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FastPayHotels speedy with TravelClick, Fly Kiss under the TTI mistletoe, and more...
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FastPayHotels speedy with TravelClick, Fly Kiss under the TTI mistletoe, and more...
By PhocusWire | December 20, 2016
This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel systems in tourism and hospitality for December 2016. Tuesday 20 December 2016: FastPayHotels secures TravelClick agreement T... Read More
Airbnb and third party distribution - and so it begins again?
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Airbnb and third party distribution - and so it begins again?
By Kevin May | December 20, 2016
Airbnb has dipped its toe back in the waters of third-party distribution, almost a year to the day since it axed its original affiliate programme. The global property-sharing giant has signed a dea... Read More
TripAdvisor gets Instant Booking nod from Expedia
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TripAdvisor gets Instant Booking nod from Expedia
By Kevin May | December 20, 2016
Just over 12 months on from what was heralded as a major development in its drive to offer Instant Bookings for hotels, TripAdvisor has now inked a deal with Expedia Inc. The Priceline Group was th... Read More
Uber allegedly loses $800 million in three months but China sale nets $2.2 billion profit
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Uber allegedly loses $800 million in three months but China sale nets $2.2 billion profit
By Martin Cowen | December 20, 2016
The global financial pages are buckling under the weight of Uber's $800 million loss for the July-Sept quarter. The Information broke the story, most of which appears behind its paywall. Uber's... Read More
Feel strongly about airline distribution in the US?
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Feel strongly about airline distribution in the US?
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | December 19, 2016
If you feel strongly about airline distribution, you just got a lot more time to comment and make your feelings known to the US Department of Transportation. Following a lot of industry investigati... Read More
How Airbnb reckons it can change the traveller experience
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How Airbnb reckons it can change the traveller experience
By Viewpoints | December 19, 2016
There has been a great deal of discussion around what the launch of Trips means for Airbnb... and for travel more broadly (if anything). Commentary has come from all quarters, both within the compa... Read More
Another $350 million into the ride-hailing sector via Careem
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Another $350 million into the ride-hailing sector via Careem
By Martin Cowen | December 19, 2016
Japan's internet giant Rakuten has nailed another taxi app investment, taking part in a $350 million funding round for Dubai-based  Careem Careem, which operates across the Middle East and North Af... Read More
Why Trivago’s IPO might be undervalued
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Why Trivago’s IPO might be undervalued
By Viewpoints | December 18, 2016
Last week Trivago filed for IPO. Leading up to that, a lot of details on its performance was made public, and people in the financial and travel industries scrutinized that information to gauge the co... Read More
Every Indian airline to spend more on tech in 2017
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Every Indian airline to spend more on tech in 2017
By Martin Cowen | December 16, 2016
Good news for airline tech providers looking at the Indian market - every carrier asked by SITA for its dedicated India report said IT budgets will increase next year, and by more than the global aver... Read More
Airbnb and hotels - frenemies at last
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Airbnb and hotels - frenemies at last
By Kevin May | December 16, 2016
It makes for a good headline to push some type of bloodthirsty battle going on between hotels and Airbnb. We in the media are brilliant at (and guilty of) doing it - knowing rather contentedly that... Read More
Italy calling - mobile travel bookings continue to grow
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Italy calling - mobile travel bookings continue to grow
By Sponsored Content | December 16, 2016
Attendees at this month's Buy Tourism Online (BTO) event were left in little doubt as to the importance of mobile bookings in the Italian online travel market. NB This is a viewpoint by Giancarlo C... Read More
Didi move spotlights potential activities play
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Didi move spotlights potential activities play
By Martin Cowen | December 16, 2016
Taxi apps are more than just a way to get a cab on a smartphone - and the biggest taxi app of the lot, China's Didi, has spent of lot of 2016 becoming very much like a mobile travel platform. In Oc... Read More
Sabre's new CEO is Sean Menke, a former airline boss
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Sabre's new CEO is Sean Menke, a former airline boss
By Sean O'Neil | December 15, 2016
Travel technology giant Sabre has appointed Sean Menke its new chief executive, to replace Tom Klein, who chose to step down earlier this year. Until now Menke was in charge of Sabre Travel Network... Read More
New Priceline Group boss Glenn Fogel looks to assure everyone
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New Priceline Group boss Glenn Fogel looks to assure everyone
By Sean O'Neil | December 15, 2016
The Priceline Group has named Glenn Fogel its chief executive as of New Year's Day 2017. He has been its head of strategy and executive vice president of corporate development, and is a 16-year vetera... Read More
How can travel brands avoid own goals with better web user experience
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How can travel brands avoid own goals with better web user experience
By Viewpoints | December 15, 2016
It used to be relatively straightforward to predict annual online spending habits in the travel industry. January and July would form two travel "peaks", with spending rising as holidaymakers book... Read More
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