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Online travel data snapshot on Rio 2016 Olympics [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | July 20, 2016

The Rio 2016 Olympics is just weeks away and, inevitably, travel brands have spent months (probably even years) ensuring there is enough capacity to transport and house visitors. But that enthusias... Read More

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Nearly one in ten US hotels try to capture some Pokemon Go action

By Kevin May | July 20, 2016

There are always bandwagons to jump on and now there is Pokemon Go, one of the most high-profile mobile phenomenon of recent years. The Niantic-run application, for those with their heads in the sa... Read More

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Travel brands need to be creative when thinking about programmatic

By Viewpoints | July 19, 2016

Programmatic advertising - the ability to target infinite audience segments across the web - means that serving the same, generic advertisements to all your target audiences is no longer an effective... Read More

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Personas are back in latest state of business travel report

By Linda Fox | July 19, 2016

Concur has studied its booking and expense data to come up with a few takeaways on business travel behaviour. There's lots of data around hotel, air and ground transportation spend as well as a loo... Read More

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Tech-led changes to the corporate travel world need a change in travel policy

By Kevin May | July 19, 2016

Corporate travel agencies are at the sharp end of the changes in travel behaviour as options widen and digital connections deepen. In particular, is how companies - large and small - are having to... Read More

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Chinese outbound travelers confirm preference for mobile web over apps

By Martin Cowen | July 19, 2016

The fifth edition of hotels.com's Chinese International Travel Monitor shows that online travel agents are the dominant booking channel for overseas trips from China. The results are based on the r... Read More

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Austrian regulators crack down on online travel agency parity clauses

By Kevin May | July 19, 2016

Officials in Austria have moved to introduce legislation that will prevent online travel agencies from demanding hotels only offer rates at the same or higher price. Parity clauses have existed bet... Read More

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Unister files for insolvency, four days after death of founders in plane crash

By Kevin May | July 18, 2016

Unister, the holding company behind a string of high-profile online travel brands in Germany, has made itself voluntarily insolvent. Under its umbrella are Fluege, Reisen and Geld - all of which wi... Read More

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Ways to prevent sharing economy fraud

By Viewpoints | July 18, 2016

Over the past decade we have seen a marked shift in how we as a global society wish to interact. No longer do you have to rent specialist holiday homes from a travel agent and these days you don’t eve... Read More

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Indonesia grabs top slot for Grab

By Martin Cowen | July 18, 2016

Southeast Asian taxi app Grab (formerly GrabTaxi) has revealed the scale of its growth in Indonesia so far this year as the business starts to branch out in terms of product and markets. Indonesia... Read More

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What passengers have always needed - virtual reality amenity kits

By Kevin May | July 18, 2016

Obviously, airline passengers just want to get to their destination as cheaply as possible, on-time and - hopefully - arrived rested. Yet part of that so-called passenger experience is now also foc... Read More

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Lowcost Travel Group shuts doors, blames external financial environment

By Kevin May | July 15, 2016

Lowcost Travel Group, one of Europe's early bedbanks and a mid-tier online travel agency, has ceased trading. The company says in a statement on its web site that it has ended its activities follow... Read More

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Airline websites fall short as DOT accessibility deadline approaches

By Martin Cowen | July 15, 2016

Edinburgh-based UserVision has looked at the US websites of six global airlines in light of changes to the US Department of Transportation's accessibility rules. The changes were passed in 2013 req... Read More

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Asia-Pacific online travel sales tipped to overtake North America

By Kevin May | July 15, 2016

Next year could be a landmark one in the evolution of online travel as sales in Asia-Pacific surpass those in North America for the first time. Research house eMarketer has forecast that online tra... Read More

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As bloggers adapt, so should DMOs who want to work with them

By Viewpoints | July 15, 2016

Over the years, travel bloggers have had to change dramatically how they monetize their business. NB: This is a viewpoint by Matt Kepnes, founder of Nomadic Matt, Superstar Blogging, and author of... Read More

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