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Airbnb wants to reinvent every aspect of travel
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Airbnb wants to reinvent every aspect of travel
By Martin Cowen | August 16, 2017
Airbnb cofounder and chief strategy officer Nathan Blecharczyk has told Bloomberg TV Asia that that its future lies in "becoming in a platform for the entire trip." When asked about the vision for... Read More
Amadeus dismantles the generic APAC traveller
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Amadeus dismantles the generic APAC traveller
By Martin Cowen | August 16, 2017
Amadeus has issued what it claims is "the most comprehensive research on Asia Pacific (APAC) travellers to date", and concludes that there is no such thing as an Asia Pacific traveller. "The most s... Read More
Travel marketing needs to be data-driven, not rules-driven
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Travel marketing needs to be data-driven, not rules-driven
By Viewpoints | August 16, 2017
This is a viewpoint by Claudia Collu, chief commercial officer for MainAd. Collate, compare, convert. Marketers will recognize this as the customer journey for today’s connected users, who have acc... Read More
Royal Caribbean rolls out new tools in its travel agency booking system
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Royal Caribbean rolls out new tools in its travel agency booking system
By Michele McDonald | August 15, 2017
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., which operates Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises, added new tools and services to Espresso, its travel agent reservations system:... Read More
Home rental business buys Hello Scout, gets exclusive access
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Home rental business buys Hello Scout, gets exclusive access
By Martin Cowen | August 15, 2017
Hello Scout, a San Francisco-based personalisation and text messaging platform for hotels, has been bought by Australian luxury home rentals specialist Luxico which now has "exclusive access" to the t... Read More
Yatra's big marketing spend leads to more direct and unpaid traffic
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Yatra's big marketing spend leads to more direct and unpaid traffic
By Martin Cowen | August 15, 2017
Nasdaq-listed Indian OTA Yatra has revealed the extent to which marketing costs are driving the landgrab for customers in the country, with its Q1 spend on this line up by nearly 250% compared with th... Read More
Direct Booking Summit partners with tnooz
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Direct Booking Summit partners with tnooz
By Sponsored Content | August 15, 2017
The Direct Booking Summit 2017 has named tnooz as an official media partner for both its Americas and European events taking place this autumn. This article appears as part of tnooz's sponsored con... Read More
Emerging technologies – best to be an early or late adopter?
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Emerging technologies – best to be an early or late adopter?
By Viewpoints | August 14, 2017
This is a viewpoint by Ross Fastuca, CIO and cofounder, Travelport Locomote. VR, AR, AI, 3D printers - a bunch of emerging technologies, increasingly expressed as acronyms or in abbreviations, that... Read More
Packages, meta and mobile lead the way for lastminute group
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Packages, meta and mobile lead the way for lastminute group
By Martin Cowen | August 14, 2017
lastminute.com group's first half results reveals some big strategic shifts over the past year, with its dynamic packaging business growing strongly in all markets. The business is listed on the Sw... Read More
Analyse the digital experience to improve the booking flow
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Analyse the digital experience to improve the booking flow
By Viewpoints | August 14, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Jonathan Cherki, CEO of ContentSquare One of the biggest struggles travel brands face in 2017 is understanding their customer. With so many different types of travelers and... Read More
Fliggy on ice, Seabourn sails and more
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Fliggy on ice, Seabourn sails and more
By PhocusWire | August 14, 2017
This is a roundup of product news and announcements related to travel distribution in August 2017. Monday 14 August ICE hot for Fliggy Alibaba's travel marketplace Fliggy, formerly known as... Read More
Airbnb and overtourism - let the statistics have their say
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Airbnb and overtourism - let the statistics have their say
By Martin Cowen | August 11, 2017
Airbnb has released some figures which might please its investors but, on the face of it, do little to appease those who think that the platform is responsible for what is now known as overtourism,... Read More
Expedia moves beyond distribution with new tools to help hoteliers sell direct
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Expedia moves beyond distribution with new tools to help hoteliers sell direct
By Michele McDonald | August 10, 2017
Expedia Inc. said its relationship with hotels is moving beyond distribution to focus on hoteliers’ needs for “new product offerings that help our partners reach their goals.” The company is rollin... Read More
Hey tech CEOs, want better collaboration? Offer your team free lunch
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Hey tech CEOs, want better collaboration? Offer your team free lunch
By Nick Vivion | August 10, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Sam Shank, CEO of HotelTonight.  A few weeks ago, at a dinner with other tech startup execs, the topic of fostering a great team culture came up. Everyone was throwing out... Read More
MakeMyTrip records gross bookings of $1 billion for the quarter
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MakeMyTrip records gross bookings of $1 billion for the quarter
By Martin Cowen | August 10, 2017
MakeMyTrip's results for the April-June quarter tell a familiar story of double and triple-digit increases across the board in terms of revenue, room nights and flight segments, with sales and marketi... Read More
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