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The true cost of travel payments

By Sponsored Content | June 20, 2016

When it comes to supplier payments, travel firms need to be aware of the indirect costs of doing business. NB: This is a viewpoint by Anthony Hynes, CEO and managing director for eNett Internationa... Read More

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Tracking and in-app messaging grab Advito's attention

By Martin Cowen | June 20, 2016

Advito's latest update to its 2016 Industry Forecast brings traveller tracking and in-app messaging to the fore, with the corporate travel consultancy suggesting that active tracking should be limited... Read More

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Trends in last-minute Indian mobile hotel bookings [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | June 20, 2016

The same-day (most have now evolved to "late") booking sector has arguably seen its busiest market in India, in terms of the number of players. Whilst the market appears to have shifted beyond the... Read More

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Digital should serve the guest, not take over

By Martin Cowen | June 17, 2016

"Digital hospitality" can cover everything from robots and reputation management, but technology is the servant, not the master, of the guest experience. This was one of the themes which emerged fr... Read More

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Hotels warned over startups that will peel away their dominance

By Kevin May | June 17, 2016

CBInsights reckons it has identified more than 60 travel startups that will in various ways erode the power of major hotel chains. The business consultancy service says the established hotel giants... Read More

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Ctrip invests in outbound; Qunar back in the air

By Martin Cowen | June 17, 2016

China's leading online travel agency Ctrip is getting bigger by the quarter, with Qunar helping some but not all of its business lines achieve high double-digit growth in the first three months of the... Read More

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Majority of travellers claim they prefer booking on a mobile device

By Kevin May | June 17, 2016

Is mobile search and booking really at the point where consumers prefer it to a tablet or desktop device? It appears so. Or at least that's what Opera Mediaworks claims it found in a survey of Amer... Read More

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HRS, the hotel-sourcing behemoth, discusses its big Americas push

By Sean O'Neil | June 16, 2016

In January, HRS, the Cologne-based digital hotel technology company, opened its first office in the Americas, in New York City, which is home to its first 25 US employees. Until now, HRS has been u... Read More

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What is Plug and Play up to in travel?

By Sean O'Neil | June 16, 2016

For many years, a key incubator for startups worldwide has been the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, Calif. Founded in 2006 by Saeed Amidi, Plug and Play is a matchmaker for early-stage star... Read More

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Real-time destination action - tickets on a mobile as you approach an attraction

By Kevin May | June 16, 2016

Tours and activities web service Musement will now automatically alert visitors with an offer or ticket when they get close to an attraction. The idea is that many visitors do not consider buying a... Read More

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Groups and meetings growth to outperform overall hotel sector in 2016

By Sponsored Content | June 16, 2016

Worldwide hotel revenues are tipped to hit a record high of $550 billion in 2016, with meetings becoming an increasingly important part of the picture. NB This is a viewpoint by Ross Hoskings, pres... Read More

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IBM and Gogo predict turbulence with detection algorithms and connected aircraft

By Martin Cowen | June 16, 2016

IBM's The Weather Company has linked up with Gogo Business Aviation to address the problem of in-flight turbulence, which costs the aviation industry $100 million a year. Nasdaq-listed Gogo is one... Read More

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Making airline merchandising your DNA

By Linda Fox | June 16, 2016

Tao seems like an amazing woman. She's nearly 98, teaches yoga, is a wine expert and learned ballroom dancing to competition standard in her mid-80s. What's her secret? She says she hasn't finished... Read More

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Booking.com wants to give hotels a better outlook on life

By Kevin May | June 16, 2016

Booking.com's foray into providing B2B services to hotels has been reasonably quiet of late - but the BookingSuite platform has this week added a major tool to its armoury. The RateIntelligence pla... Read More

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Watch out, Uber: Didi Chuxing completes $7.3 billion round [update]

By Sean O'Neil | June 15, 2016

The world's biggest ride-hailing companies, US-based Uber and China-based Didi Chuxing, are smashing records for private-company financing. Didi Chuxing has raised more than $7 billion in cash and... Read More

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