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Daimler aims to take the complexity out of corporate travel

By Michele McDonald | April 27, 2017

Travelers often think it’s important to see all the available options for a trip, but a new project at Daimler, the huge German car and truck manufacturer, gives the lie to that assumption. Called... Read More

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Airlines are struggling with the transition to one-on-one customer messaging

By Sponsored Content | April 26, 2017

One year ago at its F8 Conference, Facebook announced that it was opening its Messenger platform, giving developers the ability to incorporate chatbots into the conversation. And exactly one year l... Read More

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How Facebook Stories might help travel tell its tale

By Viewpoints | April 26, 2017

Great brands are the ones that tell the best stories and, at last, it seems there is going to be an effective platform to help travel brands tell their stories. Facebook is the latest social platfo... Read More

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Startup Pitch - Storytrail gives you a host for your video guide

By Kevin May | April 26, 2017

Storytrail claims it is the "world’s first platform of video city guides" - inevitably raising the eyes of many others that do it. The company's videos allow the user to explore cities around the w... Read More

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Can technology address the concerns of business travellers?

By Marisa Garcia | April 26, 2017

The Association of Corporate Travel Executives and American Express Global Business Travel have released a study of traveller trends including security and the so-called sharing economy. The 'Check... Read More

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Amadeus stakes claim to first virtual reality search and booking service

By Kevin May | April 25, 2017

Virtual reality will help travel companies become the "next generation retailers" - that's the rallying cry from one travel tech provider this week. A developer at Amadeus-owned Navitaire in the US... Read More

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Ixigo gets smart with alerts, Kaligo powers Finnair hotel ambitions, and more...

By PhocusWire | April 25, 2017

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel marketing in April 2017. Tuesday 25 April 2017: Ixigo gets smart with alerts Fare Intelligence combines functions - Fare Predi... Read More

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Data could be the fuel that United and others need to soar (and recover)

By Viewpoints | April 25, 2017

From American Airlines to United, airlines are currently generating the kind of headlines no brands want to be associated with, whilst generating memes like "board as a doctor, leave as a patient".... Read More

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Time is of the essence - travel app speeds vary greatly for leading brands

By Kevin May | April 25, 2017

The humble travel app faces huge challenges when competing in the world of consumer shopping and buying of products related to trips. Firstly there is the trend that travellers tend to not have man... Read More

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Data is driving the next wave of mobile-first travel insurance

By Sponsored Content | April 25, 2017

Evolving a business to address travelers' needs doesn't have a start and end date - it’s a constant flow of change and transition. From how consumers book a hotel to how they submit a travel insurance... Read More

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Startup pitch: Hotailors offers B2B hotel comparison and booking

By Linda Fox | April 25, 2017

Hotailors has been around for about a year. It aims to help travel agencies access, compare and book hotels by bringing all the data including price, cancellation policy, descriptions and images. T... Read More

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Hoteliers get the message that admin can be automated

By Viewpoints | April 24, 2017

Hospitality and technology have long been awkward bedfellows. Whereas other industries have been able to incorporate the automation of tasks with relative ease, hospitality has lagged a little behind.... Read More

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Who, what and why - a guide to corporate investment in travel startups

By PhocusWire | April 24, 2017

Increasingly, corporate innovation means dedicated incubators, accelerators, or investment arms that exist to nurture new and emerging companies. This macro trend is alive and well in travel. Large... Read More

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JetBlue Ventures backs Recharge pay-by-the-minute hotel platform

By Kevin May | April 24, 2017

Recharge, a mobile app that lets users book hotels outside of the traditional timeframe, has caught the attention of JetBlue Technology Ventures. The airline's incubation project, launched in Febru... Read More

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Startup Pitch - DistancesBetween tackles India's door-to-door dilemma

By Martin Cowen | April 24, 2017

Door-to-door or multimodal travel search is an engineering challenge which requires the seamless integration of many dynamic data sources. There are still some sites which fall short providing trav... Read More

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