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Skyscanner sees big boosts in conversion for users of its Direct Booking solution
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Skyscanner sees big boosts in conversion for users of its Direct Booking solution
By Michele McDonald | September 8, 2017
Skyscanner’s Direct Booking solution, which seeks to provide a flexible, optimized retail experience, has seen an across-the-board increase in conversion of 20% among the airlines and online travel ag... Read More
Adapt to digital or perish, airline leaders warn
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Adapt to digital or perish, airline leaders warn
By Marisa Garcia | September 8, 2017
Attendees at this week's Aviation Festival in London received strong advice from fellow business leaders to sharpen up not only their digital platforms but also their data management infrastructure to... Read More
Certify adds services for large companies, while Concur targets the small
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Certify adds services for large companies, while Concur targets the small
By Michele McDonald | September 7, 2017
NuTravel, a provider of B2B and B2C booking technology for airlines, sold its corporate online booking technology to Certify, an expense management firm. Certify will use the technology to form the... Read More
Distribution dilemma for Latin America airlines
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Distribution dilemma for Latin America airlines
By Viewpoints | September 7, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Thomas Allier, co-founder and CEO at Viajala. In the 1930's Uruguayan artist Joaquin Torres Garcia opened a modern art school in Montevideo. In the 1940s he designed a logo... Read More
GoFro nabs more cash from MakeMyTrip and others, heads to Japan
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GoFro nabs more cash from MakeMyTrip and others, heads to Japan
By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2017
Indian online holiday marketplace GoFro has confirmed MakeMyTrip as one of the participants in a Series B round worth more than $10 million. The round has yet to close, with other investors in talk... Read More
Alice acquires GoConcierge to push further into hotels
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Alice acquires GoConcierge to push further into hotels
By Linda Fox | September 7, 2017
Hotel services platform Alice has purchased GoConcierge, a software for concierges, for an undisclosed sum. The deal comes hard on the heals of $26 million in Series B funding that Alice secured a... Read More
OYO flexes muscles with $250 million raise, looks beyond India
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OYO flexes muscles with $250 million raise, looks beyond India
By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2017
OYO Rooms, the first and now largest technology-enabled branded online accommodation aggregator in India, has picked up another $250 million in a Series D round, bringing the total raised since its 20... Read More
Social media value to airlines goes up but budget and staffing still a challenge
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Social media value to airlines goes up but budget and staffing still a challenge
By Marisa Garcia | September 6, 2017
Airlines continue to increase social media staff, but are also adding responsibilities with a greater prioritisation of customer service related interactions over marketing and brand promotions. Th... Read More
Thomas Cook China's CEO on its first year
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Thomas Cook China's CEO on its first year
By Sponsored Content | September 6, 2017
This is a viewpoint from China Travel News.This article appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. Thomas Cook China, a joint venture between UK-based tour operator Thomas Cook Grou... Read More
Airport and airline technology chiefs look to AI to enhance customer service
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Airport and airline technology chiefs look to AI to enhance customer service
By Marisa Garcia | September 6, 2017
SITA’s 2017 Air Transport IT Trends Insights Report shows that airlines and airports are increasingly embracing artificial intelligence (AI) technology to support their customer service platforms, esp... Read More
Airlines can innovate the stopover experience with mobile
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Airlines can innovate the stopover experience with mobile
By Sponsored Content | September 6, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Robert Meza, head of travel at the ENTERTAINER. With the Aviation Festival taking place in London this week, and with so many airlines, startups and technology companies co... Read More
Car rental disrupter Turo raises $92 million, heads for Asia
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Car rental disrupter Turo raises $92 million, heads for Asia
By Martin Cowen | September 6, 2017
Daimler is putting even more money into mobility, jointly leading a $92 million Series D round for Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing platform. San Francisco-based Turo, which was formerly known as R... Read More
Finnair unveils Finn chatbot based on NDC technology
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Finnair unveils Finn chatbot based on NDC technology
By Linda Fox | September 6, 2017
Finnair has launched a chatbot via Facebook Messenger to help passenger book flights, check status and find additional information on the airline. The "Finn" chatbot, which has been developed with... Read More
Airlines - time to catch that missed data connection
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Airlines - time to catch that missed data connection
By Viewpoints | September 6, 2017
This is a viewpoint by Philippe der Arslanian, acting CMO and head of business development, North America, for Conztanz. The vast majority of retailers including airlines and airports agree: data i... Read More
KLM claims airline first with WhatsApp Business Platform
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KLM claims airline first with WhatsApp Business Platform
By Marisa Garcia | September 5, 2017
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced that it is the first airline, and one of the first companies around the world, to join the WhatsApp Business platform. The airline will now offer customers bo... Read More
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