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Google Flights now predicts flight delays and breaks down Bare Fares
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Google Flights now predicts flight delays and breaks down Bare Fares
By Marisa Garcia | February 1, 2018
In its latest bid to become the go-to flight management mobile tool, Google has added a new feature to Google Flights which can predict flight delays. As Google writes in its announcement of the ne... Read More
More of the world’s passengers can now find better wifi onboard
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More of the world’s passengers can now find better wifi onboard
By Marisa Garcia | February 1, 2018
Routehappy has published its annual review of in-flight wifi showing that 82 airlines around the world now offer internet connectivity in-flight. The rich content for flight shopping platform publi... Read More
Rental tech providers Hostfully and Orbirental merge
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Rental tech providers Hostfully and Orbirental merge
By Kevin May | January 31, 2018
Two vacation rental technology startups have agreed to combine companies, three years on from their inception in the U.S.... Read More
Sabre Corp. to integrate multisource hotel content into GDS
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Sabre Corp. to integrate multisource hotel content into GDS
By Michele McDonald | January 31, 2018
Sabre Corp. is taking a new approach to how it deals with hotel inventory. Traci Mercer, senior vice president of lodging, ground, and sea, said that for the first time it will integrate multirepre... Read More
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Hard currency wins as Facebook bans cryptocurrency ads
By Kurt Wagner - Recode | January 31, 2018
Interesting move here as Facebook confirms it is banning all ads that promote cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin.... Read More
Busbud raises 11M for expansion
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Bus travel platform Busbud races ahead with $11M investment
By Mitra Sorrells | January 31, 2018
Busbud, a Montreal-based booking platform for intercity bus tickets, is keen on expansion following the close of an $11 million Series B funding round.... Read More
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Research Spotlight: Impact of loyalty rates on US lodging
By PhocusWire | January 31, 2018
The remainder of the decade shows promise for the US hotel industry, with forecasts predicting record occupancy thanks to the strong economic growth and increased demand the sector is currently experiencing.... Read More
Three ways metasearch will empower hotels to compete in 2018
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Three ways metasearch will empower hotels to compete in 2018
By Sponsored Content | January 31, 2018
Sponsored by trivago. Last year we saw the direct booking journey make the move to metasearch. For travelers, it meant a more seamless booking experience. But what did it mean for hotels? For th... Read More
Video: Presentations and winning teams hacking hospitality tech at the HEDNA hackathon
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Video: Presentations and winning teams hacking hospitality tech at the HEDNA hackathon
By Nick Vivion | January 31, 2018
Hotel and hospitality technology was the focus of the latest tnooz hackathon. The event kicked off the HEDNA conference in Austin, TX, and featured the APIs from hotel tech provider SnapShot. This inc... Read More
Video: the impact of AI on improving hotel conversion rates
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Video: the impact of AI on improving hotel conversion rates
By PhocusWire | January 31, 2018
Frank Reeves, co-founder and CEO from Avvio, one of the many super-smart travel tech businesses set up in Ireland, sat down with tnooz to explain how the machine learning capabilities of AI can help h... Read More
American Express swoops on chat-based assistant Mezi
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American Express swoops on chat-based assistant Mezi
By Linda Fox | January 31, 2018
American Express has acquired chat-based travel assistant Mezi with terms of the deal undisclosed. Mezi will join the global consumer services division of Amex with the aim of helping card members... Read More
Google drives ahead with autonomous vehicle investment
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Google drives ahead with autonomous vehicle investment
By Kevin May | January 30, 2018
Google spin-off Waymo is ordering "thousands" of new, self-driving vehicles as part of its program to test driver-less technology.... Read More
American Express buys Mezi chatbot
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AmEx buys Mezi, embraces "do-it-for-me" model
By Mitra Sorrells | January 30, 2018
American Express has acquired artificial intelligence-powered assistant Mezi, which co-founder and CEO Swapnil Shinde says upends the current “DIY” trend of travel search and booking into a “do-it-for-me” model. ... Read More
Southwest Airlines says tech glitches have been addressed
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Southwest Airlines says tech glitches have been addressed
By Michele McDonald | January 30, 2018
The glitchy events that have cropped up at Southwest Airlines since its migration to the Amadeus Altéa system have all been addressed as they arise, a carrier spokeswoman said. There have been “a h... Read More
Canada blockchain ID system test
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Canada tests blockchain-based ID system for international travel
By Mitra Sorrells | January 30, 2018
The Canadian government is designing a project between its country and the Netherlands to test a new model for airport screening and security that uses biometrics, cryptography and distributed ledger technologies.  ... Read More
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