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Time for travel companies to wake up over data threat?

By Marisa Garcia | July 20, 2017

Technology giant Thales has published its 2017 Data Threat Report with a warning to retailers of rising risk levels for data breaches. A combination of escalating cyber attacks as insider threats,... Read More

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Preparing for a future with seamless travel and personalisation

By Linda Fox | July 20, 2017

The words seamless travel and personalisation don't exactly move the excitement needle these days but an industry report released today says they will be key drivers for success in the future. The... Read More

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Jumia upgrades its social customer service with Salesforce for Messenger

By Martin Cowen | July 20, 2017

African OTA Jumia Travel claims to be first business in the region to integrate Facebook Messenger into its customer service platform. Jumia is using Salesforce for Messenger, a dedicated product f... Read More

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Personalisation in the air to improve the experience and boost profit

By Linda Fox | July 20, 2017

It's hard to get away from the word personalisation in travel although it's mostly applied to its potential for airlines, hotels and other travel providers. Aircraft manufacture Airbus is thinking... Read More

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New GBTA report highlights huge impact of business travel on the US economy

By Michele McDonald | July 19, 2017

For every 1% change in business travel spending, the U.S. economy gains or loses 74,000 jobs, $5.5 billion in GDP, $3.3 billion in wages and $1.3 billion in taxes. That was one of the finding of th... Read More

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BeMyGuest closes Series A, launches its own lab

By Martin Cowen | July 19, 2017

Asian tours, activities and attractions specialist BeMyGuest has closed its Series A funding round and launched BeMyGuest Labs. While the amount has not been disclosed, BeMyGuest confirmed that it... Read More

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OAG looks beyond aviation as it upgrades analytics platform

By Marisa Garcia | July 19, 2017

OAG has updated its analytics suite to make the company’s data more accessible to a broader range of customers in sectors beyond aviation. According to Mark Clarkson EVP product management, the Tra... Read More

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Roomorama and Bridge Rentals shut down

By Martin Cowen | July 19, 2017

Roomorama, a B2C vacation rental platform based in Singapore, has stopped taking new bookings and is blaming "increased competition and regulatory headwinds" for the decision. Its dedicated B2B ope... Read More

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Travel executives weigh booking away from Marriott

By Michele McDonald | July 18, 2017

Nearly 60% of respondents to a Business Travel Coalition poll say they would likely book away from Marriott International because of its new 48-hour cancellation policy. The policy imposes a one ro... Read More

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Travel apps need a data-centric approach to marketing

By Viewpoints | July 18, 2017

It’s a case of good news/bad news for the travel app industry. The good news is that people are using apps to book travel more often than ever. The bad news is that the travel app space is highly comp... Read More

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FFPs dominate most airlines' ancillary revenue streams

By Martin Cowen | July 18, 2017

Ancillary revenue geeks rejoice - the first tranche of data from this year's CarTrawler-sponsored research from IdeaWorks is out and shows that ancillary revenues for airlines continued to grow, in ac... Read More

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GDS by Siteminder grows, Sabre signs Batik, Kiwi taps Amadeus, and more...

By PhocusWire | July 18, 2017

This is a roundup of product news and announcements related to travel distribution in July 2017. Tuesday 18 July 2017: GDS by Siteminder adds consultancy The cloud-based hotel tech speciali... Read More

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NH seeks digital transformers, Barcelo goes dynamic via Expedia, and more...

By PhocusWire | July 17, 2017

This is a roundup of product news and announcements related to travel marketing in July 2017. Tuesday 18 July 2017: NH seeks digital transformers The hotel company is looking for any establ... Read More

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Travelport helps passengers with mobile rebooking technology

By Linda Fox | July 17, 2017

Travelport is claiming a first with the launch of Resolve, technology for airlines to help passengers with hotel rooms and flights during disruption. According to a statement the Resolve product he... Read More

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In-destination piques Booking.com interest

By Martin Cowen | July 17, 2017

Booking.com is launching a consumer-facing PR campaign around what happens during the first 24 hours of a trip. It has partnered with a "celebrity life coach and wellbeing expert" who shares her ad... Read More

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