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Chinese travellers embrace credit options for travel

By Martin Cowen | August 18, 2016

Worldpay has looked at traveller payment preferences in six major markets and has found that the Chinese are now more likely to fund a trip on credit than Americans. It found that 72% of Chinese re... Read More

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Missed opportunities in mobile from those in the know

By Marisa Garcia | August 18, 2016

August is at its half-way point and the sober return of September is nearly upon us. Hopefully, you were able to see a nice part of the world, caught a little sunshine and feel well rested. Good. B... Read More

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Startup pitch: Biz Airlines aims to justify to your boss that costlier flight

By Sean O'Neil | August 17, 2016

Business travelers often face a trade-off between the cost of a trip and the length of a trip. Many try to save money for their companies by accepting cheaper, but less convenient, itineraries. Unt... Read More

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US hotels saw 6% growth in direct bookings, online and mobile, in Q216

By Sean O'Neil | August 17, 2016

TravelClick, the technology specialist with 38,000 hotel clients worldwide, has released data on how individual leisure and business travelers made hotel reservations in the US during the second quart... Read More

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Travelport bides its time in China

By Sponsored Content | August 17, 2016

China is not the only thing on Martin Herbert's "to do" list, but as general manager for Travelport in Asia Pacific it is clearly a big priority. Most travel tech firms have a presence in China, wi... Read More

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Startup pitch: HelloWings visualizes gap in the flights meta market

By Martin Cowen | August 17, 2016

Metasearch is part of the distribution mix for airlines and a popular channel with consumers. The meta model has changed over the years but its core function - comparing flight prices - remains the sa... Read More

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TrustYou soars thanks, in part, to Google [UPDATED]

By Sean O'Neil | August 17, 2016

TrustYou, the hotel guest feedback platform, has had a big 2016 already. Since last winter, the Munich-based company has been powering Google hotel scores for search and maps where TrustYou finds a... Read More

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JetBlue's and El Al's venture arms open a travel startup accelerator

By Sean O'Neil | August 17, 2016

JetBlue's investment arm has teamed up with El Al's investment arm to create an aviation technology accelerator for travel startups. Startups worldwide (that are either before or in a seed-round st... Read More

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New Expedia Labs site shows off test projects, to get feedback

By Sean O'Neil | August 16, 2016

Today a new site appeared from Expedia, Inc.,'s engineering team: Expedia Labs, which shows off the company's experimental travel tech projects, such as its Facebook bot and its prototype cruise-compa... Read More

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Three thoughts on how to rev up your hotel’s pricing game

By Sponsored Content | August 16, 2016

Many hotels still manage revenue, pricing and forecasting by relying heavily on spreadsheets and reports. But at a time where internet distribution is at an all-time high - and potential customers are... Read More

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Aviation’s gatekeepers call on governments and hackers alike to tackle cyberthreats

By Marisa Garcia | August 16, 2016

From IATA to airlines and suppliers, everyone in aviation is concerned with ensuring that growing threats from cyberterrorists and the criminal element pose no threat to operations, financial stabilit... Read More

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Hipmunk updates its hotel search

By Sean O'Neil | August 16, 2016

For years, Hipmunk has put its map front-and-center for its hotel search, leaving the default images of hotels and Airbnb that turn up small in a thumbnail-size. Now, the San Francisco-based star... Read More

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Dreamlines earmarks latest raise for global growth and new markets

By Martin Cowen | August 16, 2016

Dreamlines, the German business which claims to be the largest online cruise booking site in Europe, has pocketed a further Euro 14 million from its existing investors. Its last reported raise was... Read More

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Cendyn discusses its hotel CRM ground game

By Sean O'Neil | August 15, 2016

Customer relationship management (CRM) software has become a mainstay of many e-commerce businesses, as a way of analyzing guest behavior to predict desire and intent. But the hotel industry has be... Read More

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Could a robot book a cheaper itinerary than you?

By Sean O'Neil | August 15, 2016

Artificial intelligence (A.I.) isn't a dream from the distant future. Machine learning is a method of data analysis that allows computers to identify and adapt to patterns in user behavior. This form... Read More

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