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A glance at who's visiting the websites of the top 10 US airlines

By Linda Fox | March 30, 2017

Hitwise has been looking at online visitors to US airlines in terms of age and gender of passengers, household earnings and which carriers are attracting the most traffic online in the past three year... Read More

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OneTwoTrip raises $3 million, plans new B2C and B2B services

By Linda Fox | March 30, 2017

OneTwoTrip has raised $3 million in funding from Bank Saint Petersburg with the bank taking a small stake in the online travel agency. In a statement, the Russia-based OTA says it plans to use the... Read More

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What part of the hotel experience is the most talked about on social media?

By Kevin May | March 29, 2017

Consumption and relaxing are the most popular activities that hotel guests will post about on social media, rather than ranting about staff. To uncover this data point, Local Measure examined every... Read More

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Travelport boss for Germany-Switzerland, Flight Centre Group digital board, and more...

By PhocusWire | March 29, 2017

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel people moves in tourism and hospitality for March 2017. Wednesday 29 March 2017: Travelport boss for Germany and Switzerland D... Read More

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The seamless travel ideal is now virtually a reality

By Marisa Garcia | March 29, 2017

Seamless travel, the idea of a smooth journey from your home to your destination and back uninterrupted by multiple process and identity hurdles, is evolving from a lofty concept to a near-future real... Read More

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Travelaer raises €4.3 million to improve online customer experience

By Kevin May | March 29, 2017

Product development and geographic expansion are on the schedule for Travelaer after it raised a €4.3 million funding round. The money has come from lead investor Entrepreneur Venture and with Plei... Read More

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How intuitive versus data-driven decisions influence direct hotel bookings

By Sponsored Content | March 29, 2017

In marketing, there is often the tendency to make decisions based on instincts, which can sometimes generate enormous success. But what if the instincts are off? The business could fail, or at t... Read More

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Big room for growth in ancillaries for Asian travel brands

By Marisa Garcia | March 29, 2017

Asian travel brands have plenty of room to grow sales of ancillaries by presenting customers with personalized offers. A report prepared by SapientRazorfish in the lead-up to Digital Travel Asia sh... Read More

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IATA chief: Find alternative to electronics ban now

By Michele McDonald | March 28, 2017

IATA sent out an urgent call to governments to come up with alternatives to the US and UK’s bans on larger electronic devices in some aircraft cabins. The two countries recently impose new rules re... Read More

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Travelers increase use of alternative channels for business trips

By Michele McDonald | March 28, 2017

Who are the least likely business travelers to use an online booking tool? Millennials, of course. They grew up with technology that is considerably less clunky than a typical OBT, and they don’t l... Read More

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Direct bookings and web presence beat mobile and personalisation as hotel priorities

By Kevin May | March 28, 2017

Game on - the top business focus for hotel owners this year is to increase their direct bookings and improve their online presence. The finding, indicated in the annual Global Hotel Business Index... Read More

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Data rules and loyalty building strategies for travel brands in Asia

By Marisa Garcia | March 28, 2017

Loyalty building is apparently a high priority for Asia’s travel brands, with data analytics as a top priority to deliver loyalty-fostering personalization. The survey, part of a recent report by d... Read More

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The Edge from U2 joins others with €1.9 million funding for Coras activities tech

By Kevin May | March 28, 2017

Global rock stars aren't normally attracted to the technology that powers activities and events technology - unless you're The Edge from U2. He is one of a number of financial backers of Coras, a n... Read More

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IDeaS acquires Smart Space Strategy hotel event tech

By Kevin May | March 27, 2017

Hotel revenue management specialist IDeaS has bought the assets of Smart Space Strategy, a provider of technology to hotels for organising events. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Th... Read More

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Facebook and its new battle for the attention of travelers in a destination

By Nick Vivion | March 27, 2017

There’s never really been a forceful value proposition for a social network for travelers - Facebook’s global dominance has pretty much kept the competition at bay. Why invest resources in a networ... Read More

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