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Booking.com thinks its Destination Finder will inspire your next trip

By Sean O'Neil | March 2, 2016

Six years ago, travel brands started trying to turn search upside down by removing the need to have a destination in mind prior to shopping. Kayak launched its Explore feature, which let you see w... Read More

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Ryanair turns screw on Google over misleading eDreams ads

By Kevin May | March 2, 2016

European low cost airline Ryanair has upped the ante in its fight against Google and eDreams after an advertising regulator upheld a complaint about the online travel agency. Ryanair has been in a... Read More

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Robots in hotels will work with humans, not replace them

By Sponsored Content | March 2, 2016

A hotel employee welcomes you in a friendly manner in your own language, hands you the key and informs you of today’s evening menu. What if this team member could speak 19 languages and work 24/7, eve... Read More

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Hotel sector is in turmoil, but not due to the sharing economy

By Kevin May | March 1, 2016

One might assume (if you read only the kowtowing Airbnb-friendly media) that hoteliers are running scared from threat of the sharing economy. That may be true in some quarters, but there are equall... Read More

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Airports must focus on digital services (and not airline customers) to make money

By Kevin May | March 1, 2016

The best chance for airport owners to make money is on the "non-aeronautical side of the ledger", according to a leading thinktank in the US. The Boston Consulting Group argues that landing fees an... Read More

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Alitrip reveals benefits of Alibaba data

By Viewpoints | March 1, 2016

Some 400 million people in China transact with Alibaba every year, and every byte of data generated is analysed, acted upon and shared across the group's many sites, including its travel marketplace A... Read More

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How rail is challenging air travel’s supremacy

By Sponsored Content | March 1, 2016

Online travel agencies (OTAs) have always focused on meeting traveller needs through air travel. However the consolidation of the European rail network and rail's better environmental credentials, cou... Read More

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What Trivago taking 52.3% of Base7Booking implies for hotel tech

By Sean O'Neil | March 1, 2016

Trivago, the Expedia Inc-affiliated metasearch brand, officially said today that it has taken a majority investment in a Swiss startup, Base7Booking, which offers a cloud-based property management sys... Read More

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TripAdvisor's new CFO says quality hotel content is key to instant booking conversion

By Sean O'Neil | February 29, 2016

TripAdvisor’s new chief financial officer Ernst Teunissen has begun his tour of the investor forum circuit, speaking today at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. When it... Read More

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Amadeus spins with Uniglobe, Wandrr mindfulness, EasyJet scans credit card, and more...

By PhocusWire | February 29, 2016

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for February 2016. Monday 29 February 2016: Amadeus and Uniglobe create Trip Access Uniglobe... Read More

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Large study of Airbnb hosts hints at who is making the money

By Sean O'Neil | February 29, 2016

There's an ongoing debate about how home-sharing sites like Airbnb are performing, and a new study from LearnAirbnb, a consultancy, casts some fresh light. LearnAirbnb did a 119-page study of the h... Read More

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Think leisure players aren't touching business travel, think again

By Linda Fox | February 29, 2016

The business travel community swings between denying any impact from Airbnb, Uber and the like, to worrying what to do about them. Yet there they were, at last week's Business Travel Show in London... Read More

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Travel - where big business meets big data

By Sponsored Content | February 29, 2016

Without Al-Chwarizmi, Silicon Valley would be irrelevant. The name of this Arabian mathematician from the 9th century is the origin of the term algorithm, the system of defined steps which computers e... Read More

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Trekksoft fjords, SiteMinder gets IBC, Sabre signs EasyJet and Bangkok Airways, and more...

By PhocusWire | February 29, 2016

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for February 2016. Monday 29 February 2016: Trekksoft sails into Fjord Norway The tour... Read More

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Valuations, exits, fund-raising - life in the venture capital fast lane

By Kevin May | February 29, 2016

There is no doubt that many travel-related businesses have done well from the cash seemingly flowing like water around venture capital ecosystem. Hundreds of millions have been put into companies s... Read More

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