Private accommodation travel bookings to reach $106 billion by 2018
Private accommodation travel bookings to reach $106 billion by 2018
By Kevin May | January 3, 2017
Private accommodation will account for almost a fifth of global hospitality bookings within two years... Read More
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Travellers ready for Messenger-type communications, especially with incentives
Travellers ready for Messenger-type communications, especially with incentives
By Kevin May | December 28, 2016
Messaging-based customer service, powered mostly by Facebook at the moment, is tipped to become a part... Read More
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Hospitality distribution and technology in just four years (if hotels have the guts)
Hospitality distribution and technology in just four years (if hotels have the guts)
By Kevin May | December 28, 2016
Hotels lack a pioneering spirit when it comes to pushing the barriers of technology and how to engage... Read More
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Avuxi secures investment and advisers as web travel maps evolve
Avuxi secures investment and advisers as web travel maps evolve
By Kevin May | December 28, 2016
A former-senior executive at Wotif has invested in mapping tech provider Avuxi, as the startup looks... Read More
News / Online
Pivotal moment in 2016 - when Ctrip bought Skyscanner for $1.8 billion
Pivotal moment in 2016 - when Ctrip bought Skyscanner for $1.8 billion
By Kevin May | December 23, 2016
There are a number of elements to the Ctrip buys Skyscanner story that makes it worthy of being one of... Read More
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Failed Unister sees assets snapped up by ambitious Rockaway (with China involved)
Failed Unister sees assets snapped up by ambitious Rockaway (with China involved)
By Kevin May | December 23, 2016
Investment house Rockaway Capital has big plans for a "pan-European online travel agency leader" after... Read More
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British Airways lets you discover trips using emojis
British Airways lets you discover trips using emojis
By Kevin May | December 22, 2016
'Tis the season to be quirky, it appears, with British Airways another major travel brand coming up... Read More
News / Technology
Expedia pushes vacation rentals with Dream Home game
Expedia pushes vacation rentals with Dream Home game
By Kevin May | December 21, 2016
Expedia wants to get more of its core audience interested in (and buying) vacation rental trips, so is... Read More
News / Online
FlitWays drives away with $1.2 million to expand ground transport booking
FlitWays drives away with $1.2 million to expand ground transport booking
By Kevin May | December 20, 2016
Airport transfer web service FlitWays has secured a $1.2 million funding round, in a bid to push the... Read More
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Airbnb and third party distribution - and so it begins again?
Airbnb and third party distribution - and so it begins again?
By Kevin May | December 20, 2016
Airbnb has dipped its toe back in the waters of third-party distribution, almost a year to the day... Read More
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