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Expedia pushes vacation rentals with Dream Home game

By Kevin May | December 21, 2016

Expedia wants to get more of its core audience interested in (and buying) vacation rental trips, so is trying everything it can to raise awareness. Buying HomeAway for $3.8 billion was the big move... Read More

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Yatra makes its Nasdaq debut

By Martin Cowen | December 21, 2016

Indian OTA Yatra.com had a quiet start to life on the Nasdaq yesterday, although Dhruv Shringi, co-founder and CEO, did get to ring the closing bell. Shares debuted on Tuesday at $10 and closed at... Read More

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Pivotal moment in 2016 - when Hilton called time on clicking around

By Linda Fox | December 20, 2016

Hilton Worldwide was not the first to launch a direct booking campaign, but the hotel giant's largest ever campaign made a lot of people stop and think. The 'Stop Clicking Around' initiative, aimed... Read More

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Big data’s big journey

By Viewpoints | December 20, 2016

Of all the industries affected by the emergence of big data, travel has seen the most dramatic transformation. NB This is a viewpoint by Guy Marson, managing director of Profusion. The plethora... Read More

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Pivotal moment in 2016 - when MakeMyTrip merged with Ibibo

By Martin Cowen | December 20, 2016

MakeMyTrip has ended the year as an even more dominant player in the Indian online travel market after its merger with Ibibo Group. The announcement in October created a business which, across its... Read More

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Jury sides with US Airways against Sabre in GDS antitrust trial of the century

By Sean O'Neil | December 20, 2016

The jury has returned its verdict in US Airways's $134 million antitrust lawsuit against travel technology giant Sabre. The airline, obelow owned by American Airlines Group, persuaded a jury in a U... Read More

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FlitWays drives away with $1.2 million to expand ground transport booking

By Kevin May | December 20, 2016

Airport transfer web service FlitWays has secured a $1.2 million funding round, in a bid to push the businesses into new markets. A group of private investors have committed to the Series A capital... Read More

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FastPayHotels speedy with TravelClick, Fly Kiss under the TTI mistletoe, and more...

By PhocusWire | December 20, 2016

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel systems in tourism and hospitality for December 2016. Tuesday 20 December 2016: FastPayHotels secures TravelClick agreement T... Read More

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Airbnb and third party distribution - and so it begins again?

By Kevin May | December 20, 2016

Airbnb has dipped its toe back in the waters of third-party distribution, almost a year to the day since it axed its original affiliate programme. The global property-sharing giant has signed a dea... Read More

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TripAdvisor gets Instant Booking nod from Expedia

By Kevin May | December 20, 2016

Just over 12 months on from what was heralded as a major development in its drive to offer Instant Bookings for hotels, TripAdvisor has now inked a deal with Expedia Inc. The Priceline Group was th... Read More

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Uber allegedly loses $800 million in three months but China sale nets $2.2 billion profit

By Martin Cowen | December 20, 2016

The global financial pages are buckling under the weight of Uber's $800 million loss for the July-Sept quarter. The Information broke the story, most of which appears behind its paywall. Uber's... Read More

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Feel strongly about airline distribution in the US?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | December 19, 2016

If you feel strongly about airline distribution, you just got a lot more time to comment and make your feelings known to the US Department of Transportation. Following a lot of industry investigati... Read More

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How Airbnb reckons it can change the traveller experience

By Viewpoints | December 19, 2016

There has been a great deal of discussion around what the launch of Trips means for Airbnb... and for travel more broadly (if anything). Commentary has come from all quarters, both within the compa... Read More

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Another $350 million into the ride-hailing sector via Careem

By Martin Cowen | December 19, 2016

Japan's internet giant Rakuten has nailed another taxi app investment, taking part in a $350 million funding round for Dubai-based Careem Careem, which operates across the Middle East and North Af... Read More

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Why Trivago’s IPO might be undervalued

By Viewpoints | December 18, 2016

Last week Trivago filed for IPO. Leading up to that, a lot of details on its performance was made public, and people in the financial and travel industries scrutinized that information to gauge the co... Read More

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