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Didi and Softbank lead $2.5 billion round for Grab

By Martin Cowen | July 26, 2017

The taxi-app goldrush continues apace, with southeast Asia's Grab in line for a $2.5 billion injection, the largest ever financing round seen in the region. The funding is being led by China's domi... Read More

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Wifi now in top three factors making passengers switch airline

By Marisa Garcia | July 26, 2017

Global mobile satellite communications firm, Inmarsat, has published the result of its annual inflight wifi survey showing that nearly half (44%) of all respondents would switch airlines if wifi was n... Read More

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SnapTravel raises $8 million Series A

By Martin Cowen | July 26, 2017

Toronto-based SnapTravel, which allows users to search and book hotels via Facebook Messenger and SMS, has secured a Series A funding round worth $8 million, led by iNovia. The funding will be used... Read More

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As tours and activities industry matures, Rezdy wants to function as its GDS

By Michele McDonald | July 25, 2017

A few years ago, most travelers could name one, maybe two, companies that were in the tours and activities business. Now, by PhoCusWright’s reckoning, it is the third largest travel segment after airl... Read More

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Hoteliers need to think wifi not Weibo to satisfy Chinese outbound

By Martin Cowen | July 25, 2017

The sixth edition of hotels.com's annual Chinese International Travel Monitor identifies a disconnect between what hoteliers are doing for their Chinese travellers and what the travellers actually wan... Read More

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Beyond Pricing acquires Smart Host

By Linda Fox | July 25, 2017

Vacation rental tech specialist Beyond Pricing has acquired Smart Host, which provides pricing intelligence to rental home owners. Beyond Pricing, (Startup pitch here), is combining technology from... Read More

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Five tools to improve direct booking conversion rates

By Viewpoints | July 25, 2017

The average conversion rate for direct bookings is about 1%. How can hoteliers convert those 99% visitors who leave the website? NB This is a viewpoint by Catarina Pimental, marketing manager for G... Read More

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Amadeus launches platform for ground transfers

By Marisa Garcia | July 25, 2017

Amadeus has announced the launch of a new pre-bookable ground transfer solution available on desktop, mobile and web service applications The distribution giant cites the Phocuswright 'Hail This!'... Read More

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Trivago improves rates and demand feature in Hotel Manager Pro

By Martin Cowen | July 25, 2017

Hotel meta Trivago has upgraded its Rates Insight tool to give hoteliers access to not only competitors' pricing information, sourced from some 180 sites, but also demand patterns. The idea is that... Read More

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Sharing economy could be worth $40 billion by 2022

By Martin Cowen | July 24, 2017

Juniper Research's latest attempt to quantify the so-called sharing economy sees it place a value on the sector of $40.2 billion by 2022, compared with this year's $18.6 billion. The valuation is b... Read More

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Sun, sea, sand and data

By Viewpoints | July 24, 2017

With the summer season officially under way, and the recent heatwave spreading sunshine across the UK, Britons are busy booking last minute holidays to keep that summer feeling alive for as long as po... Read More

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Yatra makes big corporate travel statement with Air Travel Bureau takeover

By Martin Cowen | July 24, 2017

India's Nasdaq-listed OTA Yatra.com has agreed to acquire Air Travel Bureau (ATB) for an undisclosed sum. A statement said that ATB is India's largest independent corporate travel services firm, wi... Read More

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Sabre files appeal seeking to overturn verdict in US Airways case

By Michele McDonald | July 21, 2017

Sabre Corp. filed its opening appeal brief seeking to reverse the December 2016 verdict and damages award in a lawsuit brought by US Airways. The jury, which heard the case in the US District Court... Read More

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Data and design can keep mobile travellers engaged

By Viewpoints | July 21, 2017

Our lives have become increasingly mobile, with research showing that US consumers spend more than five hours each day interacting with on-the-go devices. NB This is a viewpoint by Ed Burek, direct... Read More

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Move over bots, email is still the boss

By Martin Cowen | July 21, 2017

US consumers prefer travel and hospitality brands to communicate with them via email rather than other channels, says a new study from Campaign Monitor. While there is an element of "MRDA " - an em... Read More

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