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tnoozLIVE@GBTA - NDC experts look ahead
News / Distribution
tnoozLIVE@GBTA - NDC experts look ahead
By Martin Cowen | August 29, 2018
The mood music around NDC has changed over the past few months - the sometimes melodic but often cacophanous background is now more coherent, more harmonious and more listened to. But some fine-tuning... Read More
eDreams ODIGEO starts to deliver on packages
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eDreams ODIGEO starts to deliver on packages
By Rob Gill | August 29, 2018
eDreams ODIGEO is increasing sales of dynamic packages and flight ancillaries, as well as seeing a higher rate of mobile bookings. The Barcelona-based, Spanish-listed company, which owns brands suc... Read More
Online travel bookings booming in China, India, driven by millennials
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Online travel bookings booming in China, India, driven by millennials
By Mitra Sorrells | August 29, 2018
Digital travel sales in China and India are far outpacing the rest of the world and that is expected to continue for the next several years.  ... Read More
Bye-bye POS; hello payments automation
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Bye-bye POS; hello payments automation
By Sponsored Content | August 29, 2018
Sponsored by Roomcloud All ecommerce players continue to look at ways to simplify processes and many continue to improve workflows which are already very efficient. The tourism industry is part... Read More
Fareportal integrates Routehappy rich content into booking flow
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Fareportal integrates Routehappy rich content into booking flow
By Marisa Garcia | August 29, 2018
Routehappy by ATPCO has announced a new partnership with Fareportal to introduce Universal Product Attribute (UPA) rich-content. A statement says that the integration is "a first for a consumer trave... Read More
Travello gets $5M round to push Bluetee marketing tech and expand
News / Startups
Travello gets $5M round to push Bluetee marketing tech and expand
By Kevin May | August 28, 2018
It's been a long time since a travel social network has caught some attention - but Travello has done so with a $5 million fund-raise.... Read More
Google offers hotel discounts to cloud users, upgrades search tools
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Google offers hotel discounts to cloud users, upgrades search tools
By Christina Jelski - Travel Weekly | August 28, 2018
Google has enhanced its flight and hotel search capabilities ahead of the U.S. holiday travel season, while concurrently announcing that it has started offering exclusive hotel discounts to paying users of Google One cloud storage.... Read More
Fareportal Routehappy integration
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Fareportal sites add seat photos and descriptions with Routehappy integration
By Mitra Sorrells | August 28, 2018
Fareportal has become the first consumer booking channel to integrate Routehappy’s Universal Product Attributes into its flight seat maps.  ... Read More
Etihad takes fintech startup route for loyalty redemption rethink
News / Technology
Etihad takes fintech startup route for loyalty redemption rethink
By Marisa Garcia | August 28, 2018
Etihad Airways has announced a partnership with payments technology startup Modo on "a unique loyalty redemption solution" for the airline industry. Dallas-based Modo specializes in creating intero... Read More
Search tips for brands to ride the wave of US inbound growth
News / Technology
Search tips for brands to ride the wave of US inbound growth
By Viewpoints | August 28, 2018
This is a viewpoint by James Pazhavila, travel analytical lead at Microsoft. After peaking in 2015 and then tapering off through 2017, data indicates that the number of inbound travelers to the US... Read More
In the green room at Phocuswright with... Steve Hafner
Interview / Online
In the green room at Phocuswright with... Steve Hafner
By PhocusWire | August 28, 2018
Smart and never short of an opinion or two (or ten), Kayak's leader since the outset features in an executive interview at The Phocuswright Conference 2018.... Read More
Surveying the travel startup landscape, part 4: Exit strategy
News / Startups
Surveying the travel startup landscape, part 4: Exit strategy
By Mitra Sorrells | August 28, 2018
For the final piece in our month-long series on startups, we gathered learnings from three companies that have been purchased in recent years.... Read More
Travello raises A$5 million for its social travel app
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Travello raises A$5 million for its social travel app
By Martin Cowen | August 28, 2018
Travello, an Australian-based social networking app for travellers, has closed an A$5 million ($3.7 million) funding round, earmarking the cash for product, engineering, customer care and marketing.... Read More
Distribution mishmash: how the beast of rate parity is evolving
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Distribution mishmash: how the beast of rate parity is evolving
By Sponsored Content | August 28, 2018
Sponsored by EyeForTravel A day in the life of somebody dealing with hotel distribution involves fighting lot of fires. “I think distribution teams are becoming more like guardians for rate an... Read More
Toyota invests $500M in Uber as part of deal to develop driverless cars
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Toyota invests $500M in Uber as part of deal to develop driverless cars
By Mitra Sorrells | August 28, 2018
Toyota and Uber will work together to develop self-driving cars, and the agreement comes with a $500 million investment in Uber by the Japanese automaker.... Read More