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tnoozLIVE@TTE: Travelport's Simon Ferguson on voice, traveller engagement and human contact
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tnoozLIVE@TTE: Travelport's Simon Ferguson on voice, traveller engagement and human contact
By Linda Fox | March 5, 2018
This is the first 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 event, plea... Read More
Startup pitch: Wowanders applies AI to social travel recommendations
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Startup pitch: Wowanders applies AI to social travel recommendations
By Marisa Garcia | March 5, 2018
Finish technology startup Wowanders is taking a unique spin at social media travel sharing with an AI powered mobile travel diary app which automatically compiles travel moments based on location and... Read More
Redeam raises $7.7 million funding to further tours automation push
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Redeam raises $7.7 million funding to further tours automation push
By Linda Fox | March 5, 2018
Redeam, which helps tours and attractions distributors automate the ticket process, has raised $7.7 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Vertical Venture Partners, with participation f... Read More
quote of the week 12
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QOTW: Something about room for the biggest startup in the world
By PhocusWire | March 2, 2018
Quote from Brian Chesky, in a one-to-one interview with PhocusWire this week.... Read More
Google Flights: the mainstream player everyone feared?
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Google Flights: the mainstream player everyone feared?
By Kevin May | March 2, 2018
Google doesn't really talk about how well its Flights metasearch engine is shaping up against its powerful competitors - but external data providers can help shine a light.... Read More
Which stakeholders stand to benefit the most - and least - from Airbnb's quest for a billion guests?
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Which stakeholders stand to benefit the most - and least - from Airbnb's quest for a billion guests?
By Nick Vivion | March 2, 2018
With last week’s rapid-fire announcements, Airbnb has joined the ranks of ‘companies that freak the industry out,’ such as Google. Just observe reactions to Google’s latest move in travel: Google is c... Read More
Hotel Bonanza new OTA
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Low-commission OTA Hotel Bonanza racks up 10,000 hotel listings
By Mitra Sorrells | March 2, 2018
Hotel Bonanza is a new online travel agency trying to disrupt the hold large companies such as Booking.com and Expedia have on the market, by charging hotels a lower commission and offering consumers discounted rates.  ... Read More
Podcast: Knock Knock City's Selin Sonmez on offering a new type of product in travel
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Podcast: Knock Knock City's Selin Sonmez on offering a new type of product in travel
By Nick Vivion | March 2, 2018
Lugging luggage around an unfamiliar city is one of travel's less enjoyable moments. Especially with a nighttime flight, bags can quickly dampen the spirit of one last day in a place. And when the day... Read More
Artificial intelligence in space: CIMON says HAL is not all that
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Artificial intelligence in space: CIMON says HAL is not all that
By Marisa Garcia | March 2, 2018
Those whose first introduction to artificial intelligence was the disembodied voice and menacing red cyclops eye of HAL in the Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, w... Read More
Baidu app can mimic your voice after just one minute
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Baidu app can mimic your voice after just one minute
By Luke Dormehl - Digital Trends | March 1, 2018
Researchers at Chinese search giant Baidu have created an artificial intelligence they claim can learn to accurately mimic your voice — based on less than a minute’s worth of listening to it.... Read More
Hotels share ideas to meet the hi-tech and demanding guest
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Hotels share ideas to meet the hi-tech and demanding guest
By Kevin May | March 1, 2018
Hoteliers may fear the continued automation and digitisation of the sector but are accepting that they should embrace elements of it rather than resisting change in its entirety.... Read More
airline-dynamic pricing
Opinion / Distribution
Dynamic pricing should be changing the game for airlines
By Rajendran Vellapalath - TPConnects | March 1, 2018
Let me start by saying that dynamic pricing isn’t something new. In fact its origins go way, way back to the midst of time, when pricing was simply influenced by supply and demand.... Read More
If I'd had more time, I would have been a data scientist
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If I'd had more time, I would have been a data scientist
By Sponsored Content | March 1, 2018
This is a viewpoint from David Turnbull, founder and chief commercial officer for SnapShot. Mark Twain’s famous “If I had more time” quotation could be updated and applied to the current generation... Read More
WeChat usage by travel brands
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How travel brands are using WeChat to reach Chinese consumers
By Mitra Sorrells | March 1, 2018
With more than 963 million active users each month, WeChat is the leading social media app in China.  ... Read More
Kayak Google Hangouts Chat bot
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Google's new Hangouts Chat launches with Kayak chatbot
By Mitra Sorrells | March 1, 2018
Google has released Hangouts Chat – a collaboration tool widely called Google’s competitor to Slack – and Kayak is one of several companies that have built bots that are integrated with the Chat platform.   ... Read More
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