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Zomato earmarks latest $60 million for new business lines

By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2015

Indian-based international "food-tech" business Zomato has raised another $60 million and announced plans to broaden its reach into B2B services with the launch of a white-label platform. Its late... Read More

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A guide for B2B suppliers on how to access China's outbound tourism industry

By Viewpoints | September 7, 2015

International travel suppliers who want a slice of China's outbound market should think about partnerships with Chinese online travel agents. NB: This is a guest article by Thomas Meriaux, a Shangh... Read More

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China taxi app funding latest score: Uber 1, Didi Kuaidi 3

By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2015

Uber has raised another billion-dollars-plus to invest in China, according to an interview its CEO Travis Kalanick gave to a well-respected Chinese tech news wire. The interview has been picked up... Read More

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Marriott finally finds a use for a top-level domain extension

By Kevin May | September 7, 2015

Seems like an (internet) age ago, but 2011 and 2012 saw a huge marketing campaign for businesses to buy additional web domains. The idea was supposed to be quite simple: web naming regulator Icann... Read More

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Reading between the lines of Qunar's exec rejig

By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2015

Qunar has announced an "organizational realignment" which hints at where China's second biggest OTA sees the strongest potential for growth. The creation of a "Travel SaaS Platform" unit is based... Read More

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Momondo Group gets £10 million credit line

By Kevin May | September 7, 2015

Momondo Group has secured another working capital line of credit, this time to the tune of £10 million from Silicon Valley Bank. The funds will be used to "provide additional liquidity" as the grou... Read More

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How to make your Facebook page work harder

By Viewpoints | September 4, 2015

Your business is active on Facebook, but that nagging feeling that you could be doing things better rarely goes away. NB This is a guest article by Taylor Smariga, an in-house copywriter at NetAffi... Read More

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Logitravel boxes clever with smart TV app launch

By Martin Cowen | September 4, 2015

European OTA Logitravel Group has identified smart and connected TVs as a sales channel and as potential customer acquisition and retention tool. A Logitravel TV app has been developed by London-... Read More

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Startup ecosystem continues to build in and around the sharing economy

By Linda Fox | September 4, 2015

Sharing economy startups such as Airbnb, Tujia and others have been attracting huge investment alongside column inches and predictions of future greatness. It's hardly surprising then that a whole... Read More

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Quarter of web users abandon travel bookings if local currency isn't supported

By Kevin May | September 4, 2015

The globalisation of online travel has meant that consumers are happy to book on websites that are not based in the country. Whilst there is a element of trust needed that the user experience is go... Read More

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Airbnb Apple Watch app lets hosts answer guests fast

By Sean O'Neil | September 3, 2015

The official tweet says it all: Hosts with an Apple Watch can now respond to bookings straight from their wrist. Our new app: pic.twitter.com/R62zg1xwOD — Airbnb (@Airbnb) September 3, 2015 T... Read More

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[UPDATED] American Airlines deepens its ties with Expedia by merchandising seats

By Sean O'Neil | September 3, 2015

My original headline for this article said AA "deepens its direct connect" with Expedia Inc. That was misleading. American Airlines spokesman Joshua Freed clarifies: "We expect Expedia will use a GDS... Read More

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Are you a serious startup founder or just a kid thinking it's cool?

By PhocusWire | September 3, 2015

We asked some of the leaders in the startup community how they decide between the starry-eyed and genuine.... Read More

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A hotel tech startup explains why hotel tech can be sexy (to investors)

By Kevin May | September 3, 2015

SnapShot Travel's recent fund-raise of Euro 25 million raised a few eyebrows in the industry. Not because the injection of capital is unwarranted, but it is one of the larger rounds in recent years... Read More

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Ni hao, Hangzhou - THack is going back to China

By PhocusWire | September 3, 2015

We loved it China so much last year, we're bringing our THack roadshow of developer hackathons back for a second time. Produced once again with TravelDaily, THack China will run over the course of... Read More

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