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Ukrainian Airlines slams on fees for every booking channel, but website is cheapest
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Ukrainian Airlines slams on fees for every booking channel, but website is cheapest
By Kevin May | April 21, 2017
Ukrainian International Airlines is to impose a $9 surcharge on every booking made through the world's Global Distribution Systems. The fee on each segment made on tickets bought via Amadeus, Trave... Read More
Voice getting louder in travel search and it's all about brand
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Voice getting louder in travel search and it's all about brand
By Linda Fox | April 21, 2017
Travel searches by voice are on the up according to some figures from Microsoft-owned Bing Ads. The company reveals that Britons are increasingly seeking to book their hotel using the Cortana digit... Read More
Hotelbeds to buy GTA as global bedbank consolidation continues
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Hotelbeds to buy GTA as global bedbank consolidation continues
By Martin Cowen | April 20, 2017
Hotelbeds Group has announced plans to buy fellow hotel wholesaler GTA, noting its "complementary operations and geographic footprints". Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. GTA has led a... Read More
Business travellers in the dark over Airbnb-style stays in company policy
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Business travellers in the dark over Airbnb-style stays in company policy
By Kevin May | April 20, 2017
Almost 40% of business trippers believe that staying in an Airbnb or similar property is allowed under corporate travel policy. But - and here's the rub - just one in six business travellers are ac... Read More
A perspective on the United Airlines story
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A perspective on the United Airlines story
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | April 20, 2017
Like many people, I have watched with somewhat sad feelings the giant mess that has been United Airlines and Dr Dao’s removal in Chicago recently. Rather than just throw more rocks at the poor folk... Read More
The time has come to retire expense spreadsheets
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The time has come to retire expense spreadsheets
By Sponsored Content | April 20, 2017
Expense management software adoption continues to grow, but a recent GBTA survey showed that 46% of business travelers are still required to submit their expenses manually, using receipts stapled to a... Read More
Routehappy teams up with ATPCO to unite pricing data with rich content
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Routehappy teams up with ATPCO to unite pricing data with rich content
By Michele McDonald | April 20, 2017
From a fare-filing system that some observers believed could become obsolete in the age of NDC and other innovations, ATPCO is expanding its purview. A new partnership with Routehappy, the company... Read More
Malaysia Airlines implements global flight tracking
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Malaysia Airlines implements global flight tracking
By Marisa Garcia | April 20, 2017
Three years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the airline is claiming a world first with the activation of 100% global tracking of its flights.... Read More
DreamCheaper raises €1.5 million to boost hotel rebooking platform
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DreamCheaper raises €1.5 million to boost hotel rebooking platform
By Kevin May | April 20, 2017
DreamCheaper, a service that searches for cheaper hotel rates and rebooks a room on behalf of guests, has brought in a further €1.5 million in funding. The cap-raise brings the total so far investe... Read More
Peek snaps up troubled tours and activities rival Zozi
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Peek snaps up troubled tours and activities rival Zozi
By Michele McDonald | April 19, 2017
Peek, a tours and activities platform based in San Francisco, acquired Zozi, a rival that has seen some drama in recent months. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Terms of the transaction... Read More
Freebird flies with $5 million as it eyes expansion in corporate travel
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Freebird flies with $5 million as it eyes expansion in corporate travel
By Linda Fox | April 19, 2017
Freebird, a startup to help travellers rebook flights following disruption, has received a fresh cash injection of $5 million. The funding comes from General Catalyst and Accomplice which also led... Read More
The power of packages for hotels
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The power of packages for hotels
By Sponsored Content | April 19, 2017
Hotels currently have a variety of ways to sell rooms. The halcyon days of basing distribution strategy around the simplistic "direct" and "third-party" options are long gone. Merchant model or net... Read More
TripAdvisor hits half a billion reviews, talks up CSI capabilities
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TripAdvisor hits half a billion reviews, talks up CSI capabilities
By Kevin May | April 19, 2017
TripAdvisor is celebrating after reaching a half a billion travel reviews milestone on the site - with nearly 300 hitting the site every minute. The company, now 17 years old, says it has "revoluti... Read More
AirAsia looks to boost ancillary services through Touristly investment
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AirAsia looks to boost ancillary services through Touristly investment
By Linda Fox | April 19, 2017
AirAsia plans to acquire 50% of Touristly, an online travel planning service for the APAC region. The value of the deal is said to be just over £2 million (Rm11.5 million) and includes an asset inj... Read More
Google tests search for package travel in Europe
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Google tests search for package travel in Europe
By Kevin May | April 19, 2017
Google is experimenting with metasearch for packaged trips - one of the mainstays of the European travel sector. The search giant insists that it is purely in "test" phase with the service, limitin... Read More
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