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A battle for hearts and homes - that would be Airbnb and Booking.com
Opinion / Online
A battle for hearts and homes - that would be Airbnb and Booking.com
By Douglas Quinby - Phocuswright | March 14, 2018
It's shaping up to become one of travel's great competitive rivalries: Airbnb versus Booking.com.... Read More
4 essential search marketing strategies to capture spring travel demand
News / Online
4 essential search marketing strategies to capture spring travel demand
By Viewpoints | March 14, 2018
This is a viewpoint from Christi Olson who heads up evangelism for Bing at Microsoft. If you’re a travel marketer, you’ve had a few weeks to recover from the holiday insanity, and you know that the... Read More
Expedia claims it brings a "premium" customer to hotels
News / Online
Expedia claims it brings a "premium" customer to hotels
By Kevin May | March 14, 2018
With battles on multiple fronts, it appears, Expedia Inc has come out with a different tactic to keep its hotel partners happy: its customers have greater overall value.... Read More
Routehappy content NDC Exchange
News / Distribution
Routehappy content is now part of the NDC Exchange
By Mitra Sorrells | March 14, 2018
Airline rich content from Routehappy is now integrated in NDC Exchange, an industry-owned marketplace designed to facilitate adoption of IATA’s New Distribution Capability for air fares and ancillary sales. ... Read More
Voices that are more human than human
Notated News / Technology
Voices that are more human than human
March 14, 2018
The phone rings and you answer. It’s your mother.... Read More
Finding the best fares for business travelers
From Our Partners / Distribution
Finding the best fares for business travelers
By Sponsored Content | March 14, 2018
Sponsored by Sabre By 2020, spending on business travel is forecast to reach US$1.6 trillion worldwide, according to the GBTA. With more high flyers expected to take to the skies than ever before,... Read More
Codegen on how the company is applying AI to new areas
News / Distribution
Codegen on how the company is applying AI to new areas
By Martin Cowen | March 14, 2018
This is the continuation of a series of articles spun out of tnoozLIVE@TTE, recorded live at the TTE event Olympia, London. More clips to come! To learn more about how to bring tnoozLIVE@ to your even... Read More
Airbnb courts hoteliers in crusade against OTAs
News / Online
Airbnb courts hoteliers in crusade against OTAs
By Jill Menze | March 14, 2018
Airbnb has made no secret of its intentions to knock off Expedia and Booking.com from the top of the travel food chain.... Read More
Routehappy's rich content is incorporated into NDC Exchange
News / Distribution
Routehappy's rich content is incorporated into NDC Exchange
By Michele McDonald | March 14, 2018
Updated March 14, 2018, with information about Air Canada Routehappy took a big step toward integration with its new owner, ATPCO, and toward moving the industry closer to the mainstreaming of NDC.... Read More
Startup pitch: Tripcents aims to make travel goals affordable
News / Distribution
Startup pitch: Tripcents aims to make travel goals affordable
By Marisa Garcia | March 14, 2018
Tripcents plans to use gamification to get people traveling more places within their budget. Users share travel preferences to get itinerary recommendations and can then set goals to save up enough to... Read More
Airbnb pounces with ads against OTA commissions and a survey showing dissatisfaction among smaller hoteliers
News / Distribution
Airbnb pounces with ads against OTA commissions and a survey showing dissatisfaction among smaller hoteliers
By PhocusWire | March 13, 2018
A new front has opened up in the battle for hotel bookings: OTAs vs Airbnb. After Airbnb announced its intentions to open up its platform to hotels, there were major implications for stakeholders acro... Read More
Revinate hotel review report
News / Online
Google hotel reviews more than doubled in 2017, drive overall increase
By Mitra Sorrells | March 13, 2018
Travelers posted 27% more hotel reviews in 2017 than a year earlier and most of that growth can be attributed to Google.  ... Read More
Travelers now prefer travel apps to web for search and booking
News / Technology
Travelers now prefer travel apps to web for search and booking
By Viewpoints | March 13, 2018
This is a viewpoint from David MacHale, digital marketing director, Travelport Digital. Travelers have gone all Shania Twain on us recently. To steal a line from her ‘90s classic, travelers might a... Read More
digital-dawinism-sabre-hotels
News / Technology
Digital Darwinism: A concept for modern hotels
By Kevin May | March 13, 2018
"Connected consumerism and the influences of new technologies and services on human behavior disrupt markets."... Read More
China remains the stumbling block over global NDC adoption
News / Distribution
China remains the stumbling block over global NDC adoption
By Kevin May | March 13, 2018
NDC might be the driving force behind changes in airline distribution - but there is a stumbling block in it gaining global adoption: China.... Read More
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