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Top 10 travel technology and distribution stories of 2017
News / Distribution
Top 10 travel technology and distribution stories of 2017
By PhocusWire | December 20, 2017
It's that time of year again when we have a look back at some of the things that made an impact on travel technology and distribution in 2017 as well as gaze forward. Over the next few days in further... Read More
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Nine unstoppable tech moves
Notated News / Technology
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Nine unstoppable tech moves
By Bernard Marr - LinkedIn | December 19, 2017
The speed of change in technology over the past few years has been astonishing - with applications of it related to many areas of the travel, tourism and hospitality sector.... Read More
Top 10 ways travel agents and airlines can ward off data breaches
News / Online
Top 10 ways travel agents and airlines can ward off data breaches
By Michele McDonald | December 19, 2017
Sometimes, it’s what you don’t do that can get you into trouble. SecurityMetrics, which helps companies achieve compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, conducted a forensi... Read More
phocuswire forecast bots
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PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Artificial Intelligence and Bots
By PhocusWire | December 19, 2017
With 2018 around the corner, Phocuswright and PhocusWire are presenting snapshots of the 12 trends we think will be significant next year across six installments.... Read More
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Distribution
Opinion / Distribution
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Distribution
By PhocusWire | December 19, 2017
Airline distribution was always a complex - but fairly unexciting - discipline until a few years ago.... Read More
How Expedia's early tech investments set the foundation for the evolution of retailing in travel
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How Expedia's early tech investments set the foundation for the evolution of retailing in travel
By Viewpoints | December 19, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Glenn Wallace, consulting technology and product expert and co-founder of the public safety technology startup Doxanto. Very early one morning I visited a café on the way t... Read More
Expedia Affiliate Network and Hotels.com unleash finalists for accelerator
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Expedia Affiliate Network and Hotels.com unleash finalists for accelerator
By Linda Fox | December 19, 2017
Hotel Jumpstart, an accelerator programme from Expedia Affiliate Network and Hotels.com, has announced the five startups who will go through the six-month scheme. EAN and Hotels.com initially launc... Read More
How Virginia is solving the measurement problem with a combination of tools
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How Virginia is solving the measurement problem with a combination of tools
By Ann Marshall Tilton | December 19, 2017
“The industry is so fragmented,” said Esra Calvert, Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Director of Research, when asked to describe her biggest challenge in tracking Virginia’s ad effectiveness. “We are w... Read More
Why changes in airline distribution are slow to make an impact in China
From Our Partners / Distribution
Why changes in airline distribution are slow to make an impact in China
By Sponsored Content | December 19, 2017
This is an article from China Travel Daily.It appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. Full service airlines, such Lufthansa Group, Emirates and British Airways, have led the adop... Read More
Airbnb Niido investment
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Niido - Airbnb-powered apartment complex - gets $200M investment
By Jill Menze | December 18, 2017
It might be possible for Airbnb and landlords to play nice after all, at least evidenced by Brookfield Property Partners’ plan to invest as much as $200 million in the Niido Powered by Airbnb communities.... Read More
OTA Insight brings in $20M round for hospitality tech
News / Technology
OTA Insight brings in $20M round for hospitality tech
By Kevin May | December 18, 2017
Hospitality data intelligence provider OTA Insight has secured a major funding round - $20 million - in a bid to grow the company faster on a global basis.... Read More
CWT, Amadeus, Sabre and other news briefs today...
Notated News / Distribution
CWT, Amadeus, Sabre and other news briefs today...
By PhocusWire | December 18, 2017
In our latest wrap-up of news in brief: CWT distribution hire... Malaysia Airlines and Amadeus... Sabre and Alaska Airlines renew deal... Star Alliance connects to Plug & Play... Travelport PCI certification...... Read More
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Search and Hotel Tech
News / Technology
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Search and Hotel Tech
By PhocusWire | December 18, 2017
With 2018 around the corner, Phocuswright and PhocusWire are presenting snapshots of the 12 trends we think will be significant next year across six installments.... Read More
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Startups
Opinion / Startups
PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Startups
By PhocusWire | December 18, 2017
The notion that business-to-business travel startups have a far higher chance of succeeding than consumer-facing businesses is nothing new.... Read More
There's nothing cheap about loyalty: Are hotel reward programs still relevant in 2018?
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There's nothing cheap about loyalty: Are hotel reward programs still relevant in 2018?
By Simone Puorto | December 18, 2017
"There's nothing cheap about loyalty", poetically asserts Ryan Bingham, the main character of the Walter Kirn novel Up in the Air during a dissertation about the perks and perils of Hilton and Maplewo... Read More
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