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SITA report AI baggage handling
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How AI could revolutionize baggage handling
By Mitra Sorrells | March 6, 2018
Baggage management is an enormous and complicated undertaking for airlines and airports. According to SITA, more than 4.5 billion bags are handled by baggage systems every year. ... Read More
Can artificial intelligence make baggage tracking better?
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Can artificial intelligence make baggage tracking better?
By Marisa Garcia | March 6, 2018
IATA Resolution 753, which comes into effect this June, commits airlines to keeping track of baggage movements and aims to significantly reduce mishandled and misdirected bags. But it also creates new... Read More
Expressing a preference for better conversion rates
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Expressing a preference for better conversion rates
By Sponsored Content | March 6, 2018
This is a viewpoint from Bharat Patel, president of sales, marketing and commercial for CodeGen Abandonment rates for online travel bookings are notoriously high. Recent statistics from salecycle.c... Read More
google sells zagat to infatuation
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Google offloads Zagat to restaurant review site The Infatuation
By Jill Menze | March 5, 2018
Restaurant review mainstay Zagat is changing homes: Google, which has owned Zagat since 2011, has sold the brand to food discovery site the Infatuation for an undisclosed sum.... Read More
Unisys aims to ease the travel experience for pets and their humans
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Unisys aims to ease the travel experience for pets and their humans
By Michele McDonald | March 5, 2018
Anyone who has ever committed a pet to the cargo hold of a plane knows the anxiety of wondering whether MollyPup or Princess Kitty is doing all right down there. Now, thanks to artificial intellige... Read More
Redeam $7.7M funding
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Redeam gets $7.7M from travel execs and brands to push activity ticket tech
By Mitra Sorrells | March 5, 2018
Redeam's digital ticketing technology addresses a genuine need in the tours and activities market, and it just got a boost with $7.7 million raised in Series A funding.... Read More
wrapup march 5 2018
Notated News / Technology
HomeToGo, Utrip, Vacasa and more news briefs today...
By PhocusWire | March 5, 2018
In today’s wrap-up of news in brief… HomeToGo expands South American presence… Cape Air and Utrip launch AI travel planning tool… MeetingPackage.com unveils dynamic pricing strategy… Bd4travel and Vacasa see executive moves…... Read More
Voice tech in travel, part 1: Brand adoption
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Voice tech in travel, part 1: Brand adoption
By Mitra Sorrells | March 5, 2018
The days of typing search terms into a browser or clicking through drop-down menus may be fading. Rising in their place is a much more natural interface: voice.... Read More
Dark data - the big data you didn't know to worry about, but should
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Dark data - the big data you didn't know to worry about, but should
By Marisa Garcia | March 5, 2018
For anyone still trying to wrap their minds around the volumes of Big Data being left unattended in their systems which might help improve offers and personalization, we have a new thing to lose sleep... Read More
Culture Trip goes where others fear to tread - OTA land
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Culture Trip goes where others fear to tread - OTA land
By Kevin May | March 5, 2018
Travel content sites have in recent years avoided go all-in with booking services - but Culture Trip is one that is going to buck the trend and try the online travel agency model.... Read More
tnoozLIVE@TTE: Travelport's Simon Ferguson on voice, traveller engagement and human contact
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tnoozLIVE@TTE: Travelport's Simon Ferguson on voice, traveller engagement and human contact
By Linda Fox | March 5, 2018
This is the first of a series of articles spun out of tnoozLIVE@TTE, recorded live at the TTE event Olympia, London. More clips to come! To learn more about how to bring tnoozLIVE@ to your event, plea... Read More
Startup pitch: Wowanders applies AI to social travel recommendations
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Startup pitch: Wowanders applies AI to social travel recommendations
By Marisa Garcia | March 5, 2018
Finish technology startup Wowanders is taking a unique spin at social media travel sharing with an AI powered mobile travel diary app which automatically compiles travel moments based on location and... Read More
Redeam raises $7.7 million funding to further tours automation push
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Redeam raises $7.7 million funding to further tours automation push
By Linda Fox | March 5, 2018
Redeam, which helps tours and attractions distributors automate the ticket process, has raised $7.7 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Vertical Venture Partners, with participation f... Read More
quote of the week 12
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QOTW: Something about room for the biggest startup in the world
By PhocusWire | March 2, 2018
Quote from Brian Chesky, in a one-to-one interview with PhocusWire this week.... Read More
Google Flights: the mainstream player everyone feared?
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Google Flights: the mainstream player everyone feared?
By Kevin May | March 2, 2018
Google doesn't really talk about how well its Flights metasearch engine is shaping up against its powerful competitors - but external data providers can help shine a light.... Read More
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