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Interview: Designing apps for the future with HotelTonight's Madhu Prabaker

By Nick Vivion | August 31, 2017

HotelTonight's Madhu Prabaker has built a career in designing experiences for a peculiar kind of beast: marketplaces. These types of companies require a delicate balance of competing interests from di... Read More

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Ctrip heralds early success of Skyscanner's direct booking option

By Martin Cowen | August 31, 2017

Ctrip's second quarter earnings release talks about a 50% improvement in mobile conversion rates from the early iterations of Skyscanner's direct booking business. Executive chairman James Liang su... Read More

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Pizzas, spam and Byzantine generals - the origins of Blockchain

By Viewpoints | August 31, 2017

This is a viewpoint by Brian Lewis, chief technology officer for OpenJaw Technologies. Like most things, Blockchain didn’t just appear out of thin air. It is a combination and extension of already... Read More

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Wasting no time, Expedia taps Okerstrom as new chief executive officer

By Michele McDonald | August 30, 2017

Expedia Inc. moved quickly to replace its departing chief executive officer, naming Mark Okerstrom to the position. Okerstrom, currently chief financial Officer and executive vice president of oper... Read More

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TravelBank brings in $25 million Series B with focus on automatic rewards product

By PhocusWire | August 30, 2017

TravelBank, the travel and entertainment expense management solution, has raised $25 million in its Series B. According to the announcement, the round was "led by DCM Ventures with participation fr... Read More

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Interview: Dara Khosrowshahi remains mum on Uber job, highlights Expedia growth

By Kerry Medina | August 30, 2017

On Tuesday morning at 10am Pacific Daylight Time, Dara Khosrowshahi sat comfortably in a conference room on the 17th floor of Expedia’s Bellevue, Washington headquarters, giving no indication of his p... Read More

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Hong Kong VCs see potential in Treebo, back $35 million Series C

By Martin Cowen | August 30, 2017

India's technology-enabled budget hotel brand Treebo Hotels has confirmed a $35 million in a Series C round, bring its total raised since its 2015 launch to $60 million. Its first funding was a $6... Read More

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Datalex targets new revenue streams via AI, payments and an OTA platform

By Martin Cowen | August 30, 2017

Datalex has started its 2017 financial year strongly, reaffirming its guidance for a 15-20% full-year increase in adjusted EBITDA. For the six months to end-Jun, total revenues came in at $30.3 mil... Read More

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Hotelchamp books another €2.25 million

By Martin Cowen | August 30, 2017

Amsterdam-based direct booking specialist Hotelchamp has raised €2.25 million from new and existing investors, bringing its total raised so far to €4 million. The business, which was founded in 201... Read More

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Interview: Mobility solutions, Waymo, and Zipcar with Avis Budget Group's Jeff Kaelin

By Nick Vivion | August 29, 2017

Jeff Kaelin's been busy. As the vice president of products for Avis Budget Group, he's been listening to customers and infusing feedback into a modernized user experience. The flagship brand's new app... Read More

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A defining moment for dynamic pricing and offers

By Sponsored Content | August 29, 2017

This is a viewpoint by Daniel Friedli of Travel in Motion, on behalf of Datalex . With the trend towards digital retailing in the airline industry, and the desire for airlines to become the sole s... Read More

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IHG’s mantra for localization in China – be 'fully embedded'

By Sponsored Content | August 28, 2017

This is a viewpoint from China Travel Daily.This article appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. When you understand data, technology, and media mix, by being in proximity with l... Read More

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Beleaguered Uber offers chief executive job to Expedia Inc.'s Khosrowshahi

By Michele McDonald | August 28, 2017

In a surprise move, the board of ride-hailing company Uber tapped Dara Khosrowshahi as its new chief executive officer. There are a few formalities that still need to be attended to, such as offici... Read More

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Can Blockchain technology liberate travel inventory?

By Viewpoints | August 25, 2017

This is a viewpoint by Trond Vidar Bjorøy, head of product development and implementation, Nordics for ATPI. The views expressed are the views and opinions of the author and do not reflect or represen... Read More

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Uber's first deck - correct about GPS and data, less so on profit

By Martin Cowen | August 25, 2017

If there is such a thing as a sharing economy historian, then access to Uber's first pitch deck could be a 21st century equivalent of the Holy Grail. Its former CEO and co-founder Garrett Camp has... Read More

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