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MakeMyTrip reports strong growth in hotels and package business

By Karthick Prabu | May 22, 2014

MakeMyTrip reported revenues of $255.4 million for the year ending March 2014, an increase of 11.6% year-on-year. The NASDAQ-listed online travel agency reported a loss of $20.9 million over the sa... Read More

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Travel industry reacts to the US ruling on IATA's Resolution 787 and the NDC

May 21, 2014

US regulators have tentatively approved Resolution 787, the core principles for the New Distribution Capability (NDC) This act keeps in motion the airline-championed blueprint for developing a tech... Read More

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Read the proposed US rules to require agencies to disclose airline ancillary fees

By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014

US carriers would be required to disclose any ancillary fees, such as charges for checked baggage or for receiving a seat assignment, according to a change in US federal transportation regulations pro... Read More

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Delta takes its PSS and flight data systems back from Travelport

By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014

To cut its costs, Delta Air Lines is re-acquiring data, intellectual property rights, and staffing to about 180 vital back-end applications from travel technology company Travelport. The announceme... Read More

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Airbnb to turn over over anonymized records to New York authorities

By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014

In an announcement today, Airbnb, the peer-to-peer short-term housing rental network, agreed to a request from New York State's Attorney General for anonymized records of users in the city. This en... Read More

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DOT tentatively okays IATA Resolution 787, anticipating New Distribution Capability

By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014

The US Department of Transportation today finally gave its approval to a global framework for a massive technological initiative proposed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA): Resolut... Read More

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Get off my brand - the legal standpoint for hotels

By Viewpoints | May 21, 2014

With more and more people making hotel reservations online, it becomes critical for brand owners to be aware of, and protect, their share of the online marketplace. Spotted a company using your bra... Read More

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Wanderu adds Greyhound, and US bus metasearch finally revs up

By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014

The rubber may have finally hit the road for bus metasearch in North America. Wanderu, which is like a Hipmunk for bus and train travel, has become the first aggregator to include listings from the... Read More

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Consumer mobile trends - browsing, booking and barriers

By Linda Fox | May 21, 2014

Following on from mobile behaviour studies for the US, Expedia Media Solutions has put together some numbers for the UK with the help of ComScore. The research highlights current trends and highlig... Read More

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Startup pitch: 36hrs aims to be a social travel recommendation and booking platform

By Karthick Prabu | May 21, 2014

36hrs.in, the Delhi and Boston-based startup, enables users to discover interesting travel activities, experiences and details about destinations across the world. The Pinterest-style website has "... Read More

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Google+ launches Stories and Movies bringing travelogues to life

By Karthick Prabu | May 20, 2014

Google has further strengthened its presence in travel industry by launching Stories, a Google+ feature that generates travelogues by using photos and videos uploaded in a user's Google+ account. T... Read More

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Italians probe the practices of TripAdvisor, Expedia and Booking.com

By Sean O'Neil | May 20, 2014

Italy's antitrust and competition authority is investigating TripAdvisor to see if the user-generated hotel review website does enough to delete fake opinions. In a statement, it noted concern abou... Read More

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Royal Caribbean to install metamorphic venues on its megaships cruising in China

By Sean O'Neil | May 20, 2014

Global cruise lines are in a race of one-upmanship to build ever more outrageously extravagant ships. The latest cruise line to raise the stakes is Royal Caribbean, whose two new Quantum Class shi... Read More

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Are star ratings and other hotel industry classifications still relevant?

By RJ Friedlander | May 20, 2014

Originally created to set expectations for hotel experiences, the star rating system and industry classifications like luxury, upscale or budget are increasingly coming under pressure for lack of rele... Read More

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Are Indian hoteliers ready for technology automation and analytics?

By Karthick Prabu | May 20, 2014

In the context of a hotel, automating various processes end-to-end might benefit the hotel, but just how automation-ready are Indian hoteliers? This was one of the key questions discussed by a pane... Read More

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