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Lyft attracts investment from Alphabet in $1 billion round
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Lyft attracts investment from Alphabet in $1 billion round
By Martin Cowen | October 20, 2017
CapitalG, an investment fund which is part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, is leading a $1 billion funding round for Lyft as money continues to pile into the "mobility" sector. At the time of... Read More
Priceline Group hedges its Chinese bets with Meituan Travel tie-up
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Priceline Group hedges its Chinese bets with Meituan Travel tie-up
By Martin Cowen | October 19, 2017
Priceline Group has taken part in a $4 billion Series C funding round for Chinese ecommerce giant Meituan-Dianping, and has also secured a new strategic partnership between its APAC-focused accommodat... Read More
Compare and contrast: British Boomers, Chinese Millennials and American Generation X-ers
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Compare and contrast: British Boomers, Chinese Millennials and American Generation X-ers
By Sponsored Content | October 19, 2017
Sponsored by Expedia Media Solutions. New research reveals generational trends from four distinct age groups - Generation Z, Millennials, Generation X and Baby Boomers - in three of the biggest tra... Read More
Expedia Affiliate Network gets in on accelerator trend with Hotel Jumpstart
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Expedia Affiliate Network gets in on accelerator trend with Hotel Jumpstart
By Linda Fox | October 18, 2017
Expedia Affiliate Network, alongside sister-brand Hotels.com, is the latest travel company to launch an accelerator programme. Hotel Jumpstart, as the initiative is called, will provide startups wi... Read More
Amadeus looks to developers and partners to widen innovation strategy
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Amadeus looks to developers and partners to widen innovation strategy
By Linda Fox | October 18, 2017
Amadeus Ventures, a fund for early-stage startups, has announced its ninth investment with a tenth in the pipeline. Barcelona-based Avuxi (startup pitch here) helps visitors to a destination find t... Read More
Beyond bums on seats - think data when it comes to airline distribution
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Beyond bums on seats - think data when it comes to airline distribution
By Sponsored Content | October 18, 2017
This is an article from China Travel News.This article appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. The concept of airline distribution needs to evolve to being more than just the com... Read More
Frankfurt Airport makes baggage tracking handy, Alipay goes Nordic, and more
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Frankfurt Airport makes baggage tracking handy, Alipay goes Nordic, and more
By PhocusWire | October 18, 2017
This is a roundup of news and announcements related to travel systems in October 2017. Wednesday 18 October Alipay teams up with Nordic travel companies to deliver “smart tourism” to Chinese vis... Read More
Amadeus offers its take on Blockchain
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Amadeus offers its take on Blockchain
By Martin Cowen | October 18, 2017
Amadeus is "developing live prototypes and cultivating a network of specialist partners" as it delves deeper into the potential of Blockchain in travel. The comment comes from Katherine Grass, head... Read More
Trivago creates sales subsidiary, looks to closer ties with independent hotels
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Trivago creates sales subsidiary, looks to closer ties with independent hotels
By Linda Fox | October 18, 2017
Trivago has unveiled a subsidiary which it says is aimed at helping hoteliers with online direct sales. The subsidiary, called trivago Hotel Relations, will look to build up its salesforce in a bid... Read More
Vacasa enters the big league with $100 million-plus Series B
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Vacasa enters the big league with $100 million-plus Series B
By Martin Cowen | October 17, 2017
Tech-enabled vacation rental management company Vacasa has closed a Series B round worth $103.5 million, with CEO Eric Breon saying that the focus now to scale up inventory in the US and international... Read More
Skyscanner boss talks Asia as tech trendsetter, mobile-first and branded storefronts
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Skyscanner boss talks Asia as tech trendsetter, mobile-first and branded storefronts
By Marisa Garcia | October 17, 2017
The travel industry should look to Asia, or more specifically China, to determine where commerce technology is headed. This was the view of Skyscanner chief Gareth Williams as he presented his keyn... Read More
Airbnb to create first of several 'home-sharing communities' in Southeastern US
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Airbnb to create first of several 'home-sharing communities' in Southeastern US
By Michele McDonald | October 16, 2017
Airbnb and Miami-based Newgard Development Group are building a “home- sharing community” in Kissimmee, Fla., that will open next year. Branded as “Niido Powered by Airbnb,” it will be the first of... Read More
ATPCO and SITA collaborate to build NDC Exchange to overcome barriers to NDC adoption
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ATPCO and SITA collaborate to build NDC Exchange to overcome barriers to NDC adoption
By Michele McDonald | October 13, 2017
ATPCO and SITA are collaborating on NDC Exchange, an industry-owned platform designed to lower the barriers to adoption of IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) for air fares and ancillary sales.... Read More
Blacklane buys airport services startup, connects the dots
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Blacklane buys airport services startup, connects the dots
By Martin Cowen | October 13, 2017
Blacklane will add airport concierge services to its offering within the next few months after buying Solve, a startup which featured as part of Y Combinator's summer 2017 intake. Its co-founder an... Read More
NBAA arms attendees with iPads to fight US ATC reform
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NBAA arms attendees with iPads to fight US ATC reform
By Marisa Garcia | October 13, 2017
US ATC reform was a dominant topic at the annual gathering of the NBAA-BACE, National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) Business Aircraft Convention and Exhibition (BACE) in Las Vegas, NV. As pa... Read More
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