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Live chat: a hotelier’s guide
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Live chat: a hotelier’s guide
By Sponsored Content | November 22, 2017
Sponsored by Triptease. The latest white paper in Triptease's Hotelier's Guide series looks at live chat. Click here to download the report. Context Live chat may have been optional in 2017. In 1... Read More
Podcast: Travel Weekly's Arnie Weissmann on decades of industry insights
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Podcast: Travel Weekly's Arnie Weissmann on decades of industry insights
By Nick Vivion | November 22, 2017
Travel Weekly has been publishing for over sixty years. The media landscape has shifted considerably during the brand's tenure, yet the brand continues to publish print to this day. Current editor-in-... Read More
Best Western Tech Improvements
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Best Western says only smart tech will do
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 21, 2017
Chief digital officer Greg Adams shares the hotel franchise's plans for an improved tech infrastructure.... Read More
RateGain, known for hospitality solutions, sets sights on the airline industry
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RateGain, known for hospitality solutions, sets sights on the airline industry
By Michele McDonald | November 21, 2017
Noida, India-based RateGain, which has served the hotel industry with a range of technology products for 13 years, is making its first major foray into the airline sector. Its new product, AirGain,... Read More
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Chinese in One App To Rule Them All strategy
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 21, 2017
Fresh from a massive $4 billion funding round in October, Meituan-Dianping is using the concept of an all encompassing lifestyle app to take on the world.... Read More
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In The Big Chair - Jim Davidson of Farelogix
By Kevin May | November 21, 2017
With a career spanning roles at OAG and Amadeus, the outspoken Jim Davidson is perhaps the ideal person to be spearheading a company now embedded in its role of trying to force changes in airline distribution.... Read More
Brute forcing and ignorance in travel fraud
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Brute forcing and ignorance in travel fraud
By Martin Cowen | November 21, 2017
The latest travel fraud story to hit the UK front pages ticks the boxes required to strike fear into the heart of Middle England - Russian cybercriminals are hacking travel loyalty schemes and living... Read More
Cracking the code to make airline loyalty count
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Cracking the code to make airline loyalty count
By Marisa Garcia | November 21, 2017
Since their launch, airline loyalty programs have become valuable revenue drivers, brand builders, marketing tools and assets. They play a critical role in airline profitability, and competitivenes... Read More
Marriott envisions hotel stays yet to come with a tech-enabled 'room of the future'
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Marriott envisions hotel stays yet to come with a tech-enabled 'room of the future'
By Michele McDonald | November 21, 2017
Tucked away in a raw basement of Marriott International’s headquarters in Bethesda, MD, is the hotel company’s Innovation Lab, home of the “hotel room of the future.” With the Internet of Things at... Read More
El Al startup venture wing joins forces with Lufthansa
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El Al startup venture wing joins forces with Lufthansa
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 20, 2017
Cockpit Innovations and Lufthansa have formed a strategic partnership to identify and cultivate breakthrough startup technologies.... Read More
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VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 6
By Kevin May | November 20, 2017
Redeam was the talk of the show - at least the first half of it - at The Phocuswright Conference 2017.... Read More
Hitlist on travel trends, mobile apps, Google
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Hitlist on travel trends, mobile apps, Google
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 20, 2017
Gillian Morris, founder and CEO of Hitlist, talks about travel trends, Google's metasearch reign and mobile apps.... Read More
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VIDEO: Modern life lessons for travel startups
By Kevin May | November 20, 2017
Joel Cutler was once described, rather grandly, as the godfather of online travel capital.... Read More
Mobile app startups - Hoof, Lookaround, Skyhour
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Mobile app startups - Hoof, Lookaround, Skyhour
By Linda Fox | November 20, 2017
This is a regular roundup of some of the latest mobile application startup launches in travel covering everything from trip inspiration and planning to virtual assistants. Hoof What is it? Hoof a... Read More
tnoozLIVE@Arival: Rezdy COO Chris Atkin
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tnoozLIVE@Arival: Rezdy COO Chris Atkin
By Nick Vivion | November 20, 2017
This is the continuation of a series of articles spun out of tnoozLIVE@Arival, recorded live at the Arival in-destination event held at the LINQ in Las Vegas. More clips to come! To learn more about h... Read More
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