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Amadeus on changing business models, tech ROI and NDC
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Amadeus on changing business models, tech ROI and NDC
By Marisa Garcia | October 31, 2017
Business strategy evolution is as critical as technology revolution according to a senior executive from Amadeus. In the sidelines of IATA’s World Passenger Symposium in Barcelona last week, tnooz... Read More
How iCruise.com defeated web scrapers with Distil Networks
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How iCruise.com defeated web scrapers with Distil Networks
By Sponsored Content | October 31, 2017
Travel suppliers, airlines, hotels, OTAs, and metasearch sites are constantly scraped and abused by bad bots. These automated visitors inflict long-term SEO damage, pillage customer accounts, skew loo... Read More
Destinations go digital - quirky campaigns that help tell a story
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Destinations go digital - quirky campaigns that help tell a story
By Rob Gill | October 31, 2017
It would probably be fair to say that tourist offices and destinations have not generally been in the vanguard of digital marketing. But there are signs that this is changing with an increasing num... Read More
Finnair looks to simplify direct booking via API technology
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Finnair looks to simplify direct booking via API technology
By Marisa Garcia | October 30, 2017
Finnair has selected Amadeus’ Digital Retail API to simplify bookings on the airline's website and mobile app.  The website and mobile app handle one quarter of the airline’s sales, and together form... Read More
Transforming the future of the travel experience, one mobile at a time
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Transforming the future of the travel experience, one mobile at a time
By Sponsored Content | October 30, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Robert Meza, head of travel at the ENTERTAINER. Take a minute to imagine that you’ve just arrived in Barcelona (or Bangkok, London, Perth, you choose). You’ve got just 12 h... Read More
Are Google and Facebook helpful to airlines, or just helping themselves?
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Are Google and Facebook helpful to airlines, or just helping themselves?
By Viewpoints | October 30, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Matt Walker, chief storyteller at Likewhere. Google and Facebook continue to help their airline partners by releasing all manner of travel-related products. In fact, they a... Read More
tnoozLIVE@Arival: Gray Line CEO Brad Weber
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tnoozLIVE@Arival: Gray Line CEO Brad Weber
By Nick Vivion | October 27, 2017
This is the first part in a series of articles spun out of tnoozLIVE@Arival, recorded live at the Arival in-destination event held at the LINQ in Las Vegas. More clips to come! To learn more about how... Read More
Expedia Inc Q3s home in on HomeAway
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Expedia Inc Q3s home in on HomeAway
By Martin Cowen | October 27, 2017
HomeAway has been given an noticeably higher profile in parent company Expedia Inc's latest earnings release, with bosses talking in terms of its "ecommerce transition" adding that it is also "growing... Read More
App in the Air reveals AI-powered, voice-search enabled, augmented reality booking
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App in the Air reveals AI-powered, voice-search enabled, augmented reality booking
By Marisa Garcia | October 27, 2017
The developers behind App in the Air presented a live demo of its new artificial intelligence-powered, voice-search enabled, augmented reality  booking experience during Innovation Day at IATA's World... Read More
Dockless: Exploring the fastest growing sector of the sharing economy
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Dockless: Exploring the fastest growing sector of the sharing economy
By Matt Radack | October 27, 2017
Chinese technology companies are often accused of being knockoffs of American firms, but Silicon Valley startup LimeBike’s recent 50 million Series B round shows that the copycat model can apply in th... Read More
travel technology planning
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Eight technology takeaways to make travel better
By Staff - Web In Travel | October 26, 2017
From opportunity markets to product innovation to new tech, a lot was discussed at the Web In Travel Conference in Singapore.... Read More
Flair Airlines turns to Salesforce as it assumes mantle of Canadian ULCC
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Flair Airlines turns to Salesforce as it assumes mantle of Canadian ULCC
By Michele McDonald | October 26, 2017
Flair Airlines, a charter carrier based in the western province of British Columbia that is taking a run at the ultra-low-cost market, is bringing in some big-name help to get it right. The company... Read More
GuestReady looks to consolidate as cash injection spurs Asia growth
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GuestReady looks to consolidate as cash injection spurs Asia growth
By Pamela Whitby | October 26, 2017
Just a year after launching its managed services for short-term vacation rentals, GuestReady has made its first acquisition and secured seed funding to the tune of £2.3 million. The cash injection,... Read More
What we learned analyzing 496,470 hotel affiliate clicks
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What we learned analyzing 496,470 hotel affiliate clicks
By Viewpoints | October 26, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Jeff Howard, founder of HotelsNearDCMetro.com.Opinions and views expressed by all guest contributors do not necessarily reflect those of tnooz, its writers, or its partners.... Read More
The NEXTT initiative from IATA aims to speed up passenger processing
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The NEXTT initiative from IATA aims to speed up passenger processing
By Marisa Garcia | October 26, 2017
IATA and the Airports Council International (ACI) will collaborate on an initiative to further improve travel technology and journey design. The program, called NEXTT (New Experience in Travel and... Read More
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