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Busbud puts a price on passengers' ancillaries wishlist
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Busbud puts a price on passengers' ancillaries wishlist
By Martin Cowen | March 10, 2017
Bus and coach booking specialist Busbud has revealed the on-board services which passengers not only rate but are also willing to pay for. As the bus tech industry matures, the findings show where... Read More
Instant meta booking milestone - Tripping hits 3M rentals
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Instant meta booking milestone - Tripping hits 3M rentals
By Kevin May | March 9, 2017
Who says the drive to instant bookings on search engines can be hard (well, TripAdvisor, for starters) - in vacation rentals it appears to be working out very well. Vacation rental marketplace Trip... Read More
VR extends its reach into the travel marketing mainstream
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VR extends its reach into the travel marketing mainstream
By Viewpoints | March 9, 2017
In the cult 1990s movie “Strange Days,” a virtual reality apparatus pulls images straight from a user’s cerebral cortex. Though solidly in the realm of science fiction, a similar kind of intense inter... Read More
Brisbane Airport eases passenger journey through biometrics
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Brisbane Airport eases passenger journey through biometrics
By Marisa Garcia | March 9, 2017
Brisbane Airport has partnered with SITA and Air New Zealand, to launch a trial of the SITA Smart Path facial recognition technology. It allows passengers to identify themselves throughout the jour... Read More
Etihad completes NDC booking tool for improved shopping experience
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Etihad completes NDC booking tool for improved shopping experience
By Marisa Garcia | March 9, 2017
Etihad Airways has completed the implementation of a new IATA NDC-compliant booking standard to improve the information flow between travel agents and the airline's reservation systems. The airline... Read More
IAG to equip fleet with inflight wifi from Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom
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IAG to equip fleet with inflight wifi from Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom
By Martin Cowen | March 9, 2017
Inflight wifi access is a vital part of the airline passenger experience, but it is also an elephant in the room when it comes to merchandising, retailing and personalisation. For  airlines, tech p... Read More
Car rental sector gets the message more clearly than hotels, OTAs and airlines
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Car rental sector gets the message more clearly than hotels, OTAs and airlines
By Kevin May | March 9, 2017
Welcome to the world of bots and messaging - such a familiar refrain in the travel sector of late. Our own coverage ranges from the first incarnations from KLM, or Skyscanner and others to some of... Read More
Mobile search rates for hotels reach huge level
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Mobile search rates for hotels reach huge level
By Kevin May | March 8, 2017
Mobile searches for budget hotels outweigh those for luxury properties - but the latter is growing fast. This is one of a number of findings from a huge study by Sojern, using both its own data and... Read More
Trump slump or big chill - how bans are playing out in travel distribution
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Trump slump or big chill - how bans are playing out in travel distribution
By Marisa Garcia | March 8, 2017
Lots of column inches have been taken up on the policies of the Donald Trump administration but what of their impact on travel distribution and likelihood to hurt US travel and tourism? Are we trul... Read More
Why online travel companies don’t have a second to spare
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Why online travel companies don’t have a second to spare
By Viewpoints | March 8, 2017
Two seconds in the space-time continuum does not seem long. But as with most things in life, everything is relative. Most of us would happily spend minutes talking to a friend or hours watching a m... Read More
Eurowings taps Lufthansa resources for new phase of growth
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Eurowings taps Lufthansa resources for new phase of growth
By Martin Cowen | March 8, 2017
Lufthansa Group's digital transformation continues apace, with its low-cost carrier Eurowings launching its MakeMyWay initiative today. Eurowings expects to handle 25 million passengers this year a... Read More
Snappy search terms dominate YouTube
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Snappy search terms dominate YouTube
By Martin Cowen | March 8, 2017
A Hitwise study into UK travel search patterns over the so-called peak booking season shows that users now expect Google to cope with the long-tail while YouTube remains the bastion of the single or t... Read More
Airports looking to reach new frontiers in the passenger experience
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Airports looking to reach new frontiers in the passenger experience
By Marisa Garcia | March 8, 2017
Airports Council International North America has published its 2017 Guest Experience Management and Passenger Amenities Survey which evaluates guest experience management and customer service best pra... Read More
Startup Pitch: GuestReady plots to ease workload of Airbnb hosts
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Startup Pitch: GuestReady plots to ease workload of Airbnb hosts
By Kevin May | March 7, 2017
GuestReady is another of a growing number of service startups that have emerged to cater for the ecosystem that surrounds the sharing economy. Working with Airbnb hosts in London and a number of ci... Read More
Engaging travel audiences through 360-degree video
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Engaging travel audiences through 360-degree video
By Viewpoints | March 7, 2017
Imagine being able to invite potential customers into your world from the comfort of their sofa, giving them the chance to experience your destination as they sit down in search of their next adventur... Read More
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