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Completing the travel and aviation buzzword rankings
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Completing the travel and aviation buzzword rankings
By Sponsored Content | August 23, 2018
Sponsored by Global Aviation Festival What are the top 10 buzzwords in aviation and travel in 2018? We’ve already identified the top five - digital, experience, loyalty, ancillary and AI/artificia... Read More
Homelike 14M funding
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Business apartment booking platform Homelike raises $14M, plans global expansion
By Mitra Sorrells | August 23, 2018
Homelike, a marketplace for long-term business apartments, has raised $14 million in a round led by Spark Capital with participation from existing investors Cherry Ventures, Lürssen and Coparion.  ... Read More
Online accounts for 80% of under-30s travel bookings, OTAs dominate (for now)
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Online accounts for 80% of under-30s travel bookings, OTAs dominate (for now)
By Rob Gill | August 22, 2018
Online travel agents (OTAs) are the most popular option for booking flights and accommodation within the youth and student market. A survey of more than 57,000 travellers aged under 30 by WYSE Trav... Read More
STARTUP STAGE: SpareFare creates a sharing economy for travel refunds
Interview / Startups
STARTUP STAGE: SpareFare creates a sharing economy for travel refunds
By Kevin May | August 22, 2018
London-based SpareFare has developed a mechanism and platform so that travelers can get their money back on non-refundable ticket reservations on hotels or airlines.... Read More
Live streaming from the Global Aviation Festival in London… tnoozLIVE@GAF September 6-7, 2018
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Live streaming from the Global Aviation Festival in London… tnoozLIVE@GAF September 6-7, 2018
By Martin Cowen | August 22, 2018
tnooz is proud to have been selected by the Global Aviation Festival to be their exclusive live streaming partner for their world class conference and expo beginning September 6, 2018. Presente... Read More
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Interview / Startups
In The Big Chair - Bonny Simi of JetBlue Technology Ventures
By Mitra Sorrells | August 22, 2018
Founded in 2016, JetBlue Technology Ventures invests in and works with early stage travel technology startups with the goal of improving the travel experience across the whole travel ecosystem - not just for airlines.... Read More
dmo facebook advertising
News / Online
User-generated content not top of mind for DMOs on Facebook
By Jill Menze | August 22, 2018
State destination marketing organizations in the United States are slow to adopt user-generated content in their Facebook advertising, with the majority relying on stock imagery in posts.... Read More
The new digital KPIs for DMOs to measure success
News / Distribution
The new digital KPIs for DMOs to measure success
By Viewpoints | August 22, 2018
This is a viewpoint by Ted Sullivan, vice president of resort and destination analytics for Adara. Destination marketers (DMOs) are able to craft a compelling campaign and distribute said campaign... Read More
wi-Q becomes first hospitality tech firm to partner with Fetch.AI
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wi-Q becomes first hospitality tech firm to partner with Fetch.AI
By Marisa Garcia | August 22, 2018
Fetch.AI, the smart ledger firm whose founders include scientists and investors from DeepMind, has linked up with hospitality m-commerce specialist wi-Q Technologies to offer AI-powered predictions an... Read More
Using data to help shift tours and activities from mobile-friendly to mobile-optimised
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Using data to help shift tours and activities from mobile-friendly to mobile-optimised
By Sponsored Content | August 21, 2018
Sponsored by Checkfront. The go-to statistic when discussing the potential of tours and activities comes from research which says the sector will be worth “$183 billion by 2020.” That sum repres... Read More
Ctrip adds tours and activities inventory to Trip.com
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Ctrip adds tours and activities inventory to Trip.com
By Jill Menze | August 21, 2018
Ctrip is bringing tours and activities to more customers by adding its Things to Do product to Trip.com.... Read More
Getaround 300M funding series D
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Car-share service Getaround nails $300M funding round
By Mitra Sorrells | August 21, 2018
Getaround, a platform that provides instant and keyless carsharing, has secured $300 million in a Series D financing round led by SoftBank, with participation from Toyota Motor Corporation.  ... Read More
Travel startups: What's the ten-year investment, growth and failure picture?
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Travel startups: What's the ten-year investment, growth and failure picture?
By Kevin May | August 21, 2018
The number of new travel startups has fallen dramatically in the last two years, coinciding with a significant increase in the amount of money flowing in to the market.... Read More
WayBlazer postmortem: Why did travel's highest-profile AI company fail?
Opinion / Technology
WayBlazer postmortem: Why did travel's highest-profile AI company fail?
By Arnie Weissmann - Travel Weekly | August 21, 2018
Among the reasons many of us were surprised last month by the demise of WayBlazer, travel's highest-profile artificial intelligence initiative, was that we had become habituated to the success of enterprises operated with Terry Jones' oversight.... Read More
BCD points to specific use cases for emerging tech
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BCD points to specific use cases for emerging tech
By Rob Gill | August 21, 2018
Emerging technologies including blockchain, virtual reality and bots can help corporate travel buyers to improve their sourcing from suppliers, according to a new guide from travel management company... Read More