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Marriott looks to the moment as it upgrades mobile app
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Marriott looks to the moment as it upgrades mobile app
By Linda Fox | February 7, 2017
Marriott International has revamped its mobile application in a bid try and be more relevant to guests at the right time. Developments include design improvements, personalisation and better tie-in... Read More
HotelBeds buys Tourico Holidays distribution service
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HotelBeds buys Tourico Holidays distribution service
By Kevin May | February 7, 2017
HotelBeds Group is making a move to consolidate the travel wholesaler business with a deal to buy US-based Tourico Holidays. Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed and the deal is subject... Read More
TravelTriangle ramps up agent marketplace with $10 million funding
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TravelTriangle ramps up agent marketplace with $10 million funding
By Kevin May | February 7, 2017
India-based travel agent marketplace TravelTriangle has brought in another sizeable funding round - $10 million - to help accelerate its expansion as a company. The company has wooed RB Investments... Read More
Warburg Pincus builds up airline IT and cargo interests with Accelya deal
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Warburg Pincus builds up airline IT and cargo interests with Accelya deal
By Martin Cowen | February 7, 2017
Warburg Pincus has bought Barcelona-based airline IT firm Accelya from Chequers Capital, and will merge it with Mercator, the former airline IT unit of Emirates, which it bought in 2014. In a state... Read More
Marketers need to understand decision-making of travellers
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Marketers need to understand decision-making of travellers
By Viewpoints | February 7, 2017
Regardless of industry, it’s frighteningly easy to lose perspective on the role your company plays (or doesn’t) in people’s lives; as marketers, we often have an outsized view of how important our bra... Read More
Ground transportation narrows again - Groundlink sells to Marcou Transportation
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Ground transportation narrows again - Groundlink sells to Marcou Transportation
By Kevin May | February 6, 2017
Another noteworthy move in the ground transportation sector this week as Marcou Transportation Group buys two parts of the ecosystem to bolster its position. GroundLink and Limo Anywhere will both... Read More
Lola raises yet again - $10 million from Uber and Qunar backers
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Lola raises yet again - $10 million from Uber and Qunar backers
By Kevin May | February 6, 2017
GV and Tenaya Capital have joined the latest Series B round for on-demand travel service Lola, bringing the total in that investment to $25 million. The initial announcement of a $15 million round... Read More
Travel marketing is messy (and getting messier)
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Travel marketing is messy (and getting messier)
By Viewpoints | February 6, 2017
In 1999 my family took a trip to Florida. This trip was dreamt of through TV ads, planned through pamphlets and documented through rolls of film. NB: This is a viewpoint by Ryan Ruud, a digital mar... Read More
Booking.com to invest €2 million in green-friendly travel startups
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Booking.com to invest €2 million in green-friendly travel startups
By Kevin May | February 6, 2017
Booking.com has joined the travel startup accelerator trend by launching its own programme with a total fund of €2 million. The Priceline Group's own effort comes with a twist: it will only help an... Read More
Ryanair sticks to customer experience strategy as profit declines
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Ryanair sticks to customer experience strategy as profit declines
By Linda Fox | February 5, 2017
Ryanair will extend its holiday packages service to additional markets over the next few months. Ryanair Holidays, which launched in December in Ireland, Germany and the UK, has had its teething pr... Read More
Accor boosts rental position with Travel Keys acquisition
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Accor boosts rental position with Travel Keys acquisition
By Kevin May | February 5, 2017
Travel Keys, a modest player in the vacation rental sector, is to join the portfolio of alternative accommodation services at AccorHotels. "Exclusive negotiations" are underway for Accor to buy the... Read More
Travel industry warning: stop fearing Artificial Intelligence (embrace it instead)
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Travel industry warning: stop fearing Artificial Intelligence (embrace it instead)
By Viewpoints | February 3, 2017
Google is increasingly relying on machine learning to order search results, increasing concerns among travel brands about how they’ll continue to be ranked. Sure, Google’s use of machine learning m... Read More
Yatra numbers show scale of marketing spend gap with MakeMyTrip
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Yatra numbers show scale of marketing spend gap with MakeMyTrip
By Martin Cowen | February 3, 2017
Yatra.com's first quarterly earnings release since joining Nasdaq in December shows a 20%+ increase in booking volumes from its air and hotels business. In the Oct-Dec period, Yatra handled 1.8 mil... Read More
Mobile app startups - Credntia, OMitra, TheHopper
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Mobile app startups - Credntia, OMitra, TheHopper
By PhocusWire | February 3, 2017
This is a regular roundup of some of the latest mobile application startup launches in travel covering everything from trip inspiration and planning to virtual assistants. Credntia What is it?... Read More
When principles trump price and convenience (updated)
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When principles trump price and convenience (updated)
By Pamela Whitby | February 2, 2017
As Uber CEO Travis Kalanick settles down for some shuteye ahead of Donald Trump’s first business advisory group meeting in Washington tomorrow (Friday), there may be a couple of things that are keepin... Read More
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