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Video: Live on stage, Expedia exec demos Alexa booking app, digital room keys, and new partner insights
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Video: Live on stage, Expedia exec demos Alexa booking app, digital room keys, and new partner insights
By Nick Vivion | December 14, 2017
The annual partner conference is Expedia's showcase for its direction and near-term ambitions, as well as a place for executives to demo new products to the company's partner ecosystem. The product... Read More
Pace steps up a gear with £2.5 million in funding
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Pace steps up a gear with £2.5 million in funding
By Linda Fox | December 14, 2017
Pace,a startup which helps hotels boost occupancy and maximise revenue, has received seed funding of £2.5 million. The round was led by IndiGO parent InterGlobe with Seedcamp, Speedinvest and Amade... Read More
OTA Insight pulls in $20 million in funding, sets sights on Asia Pacific
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OTA Insight pulls in $20 million in funding, sets sights on Asia Pacific
By Kerry Medina | December 14, 2017
OTA Insight, which provides business intelligence to the hospitality industry for revenue optimization, has announced a $20 million funding round. The funding for the London-based company was led b... Read More
Digital experiences platform falling into place as Priceline plans BookingGo
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Digital experiences platform falling into place as Priceline plans BookingGo
By Sponsored Content | December 13, 2017
This is an article from China Travel News.This article appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. ChinaTravelNews has learned that the Priceline Group plans to integrate two of its... Read More
Adrenaline Hunter finds another €2 million in funding
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Adrenaline Hunter finds another €2 million in funding
By Martin Cowen | December 13, 2017
Paris-based adventure and extreme sports booking site Adrenaline Hunter has secured another €2 million, bring the total raised so far to more than €3 million. The business - tnooz startup pitch her... Read More
Travelport is first GDS to receive Level 3 NDC certification from IATA
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Travelport is first GDS to receive Level 3 NDC certification from IATA
By Michele McDonald | December 13, 2017
Travelport became the first GDS to be certified as a Level 3 aggregater under IATA’s New Distribution Capability initiative. NDC is intended to create a new distribution standard for the airline in... Read More
CryptoBnB - the most zeitgeisty startup of 2017
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CryptoBnB - the most zeitgeisty startup of 2017
By Jill Menze | December 13, 2017
Blockchain-based rental platform CryptoBnB aims to shake things up in the home-sharing market.... Read More
Augmented reality specs - the race is on
Notated News / Technology
Augmented reality specs - the race is on
By Laurent Hrybyk - Wired | December 13, 2017
Though the Next Big Thing won’t appear for a while, we know pretty much what it will look like.... Read More
value of online travel
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Where online travelers find value when booking
By Jill Menze | December 13, 2017
As today’s online traveler finds more and more ways to search and compare flight options, there’s one need across the board both airlines and customers will always consider: value.... Read More
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Think you're leading the way in AI? Look outside the window
By Kevin May | December 13, 2017
Artificial intelligence has been the buzz trend of 2017, with countless travel companies eager to claim their prowess in the field or signify how it's become core to their strategy.... Read More
Mixing media is the smart shift for travel in 2018
Opinion / Online
Mixing media is the smart shift for travel in 2018
By Jim Price - PebblePost | December 13, 2017
There was a shift felt across the travel industry when Booking.com announced in November that they would be more than doubling their investment in television advertising.... Read More
KLM launches packing tips bot on Google Home
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KLM launches packing tips bot on Google Home
By Marisa Garcia | December 13, 2017
KLM has launched a new voice-activated artificial intelligence bot for Google Home devices. The Blue Bot (BB) service will offer passengers advice on what to pack for their trip based on the duration... Read More
The good, the bad, and the brutal: what defines a hotel’s online reputation?
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The good, the bad, and the brutal: what defines a hotel’s online reputation?
By Sponsored Content | December 13, 2017
Sponsored by Trivago. A hotel’s reputation now lives online. Accompanying the rise of metasearch and the digitization of the booking journey is the growing power of review sites, rating scales a... Read More
The consumer journey strikes back [Episode II of III]
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The consumer journey strikes back [Episode II of III]
By Viewpoints | December 13, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Maria Harrison, president of Bullseye Strategy. The technology of the travel consumer journey (part two of three) In Episode I of this series, we saw how the consumer journe... Read More
TUI and ebookers make sense of travel inspiration tech
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TUI and ebookers make sense of travel inspiration tech
By Marisa Garcia | December 13, 2017
TUI and ebookers have each found unique ways to use sensory perception and biometric technology to help travelers plan their ideal holidays. Ebookers has unveiled a new online tool called SenseSati... Read More
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