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VIDEO: Blockchain's role and its ambitious prospects in travel
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VIDEO: Blockchain's role and its ambitious prospects in travel
By PhocusWire | May 29, 2018
Blockchain has a tendency to polarize opinion in the travel sector - fuelled a combination of distrust, ignorance, over-confidence and desire for change.... Read More
LoveHolidays gets some cash for customer acquisition
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LoveHolidays gets some cash for customer acquisition
By Martin Cowen | May 29, 2018
WeLoveHolidays Ltd has sold an undisclosed stake in UK-based OTA loveholidays.com to a private equity firm for an undisclosed sum. A £180 million investment by investor Livingbridge into loveholida... Read More
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VIDEO: Activities web agencies on a hot 2018 for the sector
By PhocusWire | May 29, 2018
This year has been a fascinating one for a sector that, pre-April, was already billed as one of the most interesting in the industry.... Read More
Are airlines ready for an NDC-enabled future?
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Are airlines ready for an NDC-enabled future?
By Jill Menze | May 29, 2018
As traveler needs are shifting, airlines are being forced to take stock of the current distribution landscape.... Read More
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Opinion / Online
Travel, data security and false narratives around Facebook
By Clayton Reid - MMGY Global | May 29, 2018
The disclosure of Facebook data breaches during the U.S. presidential election has created a shudder across the marketing landscape.... Read More
Achieving digital success in China - eight learnings from ITB
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Achieving digital success in China - eight learnings from ITB
By Sponsored Content | May 29, 2018
This is an article by Ritesh Gupta for TravelDaily China.It appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. Travel brands are scrutinising how best to be  a part of China's consumption e... Read More
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QOTW: Something about legacy and innovation
By PhocusWire | May 25, 2018
Quote from Rashesh Jethi, SVP of engineering for Americas and head of innovation for Airlines at Amadeus IT Group.... Read More
VIDEO: Booking.com on its big opportunity in private accommodation
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VIDEO: Booking.com on its big opportunity in private accommodation
By PhocusWire | May 25, 2018
Booking.com is fighting on a number of fronts these days, having ramped up its strategy on private accommodation over the course of the last two years.... Read More
Why innovation starts with the travel experience
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Why innovation starts with the travel experience
By Jill Menze | May 25, 2018
As an industry representing 10% of jobs globally and on track to reach $1.5 trillion in gross bookings by 2020, the travel market is one that’s ripe for innovation and disruption.... Read More
Conversocial opens up China to travel companies via WeChat
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Conversocial opens up China to travel companies via WeChat
By Rob Gill | May 25, 2018
Digital customer service platform Conversocial has integrated Chinese social messaging giant WeChat as a new channel. Conversocial says that integrating it will allow travel companies to offer an i... Read More
Marriott partners with Salesforce to deliver more personalisation
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Marriott partners with Salesforce to deliver more personalisation
By Rob Gill | May 25, 2018
Hotel giant Marriott International is working with Salesforce to create a global platform to improve communication with members of its loyalty schemes and deliver a more personalised service to them.... Read More
VIDEO: AccorHotels on facing up to digital and not dying
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VIDEO: AccorHotels on facing up to digital and not dying
By PhocusWire | May 24, 2018
A string of acquisitions into new areas of hospitality and a focus on digital services have made AccorHotels one of the chains to watch in recent years.... Read More
Internet of Things for hotels - great, until a hacker calls
Opinion / Technology
Internet of Things for hotels - great, until a hacker calls
By Dean Coclin - DigiCert | May 24, 2018
Smart devices, often referred to as the Internet of Things, offer the hospitality industry the opportunity to give guests a much richer and differentiated experience.... Read More
The ultimate guide to website design for hotels
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The ultimate guide to website design for hotels
By Simone Puorto | May 24, 2018
"The art of design is to make complicated things simple" ~Tim Parsey Although a webless world seems inconceivable today, the first website only dates back a quarter of a century. It was created... Read More
Introducing the Ctrip customer-centricity playbook for global supremacy
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Introducing the Ctrip customer-centricity playbook for global supremacy
By Martin Cowen | May 24, 2018
Ctrip's first quarter 2018 financials contain some impressive triple-digit growth figures, while chairman James Liang used the prepared remarks part of the earnings call to explain how Ctrip's custome... Read More
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