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Airbnb jumps ahead of hotel brands with over 1,000 listings in Cuba

By Nick Vivion | April 2, 2015

Airbnb is the first American accommodation brand to make serious inroads into Cuba, offering over 1,000 homes for rent in Cuba starting today. This sort of speed and scope is one of Airbnb's primar... Read More

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The unspoken reality of the online travel agency sector (hello, frenemies)

By Kevin May | April 2, 2015

Should Booking.com and Expedia be worried about the formation of what is being touted as a "shift in the hierarchy" of the online travel agency world in Europe? The short answer: no. The merger... Read More

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How data can help uncover the hidden treasure in travel agencies

By Viewpoints | April 2, 2015

Data is not as complicated as the big data fanatics would like us to think. Quite often, a lot can be achieved by giving more focus to the data you already have. NB: This is an analysis by Riaan va... Read More

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Sabre preps for massive acquisition with $530M note offer

By Sean O'Neil | April 1, 2015

Sabre Holdings is poised to make its largest acquisition since its ill-fated billion-dollar purchase of LastMinute.com in 2005. The target this year is most likely Abacus, the Asian-Pacific techno... Read More

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A closer look at Sabre's new SkyTeam RTW bookings

By Sean O'Neil | April 1, 2015

Sabre is the first global distribution system (GDS) to launch functionality aiming to streamline the booking of round-the-world airfares from any of the global airline alliances. Sabre has made rou... Read More

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Delta to let Chinese buy tickets with Alibaba's Alipay

By Sean O'Neil | April 1, 2015

Delta Air Lines is the first American carrier to offer Alipay payment as an option for Chinese plane ticket buyers. Alipay is a payment platform operated by Ant Financial, a subsidiary of Chinese e... Read More

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Flyr nets $3.7M in funding, will add fare forecasting to CheapOair

By Sean O'Neil | April 1, 2015

Today, FLYR, a technology startup in San Francisco that predicts airfare and seat availability, said it had closed its seed financing round of $3.7 million. The round was led by Streamlined Ventu... Read More

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Hotels need to get the (Facebook?) message

By Viewpoints | April 1, 2015

At the recent F8 (Facebook Developer Conference), a considerable amount of time (parts of the first and second day keynotes, at least three sessions) was spent on its efforts to improve the technology... Read More

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How to stop the bad bots taking your business for a ride

By Viewpoints | April 1, 2015

If you are in the online travel business, you’re a bot target. That’s pretty much a fact of life today - airlines, hotels, rental car companies, and online travel agencies are fair game. NB: This i... Read More

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HomeAway invests in CanadaStays, fighting Airbnb on northern front

By Sean O'Neil | April 1, 2015

HomeAway, the vacation rental giant, said that it had led a C$6 million round of fundraising for CanadaStays, a holiday home platform in Toronto. The 30-employee startup claims to generate vastly m... Read More

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Same-day booking scene loses momentum - IN2NITE a high profile victim

By Kevin May | April 1, 2015

It was a never a "bubble", as some like to call it, but the same-day travel booking sector certainly had started feeling like the the online trip planning market. Led, most would (probably begrudgi... Read More

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TrustYou's new quartet, Virgin Holidays with Magnolia, Ice Portal gets Qunar, and more...

By PhocusWire | April 1, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for March 2015. Tuesday 31 March 2015: TrustYou integrates with quartet of new services Rain... Read More

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US Airways taps Nobel-prize winner to testify against Sabre

By Sean O'Neil | March 31, 2015

A US federal antitrust lawsuit brought by US Airways against Sabre is still on its path to a jury trial in New York. An April meeting has been set to schedule dates for the trial. US Airways allege... Read More

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Staffing is a big issue for hotels and revenue management

By Pamela Whitby | March 31, 2015

It is impossible to talk about growth in online travel, especially in Asia Pacific, without factoring in one of the world’s fastest growing hospitality markets - China. NB: This is an analysis by P... Read More

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Alibaba launches Alitrip into hotel IT solutions space

By Martin Cowen | March 31, 2015

Alibaba Group has made the first big announcement regarding its standalone travel business alitrip.com, and it's all about the "hotel of the future." The initiative "aims to use network and Big Dat... Read More

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