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Priceline Group bookings soar by a quarter to hit $20 billion in three months

By Kevin May | May 9, 2017

The Priceline Group has seen gross bookings across the group for the first quarter of 2017 hit a record $20.7 billion. The increase of 24% year-on-year is more than $400 million compared to the sam... Read More

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Airbnb seen as cheapest option for accommodation by many millennials

By Kevin May | May 9, 2017

Either the marketing continues to wow younger travellers or it is correct that Airbnb is the cheaper provider of somewhere to stay when compared to hotels. That's an outcome to consider by hotel ma... Read More

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Ryanair taps into Madrid's tech community

By Martin Cowen | May 9, 2017

Ryanair has opted for Madrid as the location for its third Travel Lab, and is planning to employ 250 developers. The first Ryanair Travel Lab opened in Dublin in July 2014, followed by a site in Wr... Read More

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Travelport credits Asia-Pacific for early-2017 financial gains

By Kevin May | May 9, 2017

Travelport has hailed a "positive start" to the year with a 7% increase in revenue across the business for the first three months of 2017. The company hit $651 million in revenue in Q1, up from $60... Read More

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Travel Republic looks to personalisation with bd4travel

By Linda Fox | May 9, 2017

Travel Republic has joined up with data analytics specialist bd4travel to build "personalised shopping experiences". After a period of testing, the Emirates-owned online travel agency, is using bd4... Read More

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Technology could improve your brand reputation, but are you using it wrong?

By Marisa Garcia | May 8, 2017

Air travel could be better, and technology could deliver that, but only if the customer is at the heart of the brand. Shortly after the United incident, the New York Times published an article whic... Read More

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Google boosts Trips app with new features

By Linda Fox | May 8, 2017

Google says it has added new features to its mobile app Trips which was unveiled just over six months ago. The search giant has made it easier to share all reservation details from within the app b... Read More

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Didi translates its app into English for visitors to China

By Martin Cowen | May 8, 2017

China's mega-funded taxi app Didi Chuxing will be available in English for visitors to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The move on Didi's part is part of its "internationalization" plan which has... Read More

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Millennial Brits falling foul of the fraudsters

By Martin Cowen | May 8, 2017

The latest report from the UK's cybercrime agency, Action Fraud, into holiday booking scams reveals that criminals are targetting the under-40s. In 2016, the overall number of reported travel fraud... Read More

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Content marketing - the new search?

By Viewpoints | May 5, 2017

Since the early days of “search”, travel brands have led the way in building new business models that cater to the changing ways that consumers shop online, engaging consumers at targeted moments when... Read More

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Finnair tests facial recognition for check-in

By Linda Fox | May 5, 2017

Finnair is testing facial recognition technology along with airport operator Finavia and Futurice at Helsinki Airport. The trials are planned until the 23 May to see how the technology works with t... Read More

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Multi-modal needs big guns of travel to hit next level

By Kevin May | May 5, 2017

The emergence of multi-modal travel search engines has so far not really attracted the large players in online travel... for now. Brands such as Rome2Rio, GoEuro and RouteRank have certainly not be... Read More

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Another way to cash in on Chinese outbound

By Sponsored Content | May 5, 2017

With an estimated 100 million Chinese people travelling internationally, there are many opportunities for business to service this segment, beyond selling flights and hotels. These businesses can b... Read More

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Amadeus earnings show double-digit growth

By Martin Cowen | May 5, 2017

Amadeus has reported a strong financial and operational start to the year in both its distribution and IT businesses. Overall revenue increased by 11.7% compared with the same period last year to €... Read More

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Onyx expands commission recovery client base with latest acquisition

By Michele McDonald | May 4, 2017

Onyx CenterSource, a hotel commission payment and recovery service, acquired eCommission Solutions , which provides revenue recovery, data management and business intelligence to travel agencies and c... Read More

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