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How to tell if your marketing is driving incremental revenues

By Viewpoints | September 5, 2016

Your marketing team deployed a customer-level mobile promotion for a discounted upgrade and it yielded a high redemption rate. Success! Or was it? NB: This is a viewpoint by Cornelius Kaestner, sen... Read More

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TripAdvisor and Booking.com take half of luxury hotel reviews on the web

By Kevin May | September 5, 2016

It is probably no surprise that TripAdvisor commands such a large portion of online hotel reviews - but Booking.com is chasing its tale. At least this is the case of hotels identified in the "luxur... Read More

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Ten years of the .travel domain extension - did it work?

By Kevin May | September 2, 2016

Those with reasonably long memories will recall the sudden burst of attention when the dot-travel domain extensions were launched in the mid-2000s. Under the auspices of an organisation called Tral... Read More

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Ctrip quiet on global plans, prioritises supply for China outbound

By Martin Cowen | September 2, 2016

China's biggest OTA Ctrip is concentrating on building its international inventory for its core Chinese users, CEO James Liang told analysts. On its Q2 earnings call this week, Liang was asked abou... Read More

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Australia gives hotels more leeway to compete with Expedia and Booking.com

By Kevin May | September 2, 2016

Another nail in the parity coffin, perhaps, following an Australian regulator's move to restrict rate contracts by Booking.com and Expedia. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says,... Read More

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Why travellers choose Airbnb and how do they use it?

By Kevin May | September 1, 2016

There have been plenty of industry surveys produced looking at the Airbnb phenomenon - but the academic analyses have been slower to emerge. One such study was published by Ryerson University in To... Read More

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Travelio nabs $2 million, looks to expand in Indonesia

By Martin Cowen | September 1, 2016

Travelio, an Indonesian name-your-own-price accommodation start-up, has picked up $2 million pre-Series A funding, led by Gobi Partners. The business, which launched earlier this year, brings the P... Read More

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A few stats on the state of digital travel marketing

By Linda Fox | September 1, 2016

Here's a few statistics on where travel marketing budget is being diverted and what seems to be working best. The report comes from Performance Horizon and WBR Digital and provides an overview of t... Read More

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A bizarre tale of tourism, sheep and Google Street View

By Kevin May | September 1, 2016

For many, the Faroe Islands is a territory somewhere in the North Atlantic that is famous for being the whipping boy of European footballing nations. Whilst the latter has changed somewhat in recen... Read More

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Datalex unveils new tech partnerships in latest results

By Martin Cowen | September 1, 2016

Dublin-based Datalex has named Neusoft as its strategic partner in China and is working on deployment of its sixth Chinese customer. A Chinese tie-up was hinted at in Datalex' first quarter results... Read More

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HotelTonight hires new CMO, Cheapflights has tourism boss, and more...

By PhocusWire | August 31, 2016

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel PEOPLE MOVES in tourism and hospitality for August 2016. Wednesday 31 August 2016: HotelTonight hires new marketing head Ray... Read More

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Travelsky references immediate benefit of OpenJaw

By Martin Cowen | August 31, 2016

Travelsky, the Chinese state-owned and Hong Kong listed aviation distribution and IT provider, has reported revenues of more than $409 million (RMB 2,733.6 million) and an EBITDA of $290 million (RMB1... Read More

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Data suggests hotel loyalty rates may hurt owners more than OTA fees do

By Viewpoints | August 31, 2016

A recent Deutsche Bank Research Report published July 13, 2016, highlighted hotel owners’ creeping concerns. Something just isn’t quite right when it comes to the proliferation of loyalty rates. NB... Read More

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Visit Orlando claims app first - artificial intelligence and augmented reality in one

By Kevin May | August 31, 2016

It might be a bit late for the summer season but Visit Orlando is laying claim to a "first" in the world of mobile apps. The tourism bureau says it has combined both augmented reality and articific... Read More

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A look at Skyscanner/Tianxun and metasearch in China

By Sponsored Content | August 30, 2016

Skyscanner’s GM for Greater China, Steven Pang, was formerly the co-founder and CEO of Youbibi, a metasearch engine that the Edinburgh, UK-based metasearch giant acquired two years ago. Pang is now... Read More

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