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Turning the 80/20 rule on its head in hotel CRM

By Viewpoints | August 7, 2017

The 80/20 rule often comes in handy for prioritising scarce resources. Look in your CRM database and you’ll likely find that roughly 80% of your revenue is driven by roughly 20% of your customers.... Read More

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Alibaba and Marriott target Chinese outbound travellers with joint venture

By Linda Fox | August 7, 2017

Alibaba and Marriott International have announced a joint venture which will manage the Chinese language digital channels of Marriott. While a statement talks of “redefining the travel experience” fo... Read More

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Middle East media giant invests in Wego

By Martin Cowen | August 7, 2017

More investment activity in the metasearch sector, with Wego getting a reported $12 million from Middle East media group MBC. Wego is headquartered in Singapore with regional offices in India (Bang... Read More

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The hotel tech rollercoaster accelerates in pursuit of the perfect tech stack

By Jordan Hollander | August 4, 2017

This is a viewpoint from Jordan Hollander, founder of HotelTechReport. In the 1920s DuPont and General Electric began to develop diversified organizations with business units that lacked cohesion.... Read More

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Trivago focuses on serving suppliers, lifts hotel inventory to 1.8 million

By Martin Cowen | August 4, 2017

Hotel meta Trivago has issued its standalone Q2 2017 results, expanding on the positive soundings which came out of its parent company Expedia Inc's results a few weeks ago. In its second quarter r... Read More

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4Suites attracts $440,000 in seed funding

By Linda Fox | August 4, 2017

4Suites, a startup in the mobile space helping consumers manage hotel stays, has raised seed funding of $440,000. The funds come from angel investors and will go towards the launch of its products... Read More

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Kayak acquires Brazilian travel metasearch site Mundi

By Michele McDonald | August 3, 2017

As part of its ongoing growth and expansion strategy in South America, Kayak acquired the assets of Mundi, Brazil’s first online travel metasearch site. The Priceline-owned brand says it has acquir... Read More

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Vayant Travel Technologies acquired by PROS, a US revenue management company

By Michele McDonald | August 3, 2017

Vayant Travel Technologies, a B2B air fare search company, was acquired by Houston-based PROS Holdings, a cloud software revenue management company, in an all-cash transaction of $35 million. PROS... Read More

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Tipping point ahead - APAC bigger than North America in 2017

By Martin Cowen | August 3, 2017

eMarketer's annual look at worldwide digital travel sales predicts that Asia-Pacific will overtake North America as the world's biggest market this year. In dollar terms, eMarketer predicts that di... Read More

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Bottom line impact - is your digital marketing ROI truly impacting your hotel’s NOI?

By Sponsored Content | August 3, 2017

As digital marketers, we always focus on return on investment (ROI) and return on advertising spend (ROAS). It’s a core indicator across any vertical and a key expectation of any hotel owner or manage... Read More

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Using travel risk tech to care for travellers on the road

By Linda Fox | August 3, 2017

With increased security alerts and extreme weather regularly disrupting travel, the issue of duty of care is top of mind for travel managers. Technology can play a significant role and there some i... Read More

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Steady growth for Travelport as it gains online share in Europe and Asia

By Linda Fox | August 3, 2017

Travelport has reported small gains across the business for the second quarter ended 30 June 2017. The distribution giant says revenue for its Travel Commerce Platform increased 2% to $584. Whil... Read More

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Ryanair adds voice search, Lanseria checks in with SITA, and more...

By PhocusWire | August 3, 2017

This is a roundup of product news and announcements related to travel devices in August 2017. Tuesday August 1 2017: Lanseria check-in with SITA The airport will use SITA's self-service tec... Read More

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Sabre Corp. chief sheds light on where the head count cuts will apply

By Michele McDonald | August 2, 2017

Sabre Corp. chief Sean Menke shed some light on the company’s plans to reduce head count in a major realignment of its business. During Sabre’s second-quarter earnings call, Menke said the company... Read More

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Customer experience could become travel's biggest profit driver

By Viewpoints | August 2, 2017

It is no coincidence; the most customer-focused airlines earn more than two times the industry average. NB This is a viewpoint by Cormac Corrigan, co-founder of CJ Ignition. Introduction Shor... Read More

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