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Uber Travel may challenge Expedia, TripCase, everyone -- if it's serious
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Uber Travel may challenge Expedia, TripCase, everyone -- if it's serious
By Sean O'Neil | January 4, 2016
Uber, the transportation network company, was granted a patent before Christmas for a digital interface that looks a lot like travel metasearch. The tool would provide travel booking, just as are p... Read More
Lyft drives away with $500M from General Motors, plus $500M from others
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Lyft drives away with $500M from General Motors, plus $500M from others
By Kevin May | January 4, 2016
Ride-sharing business Lyft has landed a $1 billion investment round - half of which is coming from car manufacturer General Motors. The Series F round will apparently the company in a $5 billion+ v... Read More
Qunar rings the C-suite changes
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Qunar rings the C-suite changes
By Martin Cowen | January 4, 2016
Qunar has promoted its head of mobile to chief executive officer with immediate effect as part of a New Year management shake-up which sees current CEO and co-founder Chenchao “CC” Zhuang become a spe... Read More
Virtual card numbers have only scratched the surface so far
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Virtual card numbers have only scratched the surface so far
By Viewpoints | January 4, 2016
Virtual Card Numbers (VCNs) are a commercial payments solution revolutionising corporate payments, most notably in business travel. NB This is a viewpoint by Simon Barker CEO for Conferma. With... Read More
Travel content triggers Facebook envy (and other not-so happy outcomes)
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Travel content triggers Facebook envy (and other not-so happy outcomes)
By Kevin May | January 3, 2016
Envy is the "missing link" around the negative aspects of social media - and travel-related content is often at the centre of it, according to a study. An investigation by the Sauder School of Busi... Read More
One in five hotel bookings on the web are cancelled
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One in five hotel bookings on the web are cancelled
By Kevin May | December 31, 2015
Some 19% of hotels that are booked online are cancelled before the guest arrives at the hotel, according to data provided by Dohop. The travel search business, which runs its hotel channel as an af... Read More
China's hotels feel the pressure in a consolidated OTA market
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China's hotels feel the pressure in a consolidated OTA market
By Viewpoints | December 30, 2015
Hotels in China are thinking long and hard about their future distribution strategies in light of the M&A activity and business co-operations between the leading OTAs. Their concerns resonate o... Read More
Aviation, distribution, and tech: Where 2015 took us
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Aviation, distribution, and tech: Where 2015 took us
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | December 30, 2015
Dear Readers, Somehow you ended up here, reading my annual review. It must be a slow news day. In 2015, I spent a lot of time in the airline world, where I note we are seeing a much delayed and... Read More
The most popular Tnooz articles of 2015
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The most popular Tnooz articles of 2015
By PhocusWire | December 30, 2015
This was a fortunate year for us at Tnooz – with steadily surging traffic and more events than ever before. As we wish our readers a Happy New Year, we also thank you for making it happen, whether... Read More
Pivotal moments 2015 - When AccorHotels launched its marketplace
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Pivotal moments 2015 - When AccorHotels launched its marketplace
By Linda Fox | December 30, 2015
As the uneasy relationship between hotels and online travel agencies rumbles on, one hotel group made an interesting move in June to tip the balance back in its favour. AccorHotels announced the la... Read More
Pivotal moments 2015 – When TripAdvisor's instant booking won Marriott
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Pivotal moments 2015 – When TripAdvisor's instant booking won Marriott
By Sean O'Neil | December 30, 2015
My pick for the year’s most pivotal moment was this summer, when TripAdvisor successfully signed Marriott to participate in its instant booking functionality. The move placed a huge pressure on other... Read More
Pivotal moments 2015 - when MakeMyTrip blocked OYO
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Pivotal moments 2015 - when MakeMyTrip blocked OYO
By Martin Cowen | December 29, 2015
One of the biggest success stories to come out of India in the past twelve months has been the online branded accommodation aggregators, led by OYO Rooms and ZO Rooms. Although it might be more acc... Read More
Pivotal moments 2015 - the Ctrip Baidu Qunar share swap
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Pivotal moments 2015 - the Ctrip Baidu Qunar share swap
By Martin Cowen | December 29, 2015
Ctrip ending up with a big stake in Qunar, thanks to a share swap with Qunar's majority shareholder Baidu, which now owns 25% of Ctrip, could be the 2015 deal in China which has the most meaningful lo... Read More
Looking back and ahead – hotel merchandising evolves
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Looking back and ahead – hotel merchandising evolves
By Valyn Perini | December 29, 2015
As we reach 2016, Tnooz is unveiling its customary series of reflections on the year behind us and what the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry might expect looking ahead. And, as always, we’... Read More
Looking back and ahead -- the sharing economy goes big
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Looking back and ahead -- the sharing economy goes big
By Viewpoints | December 29, 2015
As we reach 2016, Tnooz is unveiling its customary series of reflections on the year behind us and what the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry might expect looking ahead. And, as always, we'... Read More
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