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Ctrip vets overseas hotels for Chinese guests, with success
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Ctrip vets overseas hotels for Chinese guests, with success
By Viewpoints | December 21, 2015
One of the headwinds facing the Chinese outbound travel sector is the ability of international hotels to address the specific needs of the Chinese traveller. Ctrip, the country's leading OTA, has s... Read More
Looking back and ahead - vacation rentals in the mainstream
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Looking back and ahead - vacation rentals in the mainstream
By Viewpoints | December 21, 2015
As we reach 2016, Tnooz is unveiling its customary series of reflections on the year behind us and what the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry might expect looking ahead. And, as always, we'... Read More
Lyft wants to pick up an uber-large, $1 billion Series D
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Lyft wants to pick up an uber-large, $1 billion Series D
By Sean O'Neil | December 21, 2015
Transportation network company Lyft aims to raise up to $1 billion in new funding it revealed in a Delaware state filing -- which didn't name investors or state what valuation had been placed on the c... Read More
Useful IFTTT recipes to inspire travel brands
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Useful IFTTT recipes to inspire travel brands
By Nick Vivion | December 21, 2015
The past decade has seen an enormous shift in the way people travel, a change directly correlated with the rise of the mobile phone as the dominant way of accessing information. As the laptop ceas... Read More
Flight Centre nabs Student Universe, Ceetiz drives with Hertz, and more...
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Flight Centre nabs Student Universe, Ceetiz drives with Hertz, and more...
By PhocusWire | December 21, 2015
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for December 2015. Friday 21 December 2015: Flight Centre acquires StudentUniverse Tnooz r... Read More
Looking back and ahead - the corporate travel (r)evolution
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Looking back and ahead - the corporate travel (r)evolution
By Viewpoints | December 21, 2015
As we reach 2016, Tnooz is unveiling its customary series of reflections on the year behind us and what the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry might expect looking ahead. And, as always, we'... Read More
Lessons hoteliers can learn from Airbnb
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Lessons hoteliers can learn from Airbnb
By Viewpoints | December 21, 2015
Travellers have more choice and better rate transparency than ever when it comes to accommodation – thanks to the constant evolution of online distribution platforms – and hoteliers need to pay attent... Read More
Consolidation in UK tour operator tech as Atcore acquires TigerBay
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Consolidation in UK tour operator tech as Atcore acquires TigerBay
By Linda Fox | December 21, 2015
Reservation technology specialist Atcore has acquired tour operating system supplier TigerBay with terms of the deal undisclosed. Atcore believes the company is a good fit for it because TigerBay's... Read More
Six investments in - Amadeus Ventures on home runs and being hands on
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Six investments in - Amadeus Ventures on home runs and being hands on
By Linda Fox | December 21, 2015
Amadeus Ventures, a fund for early stage travel startups, is about to add a seventh startup to its portfolio, probably in Asia. The two-year old initiative has so far invested in six newbies includ... Read More
Airlines take off for Adyen
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Airlines take off for Adyen
By Martin Cowen | December 21, 2015
Payments technology firm Adyen has ended 2015 with more than 30 airline customers,  ten of which have signed during the past year. New signings in 2015 include easyJet, Vueling, and Alitalia in Eur... Read More
Since Expedia invested, CheckMate has sped up its rollout
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Since Expedia invested, CheckMate has sped up its rollout
By Sean O'Neil | December 21, 2015
Earlier this month, Expedia’s minority investment in hotel technology startup Alice made waves in the industry. But that wasn’t the first business-to-business (B2B) startup in hospitality that the... Read More
Looking back and ahead - hotel IT consolidation
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Looking back and ahead - hotel IT consolidation
By Viewpoints | December 20, 2015
As we reach 2016, Tnooz is unveiling its customary series of reflections on the year behind us and what the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry might expect looking ahead. And, as always, we'... Read More
Apple Watch - consumers have lost that lovin' feeling
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Apple Watch - consumers have lost that lovin' feeling
By Kevin May | December 20, 2015
The Apple Watch arrived on the scene in April this year, greeting with typical levels of Apple-related hype both from the company itself and its masses of fans. And given that this was an entirely... Read More
Startup pitch: Ally, a navigation app, deploys its $5 million in funding
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Startup pitch: Ally, a navigation app, deploys its $5 million in funding
By Nick Vivion | December 18, 2015
The Berlin startup Ally, which has received $5 million in investment so far, has built a multi-modal navigation app. An outgrowth of the startup Waymate, Ally has built an app for various devices (... Read More
New online course for social media marketing for hospitality
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New online course for social media marketing for hospitality
By Nick Vivion | December 18, 2015
The Internet might thrive on cat videos and stupid shenanigans caught on camera, but it also has quite the selection of location-independent education. So-called Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)... Read More
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