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If I'd had more time, I would have been a data scientist
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If I'd had more time, I would have been a data scientist
By Sponsored Content | March 1, 2018
This is a viewpoint from David Turnbull, founder and chief commercial officer for SnapShot. Mark Twain’s famous “If I had more time” quotation could be updated and applied to the current generation... Read More
WeChat usage by travel brands
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How travel brands are using WeChat to reach Chinese consumers
By Mitra Sorrells | March 1, 2018
With more than 963 million active users each month, WeChat is the leading social media app in China.  ... Read More
Kayak Google Hangouts Chat bot
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Google's new Hangouts Chat launches with Kayak chatbot
By Mitra Sorrells | March 1, 2018
Google has released Hangouts Chat – a collaboration tool widely called Google’s competitor to Slack – and Kayak is one of several companies that have built bots that are integrated with the Chat platform.   ... Read More
Booking Holdings on alternative stays, the name change and Airbnb
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Booking Holdings on alternative stays, the name change and Airbnb
By Linda Fox | March 1, 2018
Glenn Fogel, chief executive of Booking Holdings, formerly Priceline Group, hailed a good year for the company as it posted healthy fourth quarter results for 2017 with gross travel bookings up 19% ye... Read More
Netflix knows what you want - should travel brands too?
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Netflix knows what you want - should travel brands too?
By Viewpoints | March 1, 2018
This is a viewpoint from Matt Walker, chief storyteller at LikeWhere Netflix knows something about you. Something that you don’t know about yourself, or at least you will not admit: You are poor at... Read More
What you need to know about where and how Chinese tourists spend their money
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What you need to know about where and how Chinese tourists spend their money
By Marisa Garcia | March 1, 2018
The spending habits of Chinese tourists abroad is the subject of an Outbound Chinese Tourism and Consumption Trends survey by Alipay. Chinese Tourists’ mobile habits set expectations for mobile payme... Read More
Blockchain and a potential snafu with EU privacy law
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Blockchain and a potential snafu with EU privacy law
By David Meyer - IAPP | February 28, 2018
There's one huge problem on the horizon for blockchain: Europe's privacy push in the shape of its General Data Protection Law.... Read More
Booking Holdings earnings full year 2017 1
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Booking Holdings reveals $12.7B revenue, goes lukewarm on Airbnb threat
By Mitra Sorrells | February 28, 2018
Booking Holdings – the new name for what was Priceline Group – showed significant growth across all sectors in 2017, with most key metrics up around 20%.... Read More
Amadeus closes in on €5 billion annual revenue milestone
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Amadeus closes in on €5 billion annual revenue milestone
By Kevin May | February 28, 2018
Amadeus took in almost €5 billion in revenue during 2017 after an 8.5% increase on the previous 12 months for the travel technology provider.... Read More
The democratization of travel and the future of airline innovation
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The democratization of travel and the future of airline innovation
By Kevin Krone - Uplift | February 28, 2018
The airline business exists to bring people together. An important part of the industry’s mandate should be democratizing the process of air travel, making new experiences and destinations affordable for those who could never access them before.... Read More
Tours tech provider BookingKit closes Series B funding round
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Tours tech provider BookingKit closes Series B funding round
By Jill Menze | February 28, 2018
German tours and activities startup BookingKit has secured a Series B funding round understood to tally at around $4 million.... Read More
Tech expands its reach into all aspects of hospitality
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Tech expands its reach into all aspects of hospitality
By PhocusWire | February 28, 2018
Hospitality is the heartbeat of travel and tourism, with technology dictating the rhythms. The relationship between hospitality and tech is constantly shifting in response to not only industry deve... Read More
GoEuro boosts engineering, Bailey back at Travelport, and more...
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GoEuro boosts engineering, Bailey back at Travelport, and more...
By PhocusWire | February 28, 2018
This is a roundup of announcements related to people moves and business expansions in travel in February 2018. Wednesday 28 February 2018 GoEuro boosts engineering The company has appointed... Read More
How innovation in audience data is changing travel metasearch
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How innovation in audience data is changing travel metasearch
By Viewpoints | February 28, 2018
This is a viewpoint from Eric Bamberger, SVP, Hospitality, IgnitioneOne. In September, Guggenheim Securities posited that Priceline may be backing away from the hotel metasearch channel and instead... Read More
Seamless Air Alliance marks radical pivot in evolution of inflight wifi
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Seamless Air Alliance marks radical pivot in evolution of inflight wifi
By Marisa Garcia | February 28, 2018
It is not that long ago, even last week, that inflight wifi was viewed as a perk. But it’s growing importance to customers has led to the forging of new relationships to build an infrastructure that g... Read More
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