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Booking Holdings funds part of $180M round into South Korean hotel site Yanolja
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Booking Holdings funds part of $180M round into South Korean hotel site Yanolja
By Kevin May | June 11, 2019
The South Korea-based hotel booking website has now secured a total of $242 million in funding after landing the latest Series D round.... Read More
What happens to rate parity when Airbnb is an online travel agency?
Opinion / Online
What happens to rate parity when Airbnb is an online travel agency?
By Gino Engels - OTA Insight | June 11, 2019
As lines blur between platform and provider, there are some real questions around rate parity and price competitiveness in this brave new world.... Read More
IATA-GDS-NDC
News / Distribution
Amadeus hits back at IATA over claims of "anticompetitive conduct"
By Linda Fox | June 10, 2019
Amadeus says IATA has created the current situation of adoption of the NDC standard “difficult and costly for the whole industry.” ... Read More
VIDEO: Booking.com on its buy or partner strategy for experiences
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VIDEO: Booking.com on its buy or partner strategy for experiences
By Kevin May | June 10, 2019
Booking.com's semi-official entry into the tours and activities sector was notable for many things - not least why did it take so long.... Read More
voyager hq travel disruption summit aviation roundtable
Opinion / Technology
Aviation innovation: Insider perspectives on where the industry goes next
By Voyager HQ | June 10, 2019
Voyager HQ asked individual table moderators from this year’s summit to share some of the most compelling conversations and useful tidbits from their tables and from the day as a whole.... Read More
Payments month part 2 fraud
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Travel payments, part 2: Balancing friction and risk in fighting fraud
By Mitra Sorrells | June 10, 2019
For part two in our series on travel payments, we explore issues related to fraud and how machine learning can help to solve them.... Read More
Sounding Off: It's all about making consumers' lives easier
Interview / Online
Sounding Off: It's all about making consumers' lives easier
By PhocusWire | June 7, 2019
It's not quite "one app to rule them all" but ultra-simplicity is perhaps where the travel app marketplace could be heading.... Read More
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News / Technology
Marketing might be the answer for corporate travel booking tool adoption
By Linda Fox | June 7, 2019
Challenges remain for corporate booking tools, which are having to evolve fast to keep up.... Read More
Collaboration, not competition, can make the travel industry a digital leader
Opinion / Technology
Collaboration, not competition, can make the travel industry a digital leader
By Rom Hendler - InnoVel | June 7, 2019
Travel, intangible and evolving, is a perfect example of a product particularly vulnerable to marketing myopia. So we should fix it, as an industry together.... Read More
In The Big Chair - Jason Morehouse of Checkfront
Interview / Technology
In The Big Chair - Jason Morehouse of Checkfront
By Kevin May | June 7, 2019
Since launching in June, 2010, Checkfront has grown from a humble operation in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, to a business that processes over $1 billion in bookings annually, made by tour and activity operators in 112 countries around the world. ... Read More
Nordic Choice on Google Amazon using blockchain
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Will Google and Amazon embrace a blockchain travel marketplace?
By Mitra Sorrells | June 7, 2019
Nordic Choice Hotels’ director of future business, Christian Lundén, says blockchain has the potential to disrupt travel distribution by stimulating activity from both startups and large tech players like Google and Amazon. ... Read More
VIDEO: Efectio Sleep - Battleground pitch at Phocuswright Europe 2019
Interview / Startups
VIDEO: Efectio Sleep - Battleground pitch at Phocuswright Europe 2019
By PhocusWire | June 7, 2019
Helping hotel guests improve sleep quality and bring loyalty program gamification to a new level. No more jet lag, only fun.... Read More
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News / Distribution
EasyGuide launches tours and activities shop, uses handy easyJet branding
By Linda Fox | June 6, 2019
The airline’s founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has invested a minority stake in easyGuide, which launched its website this week.... Read More
Google shuts Trips app, everything migrates to broader Google Travel platform
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Google shuts Trips app, everything migrates to broader Google Travel platform
By Kevin May | June 6, 2019
The search giant quietly updated the app's help page this week to reveal support for the product will cease after almost three years in the market.... Read More
pcw europe womens leadership
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VIDEO: Why women's leadership should be a priority for all travel technology companies
By Jill Menze | June 6, 2019
As part of Phocuswright's Women's Leadership Initiative, a panel joined us in the studio to discuss what actions companies can take to implement diversity tracks.... Read More
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