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Time-out - business travellers still spend hours on travel and expenses

By Linda Fox | May 6, 2016

KDS has run some numbers on the use of manual processes in travel booking and expense management as well as traveller attitudes. Unsurprisingly the message is that it's still taking business travel... Read More

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Web bookings dominate buoyant hostel sector (but rental threat looms)

By Kevin May | May 6, 2016

Seven out of ten bookings for hostels are now made on online travel agencies, making it one of the sectors with the highest web penetration in the industry. This is on the back of two-thirds of all... Read More

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Sabre drives focus onto test engineers with India university tie-up

By Martin Cowen | May 6, 2016

Sabre has formed a partnership with the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women in India in anticipation of the need for more software testing engineers. As part of the tie-up, Sabre is... Read More

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Sabre claims it outperforms Amadeus and Travelport in finding low fares

By Sean O'Neil | May 5, 2016

In the early 1980s Pepsi launched a marketing campaign that touted blindfolded taste tests that found that consumers preferred its sweeter flavor to Coke's. Sabre seems to be hoping that the GDS eq... Read More

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Travelport continues to grow non-air revenues

By Martin Cowen | May 5, 2016

Travelport's "Beyond Air" initiative has helped it turn in a strong start to its financial year, with payments business eNett and hospitality bookings supplementing a decent performance from air. T... Read More

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TripAdvisor sees further financial dampening as instant booking takes hold

By Kevin May | May 5, 2016

TripAdvisor says its performance will continue to be impaired during 2016 as it switches models from media advertising to instant booking for hotels. The company saw revenues fall by 3% in the firs... Read More

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Amadeus reports positive start to the year

By Linda Fox | May 5, 2016

Amadeus has finished the first quarter of 2016 on a high note reporting increases in revenue and profit. For the three months ending March 31, the distribution giant announced a 17% increase in pro... Read More

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Developers: dig into a sandbox of cool travel APIs at THack Mallorca

By PhocusWire | May 4, 2016

Tnooz is producing its 27th hackathon at the dreamy location of Mallorca, Spain, on the weekend of 6-8 May. The theme of the hackathon is creating mobile apps for hospitality in travel ... with a s... Read More

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The European travel market flourishes as online channels boom

By Sponsored Content | May 4, 2016

Despite recent troubles, the European travel market continues to reach new highs with projected revenue of €264 billion in 2015, shattering the previous year's record of €251 billion. NB This is a... Read More

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Priceline Group brings attention back to performance, 2016 bookings hit $16.7 billion

By Kevin May | May 4, 2016

Putting turbulence over its recently resigned CEO aside momentarily, Priceline Group today posted revenues of $2.1 billion for the first quarter of 2016. The group saw the exit of president and CEO... Read More

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Online fraud detection still relies on manual reviews

By Martin Cowen | May 4, 2016

Cybersource's latest look at digital fraud in the UK identifies clean fraud - using a stolen card - and account takeover as the major areas for concern. The survey talked to 200 businesses, 34 of w... Read More

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Google shows its potential to ruin the dreams of travel destination apps

By Kevin May | May 4, 2016

True to form, Google is putting the industry on red alert with the upcoming release of a new travel app known as Trips. The company began testing the application through a group of users of its Loc... Read More

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Voyage Prive buys hotel booking site Splendia

By Kevin May | May 4, 2016

Spain-based luxury hotel booking site Splendia has sold after 12 years in operation to travel deals service Voyage Prive. Terms of the deal were not disclosed in the announcement this week. The... Read More

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Booking.com debuts chat tool to enable hotels and guests to interact

By Sean O'Neil | May 3, 2016

Booking.com is launching an SMS-style chat tool via its desktop and mobile web sites and via its mobile apps, the company confirmed to Tnooz. Customers will be able to start a chat with hotels wher... Read More

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Uber strengthens ties with Alipay and Paytm

By Martin Cowen | May 3, 2016

Uber has taken a big step towards globalising its customer base by getting closer to Alipay and Paytm for international payments. In a statement Uber confirmed Alipay members will be able to pay fo... Read More

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