for modern hotels

By Kevin May | March 13, 2018

"Connected consumerism and the influences of new technologies and services on human behavior disrupt markets." Read More

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VIDEO: Hotels on distribution and their online travel agency friends

By Kevin May | March 12, 2018

We all know that the hotel industry is facing a series of challenges - some large, some less so - around its sales and distribution strategy. Read More

News / Distribution

TripActions raises $51M to fix “severely broken” corporate travel system

By Mitra Sorrells | March 12, 2018

TripActions believes it has a solution to reinvent business travel by giving travelers more choices, better support and incentives to spend wisely. Read More

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Voice tech in travel, part 2: UX and design

By Mitra Sorrells | March 12, 2018

The days of typing search terms into a browser or clicking through drop-down menus may be fading. Rising in their place is a much more natural interface: voice. Here are the characteristics of an... Read More

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QOTW: Something about Alexa on every imaginable device

By PhocusWire | March 9, 2018

Quote from Matthias Keller, chief scientist at Kayak. Read More

News / Online

Facebook launches new targeted ad strategy for travel brands

By Mitra Sorrells | March 8, 2018

Facebook is using its knowledge of consumers’ online behavior to help brands market their deals and destinations to travelers earlier in their planning process. Read More

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Exclusive: TripAdvisor’s Dermot Halpin on the site’s landmark 100,000th experience listing

By Jill Menze | March 8, 2018

TripAdvisor is making history with a catamaran sailing expedition in Panama City Beach, FL, as it names the activity its 100,000th bookable experience on the platform. Read More

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Booking.com wants to "win" private accommodation but won't mimic Airbnb

By Kevin May | March 7, 2018

What a difference a few weeks can make - Airbnb was once a big threat to hotels, yet now all the attention is on its emergence as a competitor to online travel agencies. Read More

News / Technology

What a voice-enabled future looks like for the vacation rental market

By Jill Menze | March 7, 2018

As travel intermediaries such as online travel agencies tighten their grip on owning traveler data, vacation rental property managers are left in a precarious position. Read More

News / Technology

Voice tech in travel, part 1: Brand adoption

By Mitra Sorrells | March 5, 2018

The days of typing search terms into a browser or clicking through drop-down menus may be fading. Rising in their place is a much more natural interface: voice. Read More

News / Online

QOTW: Something about room for the biggest startup in the world

By PhocusWire | March 2, 2018

Quote from Brian Chesky, in a one-to-one interview with PhocusWire this week. Read More

News / Online

Google Flights: the mainstream player everyone feared?

By Kevin May | March 2, 2018

Google doesn't really talk about how well its Flights metasearch engine is shaping up against its powerful competitors - but external data providers can help shine a light. Read More

News / Technology

Google's new Hangouts Chat launches with Kayak chatbot

By Mitra Sorrells | March 1, 2018

Google has released Hangouts Chat – a collaboration tool widely called Google’s competitor to Slack – and Kayak is one of several companies that have built bots that are integrated with the Chat... Read More

News / Online

Airbnb exec takes key role at Booking.com

By Kevin May | February 26, 2018

Booking.com will take an apparent fight it now faces with Airbnb head-on after hiring one of the private accommodation sharing giant's high profile figures. Read More

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