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How to craft an intelligent affiliate program that enhances your travel business
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How to craft an intelligent affiliate program that enhances your travel business
By Nick Vivion | September 12, 2017
Affiliate marketing is nothing new in travel. In fact, affiliate programs feature prominently in several current unicorns, such as Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb, as well as companies like Kayak. Travel gi... Read More
tnoozLIVE@Arival: Watch the livestream here on Thursday and Friday
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tnoozLIVE@Arival: Watch the livestream here on Thursday and Friday
By Nick Vivion | September 12, 2017
Welcome to the inaugural tnoozLIVE@ event! We are creating the editorial layer on events and conferences around the world. By bringing our perspective live to the event, we're able to go deeper into t... Read More
Six Israel-grown travel tech startups set to take off
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Six Israel-grown travel tech startups set to take off
By Viewpoints | September 12, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Oren Todoros, founder and CEO at BigIntro. With a population of just over eight million people and more than 7,000 startups Israel is often compared to the vibrancy of Sili... Read More
Women taking the lead on hotel websites
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Women taking the lead on hotel websites
By Marisa Garcia | September 12, 2017
Women dominate hotel search on digital platforms, though men are more likely to convert when they visit according to a booking trends report. The Net Affinity study, which looks at data from 12.8 m... Read More
tnooz workshop: Don’t let bad bots deflate your conversion rates and brand
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tnooz workshop: Don’t let bad bots deflate your conversion rates and brand
By PhocusWire | September 12, 2017
Forward-thinking travel brands understand the importance of IT and business working together to solve the bad bot problem. When aggressive scrapers caused slowdowns on iCruise.com, Antoine Zammit,... Read More
Digitally reactive mail - the brains of programmatic meet the beauty of tangible media
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Digitally reactive mail - the brains of programmatic meet the beauty of tangible media
By Viewpoints | September 11, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Jim Price, VP sales, travel, at PebblePost. As a travel marketer in 2017, part of your job is spotting future trends and ensuring that you are leveraging the best new solut... Read More
How the iPhone has been making its mark on travel [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How the iPhone has been making its mark on travel [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Linda Fox | September 11, 2017
The iPhone is 10 years old this year so Travelport has taken the opportunity to look at how it has impacted travel. Elements which standout include the evolution of mobile apps as well as how telet... Read More
How simplicity and lifestyle branding drive loyalty for airlines
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How simplicity and lifestyle branding drive loyalty for airlines
By Marisa Garcia | September 11, 2017
JetBlue is using technology to bring humanity back to travel. Speaking at the Aviation Festival in London last week, Eash Sundaram, CIO, JetBlue credited technology for helping the airline deliver... Read More
Skyscanner sees big boosts in conversion for users of its Direct Booking solution
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Skyscanner sees big boosts in conversion for users of its Direct Booking solution
By Michele McDonald | September 8, 2017
Skyscanner’s Direct Booking solution, which seeks to provide a flexible, optimized retail experience, has seen an across-the-board increase in conversion of 20% among the airlines and online travel ag... Read More
Adapt to digital or perish, airline leaders warn
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Adapt to digital or perish, airline leaders warn
By Marisa Garcia | September 8, 2017
Attendees at this week's Aviation Festival in London received strong advice from fellow business leaders to sharpen up not only their digital platforms but also their data management infrastructure to... Read More
Certify adds services for large companies, while Concur targets the small
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Certify adds services for large companies, while Concur targets the small
By Michele McDonald | September 7, 2017
NuTravel, a provider of B2B and B2C booking technology for airlines, sold its corporate online booking technology to Certify, an expense management firm. Certify will use the technology to form the... Read More
Distribution dilemma for Latin America airlines
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Distribution dilemma for Latin America airlines
By Viewpoints | September 7, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Thomas Allier, co-founder and CEO at Viajala. In the 1930's Uruguayan artist Joaquin Torres Garcia opened a modern art school in Montevideo. In the 1940s he designed a logo... Read More
GoFro nabs more cash from MakeMyTrip and others, heads to Japan
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GoFro nabs more cash from MakeMyTrip and others, heads to Japan
By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2017
Indian online holiday marketplace GoFro has confirmed MakeMyTrip as one of the participants in a Series B round worth more than $10 million. The round has yet to close, with other investors in talk... Read More
Alice acquires GoConcierge to push further into hotels
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Alice acquires GoConcierge to push further into hotels
By Linda Fox | September 7, 2017
Hotel services platform Alice has purchased GoConcierge, a software for concierges, for an undisclosed sum. The deal comes hard on the heals of $26 million in Series B funding that Alice secured a... Read More
OYO flexes muscles with $250 million raise, looks beyond India
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OYO flexes muscles with $250 million raise, looks beyond India
By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2017
OYO Rooms, the first and now largest technology-enabled branded online accommodation aggregator in India, has picked up another $250 million in a Series D round, bringing the total raised since its 20... Read More
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