CWT to shut Worldmate travel concierge mobile app
CWT to shut Worldmate travel concierge mobile app
By Kevin May | January 11, 2017
Carlson Wagonlit Travel will close its Worldmate mobile itinerary management service, four years after... Read More
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Tourism board uses vehicle recognition tech to target affluent travellers
Tourism board uses vehicle recognition tech to target affluent travellers
By Kevin May | January 10, 2017
What better way to get the attention of potential visitors to a destination than when they are stuck... Read More
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Hotels.com gives travellers a full-service mobile app when in-destination
Hotels.com gives travellers a full-service mobile app when in-destination
By Kevin May | January 10, 2017
Hotels.com is teaming up with a myriad of companies to help power a new mobile app that it hopes will... Read More
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Airbnb bookings by corporate travellers on growth tear
Airbnb bookings by corporate travellers on growth tear
By Kevin May | January 9, 2017
In some respects, booking figures for Airbnb by corporate travellers remain low compared to those for... Read More
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Ciao, Venere - Expedia closes headwind-facing hotel booking site
Ciao, Venere - Expedia closes headwind-facing hotel booking site
By Kevin May | January 9, 2017
Venere - the European hotel site once considered to be a part of Expedia's attempt to counter the rise... Read More
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Virtual reality and travel - fully immersive, next-level developments
Virtual reality and travel - fully immersive, next-level developments
By Kevin May | January 9, 2017
Virtual reality videos in travel, until now, have mostly focused on allowing users to experience a... Read More
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Hilton joins the Instant Booking fray on TripAdvisor
Hilton joins the Instant Booking fray on TripAdvisor
By Kevin May | January 9, 2017
Some momentum in recent weeks for TripAdvisor and its Instant Booking service - with global hotel... Read More
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Porter & Sail buys mobile engagement service GuestDriven
Porter & Sail buys mobile engagement service GuestDriven
By Kevin May | January 9, 2017
Digital hotel concierge service Porter & Sail has acquired fellow mobile hospitality technology... Read More
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TripAdvisor to close VirtualTourist travel guide site
TripAdvisor to close VirtualTourist travel guide site
By Kevin May | January 6, 2017
VirtualTourist, one of the first brands focused on providing online guides to travellers, is being... Read More
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Inntopia acquires intel-provider Destimetrics
Inntopia acquires intel-provider Destimetrics
By Kevin May | January 4, 2017
Destimetrics, a market intelligence system for hotels and destinations, has been bought by Inntopia.... Read More
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