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January travel booking bug goes mobile and multi-device

By Daniele Beccari | January 23, 2017

The things we know already - mobile plays a vital role in the process of travel search and, increasingly, booking. We don’t wait until we get home or visit an offline agent anymore; we simply turn... Read More

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Viajala ready to ride the wave of interest in Latin America

By PhocusWire | January 23, 2017

Latin America's online travel sector is warming up on the sidelines, in readiness for its debut appearance on the main stage (if Nasdaq counts). Decolar, the Argentina-based OTA, is flying the flag... Read More

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Flyr predicts $8 million capital injection with accelerate growth

By Kevin May | January 23, 2017

Airfare analytics and forecasting company Flyr has attracted the investment capital of high-profile startup backer Peter Thiel to the tune of $8 million. Thiel, most famous for leading PayPal until... Read More

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Yatra opens marketplace as part of new look

By Martin Cowen | January 23, 2017

Yatra.com has launched a new brand identity a month or so after it debuted on the Nasdaq. The OTA has also announced that it will start operating a marketplace model which "allows verified sellers... Read More

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Digital travel forecast to be a $1,100 billion market in five years

By Kevin May | January 20, 2017

A new report has forecast the global digital travel sector could be worth $1,091 billion by 2022. The Allied Market Research study predicts the figure will be reached by way of more markets opening... Read More

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Untangling the spaghetti of hotel technology

By Viewpoints | January 20, 2017

A fly on the wall of a conversation about hospitality and hotel technology will almost invariably hear the word silos. How are technology silos holding us back, for instance? NB: This is an anal... Read More

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Under the bonnet with Mobacar - where AI, Amazon and innovation fit in

By PhocusWire | January 20, 2017

Car rental and ground transportation technology specialist Mobacar believes that building machine learning and artificial intelligence into its distribution platform is creating a new business model f... Read More

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Protecting booking engines from unwanted traffic

By Sponsored Content | January 20, 2017

It comes as no surprise, unfortunately, that the bad bots are getting more sophisticated by the day, ensuring the cyber chess game between security professionals and bad actors is as active as ever.... Read More

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Stay Alfred captures $15 million round to take rental service global

By Kevin May | January 19, 2017

Vacation rental startup Stay Alfred has raised its first round of capital - a sizeable $15 million - in a bid to expand the company outside of the US. The company confirmed the Series A round but h... Read More

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Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary and Donald Trump - two men with similar issues

By Viewpoints | January 19, 2017

Let’s play a game that I like to call "Who said this: Donald Trump or Michael O’Leary?" - US president-elect versus the Ryanair CEO. NB: This is an opinion by Matt Walker, chief storyteller at Like... Read More

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Travel brands on alert as Google increases machine learning on search results

By Kevin May | January 19, 2017

Travel brands should ensure they consider the search "intent" of prospective customers when optimising their pages, as Google turns more to advanced tech to serve results. That's the key message fr... Read More

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TUI taps 600 in-house social media feeds for content hub

By Martin Cowen | January 19, 2017

European travel giant TUI is launching www.travel.me, a portal which aggregates content from 600 social media accounts across the group. The move is being positioned as part of its oneBrand strateg... Read More

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But how do you feel? The role of emotion in travel purchasing decisions

By Viewpoints | January 19, 2017

Travelling is inherently emotional. Travellers can feel a plethora of emotions ahead of a trip: excitement, dread, comfort, or any combination thereof. But how can these emotions influence a purchasin... Read More

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Combining concepts for the hotel room of the future [VIDEO]

By Linda Fox | January 19, 2017

Hospitality management school Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne has released a video clip demonstrating the hotel room of the future. The YU virtual clip is the combination of two concepts devised by win... Read More

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Could a president Donald Trump protect his (and other) hotels by regulating Airbnb?

By Kevin May | January 18, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump is well-known now for not only mixing his metaphors but also proclaiming one thing and then saying something else later. Countless examples are being paraded in the mai... Read More

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