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With a $34 million raise, Deem refocuses on travel B2B tools

By Sean O'Neil | April 21, 2016

Deem, a San Francisco-based e-commerce company, suddenly has an urge to purge after its diversification binge into multiple categories made it unprofitable. Deem will simplify its business by focus... Read More

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Ctrip's latest partnership and investment: China Eastern Airlines

By Martin Cowen | April 21, 2016

China's biggest-by-far OTA Ctrip has announced an RMB 3 billion ($460 million) investment in China Eastern Airlines, one of the world's biggest airlines in terms of passenger numbers. The deal, whi... Read More

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Uber and Lyft continue to overshadow taxis and rentals in business travel

By Linda Fox | April 21, 2016

Certify produces a quarterly report on business travel spending trends and in recent months has tracked the impact of new entrants such as Airbnb, Uber and Lyft. It's not a big story as we know, fr... Read More

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Lastminute.com says too hard for consumer startups to enter travel battle

By Kevin May | April 21, 2016

Travel startups attempting to muscle in on consumer travel will face an uphill task if they want to challenge the status quo. That's the pessimistic view from the deputy CEO of Lastminute.com Group... Read More

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In a test, revenue from Google ads dropped 7% after switch to HTTPS

By Viewpoints | April 20, 2016

For some time now, Google has been publicly encouraging website owners to transition to HTTPS, a more secure version of the ubiquitous HTTP protocol that powers the internet. NB: This is a guest v... Read More

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Australian TV show The Checkout satirizes OTA booking fees [VIDEO]

By Sean O'Neil | April 20, 2016

After Mary and Joseph fail to find an inn for the night in Bethlehem, the soon-to-be-parents-of-Jesus turn to online booking sites for help. Yes, it's a strange premise. But somehow it works as the... Read More

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Cabify raises $120 million, plots further Latin America expansion

By Linda Fox | April 20, 2016

Cabify has closed an eyebrow-raising $120m investment round, led by Japan-based ecommerce company Rakuten according to reports. The Madrid-based, taxi-hailing service has received funding from Raku... Read More

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Move along tourists as Airbnb campaigns for the local experience

By Linda Fox | April 20, 2016

Airbnb says personalisation is at the heart of its updated mobile application launched this week alongside 'Live There' - it's largest brand campaign. The enhanced app aims to understand travellers... Read More

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Ixigo upgrades cab meta with crazy tech

By Martin Cowen | April 20, 2016

The latest innovation from India's travel search platform Ixigo enables users of its taxi cab meta search app to book a ride in a single tap, even without internet or GPS. Ixigo Cabs aggregates oth... Read More

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Vacation rental tech startup Lodgify lands $1.6 million round

By Sean O'Neil | April 20, 2016

Lodgify, a vacation rental software startup, said today that it had raised Euro 1.4 million in a equity financing round led by Nauta Capital. This is a second seed round for the Barcelona-based st... Read More

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Turo, the peer-based car rental site, expands to Canada

By Sean O'Neil | April 20, 2016

Turo, a US-based platform to let car owners earn money from their vehicles when they’re idle, is expanding north into Canada, starting with Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec. The company, formerly known... Read More

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Sabre counters Lufthansa suit, saying Farelogix and Travelfusion are GDSs

By Sean O'Neil | April 19, 2016

In a court filing, Sabre denied all wrongdoing alleged by Lufthansa Group in a suit that the airline company brought last month. Sabre filed a counterclaim for breach of contract against the German... Read More

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TripChamp nets $2 million to expand corporate booking platform

By Kevin May | April 19, 2016

Corporate travel technology provider TripChamp has added a further $2 million to its coffers by way of a new funding round. Backing the company is The Bird Group, an India-based travel tech company... Read More

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Sabre acquires airline management service Airpas Aviation

By Kevin May | April 19, 2016

Sabre has made its first acquisition of 2016 with the purchase of Airpas Aviation, a technology provider that helps airlines manage their route networks and costs. No terms regarding the acquisitio... Read More

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Amadeus to help airlines stop customers abandoning web bookings

By Kevin May | April 19, 2016

Airlines might not have the worst rate in the industry for web visitors scrapping a booking before completion, but at 73%, its rate is still extremely poor. For comparison purposes, travel agency w... Read More

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