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lastminute's Travel People builds up suite of marketing products
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lastminute's Travel People builds up suite of marketing products
By Rob Gill | July 12, 2018
Online travel company lastminute.com group launched its advertising platform Travel People two years ago and has signed partnership deals with Spotify, Rough Guides and AccuWeather among others. Tr... Read More
Latin America’s travelers are ready to be inspired
News / Technology
Latin America’s travelers are ready to be inspired
By Marisa Garcia | July 12, 2018
Research by Expedia Group Media Solutions on the habits of travelers from Latin America finds that they seek inspiration from a variety of sources, most often turning to OTAs for information before bo... Read More
Seatfrog grabs $6 million round to bolster upgrade bidding app
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Seatfrog grabs $6 million round to bolster upgrade bidding app
By Kevin May | July 12, 2018
Rail and air upgrade platform Seatfrog has secured a Series A investment to the tune of $6 million.... Read More
Finnair’s new AirPortr baggage pre-check service meets NEXTT principles
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Finnair’s new AirPortr baggage pre-check service meets NEXTT principles
By Marisa Garcia | July 12, 2018
Finnair is the latest oneworld airline to allow passengers to check in for their flights off-airport, including baggage collection, through a partnership with luggage services AirPortr. The service... Read More
Google new hotel ads1
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Google streamlines hotel advertising with integration in new Google Ads platform
By Mitra Sorrells | July 11, 2018
Google wants to make it easier for hotel marketers to manage and scale their advertising campaigns on the site.  ... Read More
VIDEO: Tours and activities from two perspectives
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VIDEO: Tours and activities from two perspectives
By PhocusWire | July 11, 2018
We all know the widely-used phrases - "hottest sector in the industry", "ripe for growth", "fragmented but fixable", etc.... Read More
CMAC Group buys taxi platform Cabfind
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CMAC Group buys taxi platform Cabfind
By Linda Fox | July 11, 2018
B2B taxi company Cabfind has been acquired by CMAC Group, a ground transport specialist.... Read More
Seatfrog picks up £4.5m Series A as rail pax engage with upgrade auctions
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Seatfrog picks up £4.5m Series A as rail pax engage with upgrade auctions
By Martin Cowen | July 11, 2018
Seatfrog, an app-focussed rail and airline upgrade technology specialist, has confirmed a £4.5 million Series A funding round, led by Octopus Ventures. Existing investors, including HOWZAT Partners... Read More
Startup Stage Avionero
Interview / Startups
STARTUP STAGE: Avionero aims to bring flexibility to flight search
By Mitra Sorrells | July 11, 2018
Avionero is a flight search and price comparison site that uses artificial intelligence to help users find flights they might not have been directly searching for.... Read More
Destination marketers shoot the breeze on branding, new offerings, partnerships
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Destination marketers shoot the breeze on branding, new offerings, partnerships
By PhocusWire | July 11, 2018
This is a viewpoint interview series by Justin Watkins, Creative Strategist at Native Digital. There is an ongoing debate on how destinations can stay relevant to travelers. It’s a discussion ofte... Read More
Amadeus IHG attribute based selling
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Attribute-based selling comes to hotel reservation systems
By Mitra Sorrells | July 11, 2018
Attribute-based selling is a concept that has generated buzz in hospitality circles in recent years and now Amadeus is implementing this strategy as part of its new guest reservation system being adopted by IHG.  ... Read More
Industry first alert - Way2VAT gets patent for automated invoice analysis
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Industry first alert - Way2VAT gets patent for automated invoice analysis
By Marisa Garcia | July 11, 2018
Way2VAT has earned a patent from the U.S. Patent Office for a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered technology which, it says, will simplify VAT claims and travel expense management. The patent... Read More
airbnb china
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Airbnb boosts Chinese leadership team with Tao Peng appointment
By Linda Fox | July 10, 2018
Chinese entrepreneur Tao Peng is joining Airbnb to become its president in China.... Read More
Booking.com gets down to Basics, gets rates from other agencies
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Booking.com gets down to Basics, gets rates from other agencies
By Kevin May | July 10, 2018
In what could be a significant strategic development, Booking.com is now getting inventory and exclusive prices for hotels from other online travel agencies.... Read More
New scenarios for a fast-moving airline distribution landscape
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New scenarios for a fast-moving airline distribution landscape
By Linda Fox | July 10, 2018
Airline distribution has evolved more in the last three years than perhaps at any time in the previous 20 before it.... Read More
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