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Rainmaker Group acquires hotel rate shopping service Revcaster

By Kevin May | March 17, 2015

More moves in the hotel tech arena with the Rainmaker Group snapping up market intelligence and rate analytics service Revcaster. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Revcaster was created in 2... Read More

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Will voice-activated flight search finally catch on?

By Nick Vivion | March 17, 2015

The latest foray of a travel brand into voice-activated search is called Opal. This time its OTA OneTravel stepping up to the microphone with its own personal voice assistant for its Android app. A... Read More

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How to protect yourself from joining the plague of forgotten travel apps

By Nick Vivion | March 17, 2015

Forgotten travel apps are a blot on the landscape of the travel and holiday sectors, according to new Ipsos UK research. The research included a survey of 400 users online in each of three vertical... Read More

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How the Orbitz Expedia deal came together

By Sean O'Neil | March 17, 2015

When Orbitz Worldwide announced a proposed acquisition by Expedia Inc last month, it had reached the end of a long series of attempts to try to sell itself, the Chicago-based company revealed in a reg... Read More

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Qunar marks shift from meta to OTA, from PC to mobile

By Martin Cowen | March 17, 2015

Qunar has grown its revenues for 2014 by 106% compared with 2013, with mobile revenues up by a blockbuster 435%. The results put 2014 revenues at $283.1 million, with mobile accounting for 40% of t... Read More

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Xotelia raises $1.4 million to accelerate vacation rental technology

By Kevin May | March 17, 2015

Short-term rental technology provider Xotelia has secured close to $1.4 million (Euro 1.3 million) in a debut capital raising effort. Launched in 2012, until now the France-based software company,... Read More

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Startup pitch: Distribusion wants to be the GDS for buses

By Linda Fox | March 17, 2015

Hotels, flights and car-hire all sit within the systems of the global distributions so why not intercity bus travel? This is the idea behind Germany-based Distribusion and while the team originally... Read More

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United, British Airways, and other airlines expand NDC tests of dynamic packaging

By Sean O'Neil | March 16, 2015

New technology is enabling dynamic airfare packaging, such as a bundled offer of an airline seat and a bottle of champagne for a single price. But airlines are still figuring out the practicalities of... Read More

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Expedia's faux interns debunk Millennial myths with humor and panache

By Nick Vivion | March 16, 2015

Expedia is taking intern marketing mania to task with an entertaining ongoing marketing campaign that focuses on two actors portraying interns, who then answer questions submitted via social media.... Read More

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So many options, so give them a reason to book a hotel direct

By Viewpoints | March 16, 2015

I keep hearing today’s consumers want choices. That’s why they’re shopping 13 or 22 sites or however many the latest research says they shop before booking a hotel room. I believe those numbers, bu... Read More

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eLong worried by competitors and owners alike

By Martin Cowen | March 16, 2015

eLong has described in more detail the "hyper-competitive Chinese market" while outlining some risks relating to Expedia's controlling interest. It has filed its annual report six weeks after it re... Read More

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Net Affinity grabs $1 million investment round

By Kevin May | March 16, 2015

Hotel technology and marketing service Net Affinity has secured a $1 million funding round. The investment has come from a combination of re-investment of retained earnings and Enterprise Ireland.... Read More

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Bluesmart partners with Uber to go pick up your lost luggage

By Nick Vivion | March 13, 2015

This will certainly not be the last "Uber partnership" announcement...but this is surely one of the most useful app integrations with the on-demand ride sharing service: the lost luggage pickup. Th... Read More

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UAE will launch full biometric scanning systems at borders soon

By Nick Vivion | March 13, 2015

The United Arab Emirates is set to become one of the most technically advanced countries when it comes to border control. The Emirates will deploy a series of biometric e-gates at all entry points whi... Read More

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Why Meerkat is the next big marketing thing in travel [UPDATED]

By Nick Vivion | March 13, 2015

UPDATE: Twitter officially announced the acquisition of Periscope, a similar app to Meerkat that has been in stealth mode. Meerkat forced their hand, so it seems that the era of mobile livestreaming i... Read More

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