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Conichi attracts funding from HRS for beacon-based hotel app
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Conichi attracts funding from HRS for beacon-based hotel app
By Linda Fox | September 9, 2015
Conichi, a mobile application to improve hotel stays, has received a "high" seven-figure investment from hotel booking specialist HRS. Germany-based HRS will take an undisclosed stake in the app se... Read More
Should business travelers boycott Lufthansa over its fee?
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Should business travelers boycott Lufthansa over its fee?
By Sean O'Neil | September 8, 2015
Lufthansa has begun charging a fee of 16 euros (about $18) on any ticket purchased anyplace besides Lufthansa's website, the sites of its subsidiaries (Swiss, Austrian and Brussels), or the sites of i... Read More
Why have so few airlines achieved super self-serve status?
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Why have so few airlines achieved super self-serve status?
By Kevin May | September 8, 2015
The International Air Transport Association wants 80% of global air passengers being offered a complete range of self-service tools by 2020. In some respects this seems like a relatively simple tas... Read More
Time to take Steve Jobs down from his pedestal
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Time to take Steve Jobs down from his pedestal
By PhocusWire | September 8, 2015
The man who made computers personal was a genius... and a jerk.... Read More
Is the travel industry ready to embrace NDC?
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Is the travel industry ready to embrace NDC?
By Viewpoints | September 8, 2015
Since the launch of NDC in October 2012, IATA has emphasized that it is up to the market to decide whether the vision behind an XML-based industry standard for third party distribution will be embrace... Read More
Issues at the heart of the on-board wifi debate
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Issues at the heart of the on-board wifi debate
By Kevin May | September 8, 2015
Icelandair has been talking up its connectivity prowess recently, claiming 95% of its aircraft fleet now has on-board wifi. The idea of having on-board wifi for passengers, especially on the busy t... Read More
Travel marketers rise and shine - one in six minutes (awake) spent online
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Travel marketers rise and shine - one in six minutes (awake) spent online
By Linda Fox | September 8, 2015
Not strictly speaking travel technology but Internet Advertising Bureau figures are pertinent to the industry as they show amount of time spent online and what people are doing. The IAB and online... Read More
Multi-task rethink - designers should design (and not code)
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Multi-task rethink - designers should design (and not code)
By PhocusWire | September 8, 2015
It’s an old argument: should designers code? And it gets a lot of people up in arms, some in favor while others not so much.... Read More
Zomato earmarks latest $60 million for new business lines
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Zomato earmarks latest $60 million for new business lines
By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2015
Indian-based international "food-tech" business Zomato has raised another $60 million and  announced plans to broaden its reach into B2B services with the launch of a white-label platform. Its late... Read More
A guide for B2B suppliers on how to access China's outbound tourism industry
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A guide for B2B suppliers on how to access China's outbound tourism industry
By Viewpoints | September 7, 2015
International travel suppliers who want a slice of China's outbound market should think about partnerships with Chinese online travel agents. NB: This is a guest article by Thomas Meriaux, a Shangh... Read More
China taxi app funding latest score: Uber 1, Didi Kuaidi 3
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China taxi app funding latest score: Uber 1, Didi Kuaidi 3
By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2015
Uber has raised another billion-dollars-plus to invest in China, according to an interview its CEO Travis Kalanick gave to a well-respected Chinese tech news wire. The interview has been picked up... Read More
Marriott finally finds a use for a top-level domain extension
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Marriott finally finds a use for a top-level domain extension
By Kevin May | September 7, 2015
Seems like an (internet) age ago, but 2011 and 2012 saw a huge marketing campaign for businesses to buy additional web domains. The idea was supposed to be quite simple: web naming regulator Icann... Read More
Reading between the lines of Qunar's exec rejig
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Reading between the lines of Qunar's exec rejig
By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2015
Qunar has announced an "organizational realignment" which hints at where China's second biggest OTA sees the strongest potential for growth. The creation of a "Travel SaaS Platform"  unit is based... Read More
Momondo Group gets £10 million credit line
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Momondo Group gets £10 million credit line
By Kevin May | September 7, 2015
Momondo Group has secured another working capital line of credit, this time to the tune of £10 million from Silicon Valley Bank. The funds will be used to "provide additional liquidity" as the grou... Read More
How to make your Facebook page work harder
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How to make your Facebook page work harder
By Viewpoints | September 4, 2015
Your business is active on Facebook, but that nagging feeling that you could be doing things better rarely goes away. NB This is a guest article by Taylor Smariga, an in-house copywriter at NetAffi... Read More
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