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Anne Frank House protests GetYourGuide queue-hopping offer
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Anne Frank House protests GetYourGuide queue-hopping offer
By Sean O'Neil | March 18, 2015
In recent months, GetYourGuide, the Germany-based tours-and-activities platform, has been reselling advance tickets to Anne Frank House, in Amsterdam, at double the price the museum charges on its own... Read More
Merge loyalty and pricing to drive direct hotel bookings
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Merge loyalty and pricing to drive direct hotel bookings
By Viewpoints | March 18, 2015
Imagine a world without OTAs, without metasearch sites, where the internet is not dominated by Google. NB: This is an analysis by Patrick Bosworth, co-founder and CEO of Duetto. Just think about... Read More
Airbnb and Priceline join Expedia in halting Crimean travel bookings, but others don't
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Airbnb and Priceline join Expedia in halting Crimean travel bookings, but others don't
By Sean O'Neil | March 18, 2015
One year ago, Russia annexed Crimea, a territory that had been in eastern Ukraine. Since then Western sanctions on Crimea have put online travel companies in an awkward position. In December, US Pr... Read More
Conservative estimate? One in three airline boarding passes via mobile by 2019
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Conservative estimate? One in three airline boarding passes via mobile by 2019
By Kevin May | March 18, 2015
More than 1.5 billion boarding passes will be delivered to mobile devices by airlines within four years, a new study has suggested. Juniper Research claims the 2019 figure will be double the number... Read More
Skypicker, a Czech metasearch startup, nets $1M investment
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Skypicker, a Czech metasearch startup, nets $1M investment
By Sean O'Neil | March 17, 2015
Skypicker, a flight metasearch startup, has received a $1 million (950,000 Euro) venture investment from Ondrej Tomek, the Czech digital entrepreneur, who takes a 10% stake in the company. The fund... Read More
In tax case, Hawaiian high court sides with online travel agencies
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In tax case, Hawaiian high court sides with online travel agencies
By Sean O'Neil | March 17, 2015
Today Hawaii’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of online travel agencies, affirming an earlier tax appeal court decision. In the case of state of Hawaii versus Travelocity, the court ruled that the co... Read More
Wayfindr is a new student-led technology for the visually impaired traveler
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Wayfindr is a new student-led technology for the visually impaired traveler
By Nick Vivion | March 17, 2015
It's not often that the mainstream tech press covers ways in which destinations and cities can use technology to ease navigation challenges for the visually  impaired. A group of students have tackled... Read More
Rainmaker Group acquires hotel rate shopping service Revcaster
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Rainmaker Group acquires hotel rate shopping service Revcaster
By Kevin May | March 17, 2015
More moves in the hotel tech arena with the Rainmaker Group snapping up market intelligence and rate analytics service Revcaster. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Revcaster was created in 2... Read More
Will voice-activated flight search finally catch on?
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Will voice-activated flight search finally catch on?
By Nick Vivion | March 17, 2015
The latest foray of a travel brand into voice-activated search is called Opal. This time its OTA OneTravel stepping up to the microphone with its own personal voice assistant for its Android app. A... Read More
How to protect yourself from joining the plague of forgotten travel apps
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How to protect yourself from joining the plague of forgotten travel apps
By Nick Vivion | March 17, 2015
Forgotten travel apps are a blot on the landscape of the travel and holiday sectors, according to new Ipsos UK research. The research included a survey of 400 users online in each of three vertical... Read More
How the Orbitz Expedia deal came together
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How the Orbitz Expedia deal came together
By Sean O'Neil | March 17, 2015
When Orbitz Worldwide announced a proposed acquisition by Expedia Inc last month, it had reached the end of a long series of attempts to try to sell itself, the Chicago-based company revealed in a reg... Read More
Qunar marks shift from meta to OTA, from PC to mobile
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Qunar marks shift from meta to OTA, from PC to mobile
By Martin Cowen | March 17, 2015
Qunar has grown its revenues for 2014 by 106% compared with 2013, with mobile revenues up by a blockbuster 435%. The results put 2014 revenues at $283.1 million, with mobile accounting for 40% of t... Read More
Xotelia raises $1.4 million to accelerate vacation rental technology
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Xotelia raises $1.4 million to accelerate vacation rental technology
By Kevin May | March 17, 2015
Short-term rental technology provider Xotelia has secured close to $1.4 million (Euro 1.3 million) in a debut capital raising effort. Launched in 2012, until now the France-based software company,... Read More
Startup pitch: Distribusion wants to be the GDS for buses
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Startup pitch: Distribusion wants to be the GDS for buses
By Linda Fox | March 17, 2015
Hotels, flights and car-hire all sit within the systems of the global distributions so why not intercity bus travel? This is the idea behind Germany-based Distribusion and while the team originally... Read More
United, British Airways, and other airlines expand NDC tests of dynamic packaging
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United, British Airways, and other airlines expand NDC tests of dynamic packaging
By Sean O'Neil | March 16, 2015
New technology is enabling dynamic airfare packaging, such as a bundled offer of an airline seat and a bottle of champagne for a single price. But airlines are still figuring out the practicalities of... Read More
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