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B2B revenues double for Skyscanner

By Martin Cowen | February 19, 2016

Skyscanner's 2015 results show how the Edinburgh-based tech business is building a global consumer presence at the same time as its B2B unit has doubled revenues in a year. Mobile is driving the co... Read More

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Qyer users respond positively to French connections

By Martin Cowen | February 18, 2016

Destination consultancy Resonance has tried a different approach to analysing the Chinese outbound market by data-mining reviews posted onto Qyer.com. It looked at 1.2 million reviews of 94,000 at... Read More

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Choice Hotels opens a vacation rental platform to (kind of) compete with Airbnb

By Juliana Shallcross | February 18, 2016

Making good on its promise from last month, Choice Hotels confirmed that it will start offering vacation rentals. Choice Hotels CEO Steve Joyce had hinted at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit... Read More

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Travelport enjoys hotel booking role and payment IT growth

By Kevin May | February 18, 2016

Travelport hopes to strengthen its position as one of the leading hotel distributors after seeing its total number of booked room nights increased to 65 million in 2015. The company has no stated a... Read More

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Twitter offers Delta and other airlines customer support prompts

By Sean O'Neil | February 18, 2016

Airlines are among many companies that interact with customers via Twitter for customer service complaints. Today Twitter pulled the wraps off "customer support prompts," which should help airline sta... Read More

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Instart Logic acquires Kwicr, the mobile app accelerator

By Sean O'Neil | February 18, 2016

Given our mobile-first world, travel brands need to get their mobile user experience to come up to speed, literally (given Internet bandwidth variability). Enter, Instart Logic, a seller of mobile... Read More

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Weekendesk tables Euro 5 million for European expansion

By Linda Fox | February 18, 2016

Short-break specialist Weekendesk has raised Euro 5 million from existing investor Otium Capital. The Paris-based company says it has achieved 27% sales growth in 2015 with total sales of Euro 65 m... Read More

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AccorHotels invests in holiday rentals to understand expectations

By Linda Fox | February 18, 2016

French accommodation giant AccorHotels has announced strategic investments in two holiday rental companies. The hotel operator has acquired a 49% stake in Squarebreak, an online service offering up... Read More

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Tours site Triip.me picks up $500,000 seed round from Gobi

By Martin Cowen | February 18, 2016

Triip.me, a Vietnam-based platform connecting tour guides with independent travellers, has earmarked a $500,000 seed round to grow its team, expand its footprint and attract users. The investment c... Read More

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Priceline Group spent $2.8 billion on online advertising in 2015

By Kevin May | February 18, 2016

Little wake-up call shared today by the Priceline Group for consumer-facing startups thinking they can challenge the big boys and girls of the online travel world. In its fourth quarter and full ye... Read More

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Triptease woos in $7 million in Series A funding

By Kevin May | February 17, 2016

Hotel pricing and data technology company Triptease has $7 million to play with following a Series A fund-raising drive. Backing the company will be Notion Capital and Episode 1 Ventures - both compa... Read More

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Switchfly unveils a suite of air, hotel, and agency tools, doubles its staff

By Sean O'Neil | February 17, 2016

Switchfly, the travel technology company, has unveiled a suite of business-to-business (B2B) tools for travel brands to provide semi-personalized experiences to travelers. The tools take the fast-grow... Read More

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Veltra buys tours and activities service City Discovery

By Kevin May | February 17, 2016

Consolidation in the tours and activities sector, with Japanese provider Veltra snapping up European player City Discovery this week. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but the pair confirm... Read More

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Drone holiday home - a glimpse at how we might travel in the future

By Linda Fox | February 17, 2016

What can we expect from work, play and life in general in a 100 years is the subject of a report from Samsung SmartThings. The Future Living Report predicts three areas which might impact our leisu... Read More

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A tipping point for travel, as apps overtake mobile web

By Martin Cowen | February 17, 2016

Criteo's latest mobile commerce report claims that a tipping point has been reached, with apps accounting for more travel purchases than the mobile web. For the October to December quarter, Criteo... Read More

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