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Sabre: Millennials may be the largest hotel spenders as soon as 2017

By Martin Cowen | March 11, 2016

Another day, another tipping point: Millennials will become the largest spenders on hotels as early as 2017, claims Sabre. At ITB this week, Sabre's vice president of marketing for hospitality solu... Read More

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Lufthansa talks up direct connect as big corporate agency comes on-board

By Kevin May | March 11, 2016

Lufthansa claims it has achieved more progress with "B2B direct connections" in the last six months than in the previous five years. The airline group said during the ITB event in Berlin this week... Read More

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Executives at Unister, Germany's largest OTA, face legal twists

By Sean O'Neil | March 10, 2016

Executives, managers, and shareholders of German travel portal Unister -- a travel industry player on the level of vacation companies like Thomas Cook, TUI, and Kuoni -- have been facing legal trouble... Read More

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7 things that small travel providers need to do to compete

By Viewpoints | March 10, 2016

After reading Tnooz's article “Escapio switches to hotel metasearch: Will small OTAs follow?” on the change of the German online travel agency's (OTAs) business strategy, I began to ask myself if smal... Read More

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TurnKey raises $10 million to expand its vacation rentals management service

By Sean O'Neil | March 10, 2016

TurnKey, a company that sells technology to support vacation rental owners, has raised $10 million, bringing its total investment, to date, to $20 million. Prior investor Silverton Partners of Tex... Read More

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Even the UNWTO is talking about the sharing economy

By Kevin May | March 10, 2016

The World Tourism Organization is probably best known for a diplomatic and often high-brow approach to travel affecting the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. That's fair enough, given that... Read More

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Some digital tips for destination marketers on wooing Chinese outbound travelers

By Martin Cowen | March 10, 2016

Mobile is increasingly important for the Chinese outbound market and local experiences are starting to replace the bucket list. Or so says a panel of pundits and executives from the industry in Chi... Read More

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Travelport touts 100 airlines added in a year to its rich content tool

By Sean O'Neil | March 10, 2016

Travelport said Thursday that 150 airlines are now live with its array of merchandising products, -- which is 100 more than at the start of 2015. The company had previously announced reaching 100 a... Read More

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Five ways to improve your vacation rental technology

By Sponsored Content | March 10, 2016

As vacation rentals secure their rightful position as part of the accommodation mainstream, property owners and distributors have an increasing number of technology partners to work with. NB This i... Read More

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There's a hole in my Bucket - RIP another trip planning startup

By Kevin May | March 10, 2016

"With a heavy heart, today we announce that we'll be closing our doors on Bucket," says the email to users of the trip planning startup this week. In short, CEO and co-founder Julia Lam has shut th... Read More

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It’s time for the Moneyball of destination marketing

By Viewpoints | March 9, 2016

Destination marketers are rising up. Or as some of them put it: geeking up. They’re daring to bypass their ad agencies and parse big data to figure how to convert their relatively small marketing... Read More

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Booking.com boss is clicking annoyed

By Martin Cowen | March 9, 2016

Marketing initiatives by hotels chains such as Marriott and Hilton which talk up the benefit of booking direct, have not escaped the notice of Darren Huston, chief executive of Booking.com. “It’s a... Read More

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Google lets mobile catch up with desktop, launches Destinations

By Kevin May | March 9, 2016

Nearly three years ago, Google made a big effort to expand its travel search offering so that users could get inspiration for destinations. The destination advice tools sat at the top of the search... Read More

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Inside the United Airlines content deal with Routehappy

By Benét Wilson | March 9, 2016

United Airlines is the first of several airlines that have agreed to use the "heavy data elements" that have been collected by the New York company Routehappy. For almost a year, Routehappy has bee... Read More

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Hilton hires a cute robot to be a hotel concierge

By Kevin May | March 9, 2016

In further robot news, Hilton is piloting the use of a robot designed to act as a concierge alongside its existing reception staff. The robot, known as "Connie", will be tested at the chain's Hilto... Read More

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