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Travel DISTRIBUTION roundup - Orbitz, HRS, CarTrawler, Travelport, ClearTrip

By PhocusWire | October 30, 2013

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for DISTRIBUTION in travel, tourism and hospitality on Wednesday 30 October 2013... Orbitz to power hotel bookings for EVA Air Orbitz Partner Netw Read More

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HRS taps into electronic payments trend with Airplus deal

By Linda Fox | October 4, 2013

Online hotels service HRS is offering corporate customers an alternative to direct payments at hotels following a tie-up with AirPlus International. HRS says the Global Payment service is available Read More

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HRS picks up the slack after Facebook axes deals service

By Linda Fox | September 2, 2013

When Facebook brought the curtain down on its deals offering, it left some businesses scratching their heads as to how to replace it Read More

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Expedia and Booking.com pledge to allow rival discounting as hotel rate parity probe widens

By Kevin May | August 9, 2013

Two of the largest online travel brands on the planet - Booking.com and Expedia - have agreed to new guidelines which will give other web-based agencies the chance to offer reductions on hotels. Read More

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Will last minute hotel booking players really disappear in three years?

By Karthick Prabu | July 23, 2013

Last minute hotel deals via mobile devices have, to some extent, become a new distribution channels for hotels - with numerous startups created to capitalise. Read More

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The drive for free wifi in hotels reaches the BBC FastTrack show [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | May 14, 2013

We were asked recently to help out with a BBC FastTrack show which was looking at attitudes in the industry and with travellers to providing free wifi for guests in hotels. Read More

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GetThere majorly expands its booking content for corporate travel

By Sean O'Neil | May 2, 2013

The giant of corporate tools, which books $9 billion in travel a year, is supplementing its GDS content with additional regional suppliers via more user-friendly reservation tools. Read More

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The SCAN - Traveldoo partners with EAN, Passkey bookings grow 40% and more news

By PhocusWire | April 19, 2013

Travel tech news from Limo.Travel, Group Travel Odyssey, Traveldoo, Expedia Affiliate Network, AirAsia, SITA and more. Read More

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Two-thirds of European hotels now offering free wifi to guests

By Kevin May | April 19, 2013

A good sign for those campaigning (or voting with their feet) for free wifi in hotels in recent years, with news that 67% of hotels in Europe are giving wifi as a complimentary service. Read More

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The SCAN: Vayama starts a US road show, Starwood is a digital star, and more

By Sean O'Neil | April 9, 2013

The international metasearch site is trying to raise awareness among US consumers by meeting them in person, Starwood came out tops in a ranking of hotel brands by digital competence, and more travel... Read More

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Booking.com dominates in Switzerland as OTAs steal share from direct channels

By Linda Fox | March 22, 2013

Some interesting stats from eTourism Monitor here on who is dominating the online hotel world in Switzerland Read More

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The Scan: Celebrities boost BA sales, Delta hints at tech plans, ClearTrip adopts Passbook, and more news

By PhocusWire | January 14, 2013

Rihanna, British Airways, Delta Airlines, Google, ClearTrip, Apple's Passbook, HotelsPro, HRS, Carsolize, Thai Airways, Air New Zealand, TelMap, Tagman, Accelya, and Revera all make today's round-up of... Read More

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The Scan: Priceline snitches, Hotwire expands, and Disney debuts magic bracelets

By PhocusWire | January 10, 2013

Priceline calls out CheapOair for inflated savings claims, Hotwire says consumer usage has doubled of its opaque hotels service, and more news briefs from the travel trade. Read More

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Grand City Hotels rolls out anonymous guest socializing application, MeetMeIn

By Sean O'Neil | November 20, 2012

A quite interesting new way of hotel socializing is being implemented in the Grand City Hotels in Germany. Read More

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HRS adds Facebook application with heatmap to plot friends' check-ins

By Linda Fox | November 15, 2012

Next time you're hitting the road for a conference or exhibition here's a quirky Facebook application which helps users see where everyone has stayed Read More

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