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Seven in ten airline bookings have ancillary product option

By Kevin May | January 22, 2018

Amadeus claims over two-thirds of global air bookings are now eligible to include an ancillary service. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Investigation: How airlines gain an edge through pricing (Part One)

By Riccardo Boin and others - McKinsey | January 22, 2018

Most airlines have optimized their core ticket costs. But as ancillary purchases represent an increasing percentage of customer spending airlines must rethink their revenue-management practices. Read More

News / Technology

Hotel tech in 2018: Tools and technologies to remove friction and deliver value

By Arthur Chapin - Expedia | January 18, 2018

Simply keeping up with the expectations of tech-savvy consumers is no longer an option. Exceeding those expectations is imperative and an opportunity for hotels to focus on what truly matters to... Read More

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Five airlines identified as ancillary revenue leaders

By Kevin May | January 17, 2018

Allegiant Air is apparently the global airline with the greatest prowess in the field of generating ancillary revenue alongside ticket sales. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Meet the people behind the cryptos

By Nellie Bowles - New York Times | January 15, 2018

The cryptocurrency community is centered around a tightknit group of friends - developers, libertarians, Redditors and cypherpunks. Read More

News / Technology

Helix buys attractions tech startup Booking Boss

By Kevin May | January 15, 2018

Australia-based Booking Boss, provider of booking and ticketing tools to operators in tours and activities, has sold to Helix Leisure. Read More

News / Startups

Travel tech deals reach record $5.3BN annual level

By Kevin May | January 15, 2018

Five years of consecutive growth have been recorded for travel technology investment deals, with a record $5.3 billion invested in the sector. Read More

Notated News / Startups

How Chinese investments are shaking up India's digital economy

By Madhav Chanchani - Economic Times | January 15, 2018

When online grocer Bigbasket went to market in early 2017 to raise capital just a year after securing $150 million, the list of suitors was very different. Read More

News / Online

Marriott forced to close websites in China

By Kevin May | January 11, 2018

Marriott International has made a strong apology to the Chinese government and taken down its websites in the country following a series of "errors". Read More

News / Technology

IHG starts major Amadeus tech move with Kimpton

By Kevin May | January 11, 2018

Kimpton is the first group of properties within the InterContinental Hotels Group to switch over to the long-awaited platform provided by Amadeus. Read More

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Powerful travel brands face uncertain future in a blockchain-led world

By Mitra Sorrells | January 10, 2018

Will blockchain render powerful travel industry intermediaries extinct? That’s the prediction of Maksim Izmaylov, CEO of Winding Tree Read More

News / Technology

Video: Don't believe the hype of digital assistants - embrace it

By Kevin May | January 10, 2018

The emergence of digital assistants in the past few years has excited many people in the travel brands. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Emerging technologies are outsmarting the hotel revenue model

By Rom Hendler - InnoVel | January 10, 2018

Just when hoteliers thought they’ve mastered the art of working with online travel agents, there seems to be a sense of déjà-vu. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Behold the electric flying taxi

By Andrew Hawkins - The Verge | January 9, 2018

Helicopters aren’t typically found among the gadget and car insanity at CES, but Bell Helicopter doesn’t want to be seen as your typical purveyor of vertical flight. Read More

News / Technology

Looming GDPR deadline tops list of challenges for travel tech buyers

By Mitra Sorrells | January 5, 2018

With less than five months until the massive new privacy regulation known as GDPR goes into effect, travel technology buyers say compliance with the complicated rules is their biggest challenge of 2018. Read More

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