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Google played hardball with TripAdvisor and Yelp, says leaked FTC report

By Sean O'Neil | March 19, 2015

A report on Google's search practices by the US Federal Trade Commission's bureau of competition has been accidentally obtained by the Wall Street Journal. The report supports antitrust claims made... Read More

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C'est plus chic: New Air France video reminds flyers that they are, in fact, not this glamorous

By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2015

The new Air France video fits nicely along the trend of smart, engaging and refreshingly different safety videos by airlines. However, this one is a bit more risqué in pure French style, offering u... Read More

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Project Loon successfully uses wind patterns to move Internet across continents

By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2015

Project Loon has successfully managed to surf wind patterns in order to carry Internet from New Zealand to South American to Australia, says the team's latest update on Google+. This is the first time... Read More

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Apple Pay adoption still lags with only single digit participation rate

By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2015

The latest survey from InfoScout and mobile payments website PYMNTS.com has found Apple Pay adoption to be stalled in the single digits, signaling strong headwinds for Apple's signature digital paymen... Read More

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The main event is now Priceline versus Expedia — so whose round is it?

By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2015

The ongoing wave of industry consolidation among OTAs-in-pursuit has focused the crowd's attention on two formidable fighters: Expedia and Priceline. Both have developed into global juggernauts by... Read More

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Shop for your hotel not by wifi but wifi speed

By Linda Fox | March 19, 2015

Helping travellers cut through the noise to find what they want should be what online is all about but it isn't. Yet there are moves, by the likes of RouteHappy and its Happiness Factors in air tr... Read More

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India-based community Tripoto eyes global presence

By Martin Cowen | March 19, 2015

Tripoto, an online community for travellers, has confirmed "pre-Series A" funding and will use the cash to scale up its web, mobile and global footprint. The amount raised is undisclosed. Report... Read More

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When Best Western engages with reviews, its occupancy spikes

By Sean O'Neil | March 19, 2015

When Best Western properties worldwide engaged with user reviews across the Internet, they saw their annual occupancy rates grow at double the rate of properties that didn't. That's according to a... Read More

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Anne Frank House protests GetYourGuide queue-hopping offer

By Sean O'Neil | March 18, 2015

In recent months, GetYourGuide, the Germany-based tours-and-activities platform, has been reselling advance tickets to Anne Frank House, in Amsterdam, at double the price the museum charges on its own... Read More

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Merge loyalty and pricing to drive direct hotel bookings

By Viewpoints | March 18, 2015

Imagine a world without OTAs, without metasearch sites, where the internet is not dominated by Google. NB: This is an analysis by Patrick Bosworth, co-founder and CEO of Duetto. Just think about... Read More

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Airbnb and Priceline join Expedia in halting Crimean travel bookings, but others don't

By Sean O'Neil | March 18, 2015

One year ago, Russia annexed Crimea, a territory that had been in eastern Ukraine. Since then Western sanctions on Crimea have put online travel companies in an awkward position. In December, US Pr... Read More

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Conservative estimate? One in three airline boarding passes via mobile by 2019

By Kevin May | March 18, 2015

More than 1.5 billion boarding passes will be delivered to mobile devices by airlines within four years, a new study has suggested. Juniper Research claims the 2019 figure will be double the number... Read More

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Skypicker, a Czech metasearch startup, nets $1M investment

By Sean O'Neil | March 17, 2015

Skypicker, a flight metasearch startup, has received a $1 million (950,000 Euro) venture investment from Ondrej Tomek, the Czech digital entrepreneur, who takes a 10% stake in the company. The fund... Read More

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In tax case, Hawaiian high court sides with online travel agencies

By Sean O'Neil | March 17, 2015

Today Hawaii’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of online travel agencies, affirming an earlier tax appeal court decision. In the case of state of Hawaii versus Travelocity, the court ruled that the co... Read More

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Wayfindr is a new student-led technology for the visually impaired traveler

By Nick Vivion | March 17, 2015

It's not often that the mainstream tech press covers ways in which destinations and cities can use technology to ease navigation challenges for the visually impaired. A group of students have tackled... Read More

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