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How the right travel protection offering can support your brand’s positioning

By Sponsored Content | November 22, 2016

Two trends are driving the travel industry right now, and they represent a great opportunity for travel insurance brands. One, more people are travelling more often, and two, more travellers are consi... Read More

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Four ways to help your hotel master online reviews

By Viewpoints | November 22, 2016

Imagine what would happen if a member of your staff blatantly ignored guests at the front desk who wanted to discuss their hotel stay. What if this employee promptly deleted emails with guest feedback... Read More

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Wifi provision begins to impact choice of hotels, airports and airlines

By Kevin May | November 22, 2016

Such is the desire to stay connected as much as possible these days, travellers will go so far as to only select products based on their ability to provide wifi. Countless studies have shown that w... Read More

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WeSwap raises £2.4 million through crowdfunding

By Linda Fox | November 22, 2016

WeSwap, the currency swapping service, has raised just over £2.4 million through a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The peer-to-peer service, startup pitch here, raised the funds with 2,961 people... Read More

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Gogobot rebrands as Trip.com and plots to outwit the travel behemoths

By Sean O'Neil | November 21, 2016

Travel recommendation platform Gogobot rebranded last week as Trip.com and added several new tools that it believes will enable it to outwit larger efforts at in-destination and "in-country" tourism b... Read More

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Self-driving cars set for major ignition by 2025, taxis and on-demand most impacted

By Kevin May | November 21, 2016

Some 22 million self-driving cars are expected to be on the roads worldwide by 2025 - a metric with huge implications for the travel sector. The manufacture of the vehicles will accelerate rapidly... Read More

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Priceline Group predicts rise of travel besties - smart tech that understands traveller needs

By Kevin May | November 21, 2016

"Instant Gratification 2.0" is how the Priceline Group is defining how tech will influence travellers as they look for and interact with travel brands. The industry powerhouse behind companies such... Read More

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How to burst the bubble of Airbnb Trips in two phone calls

By Viewpoints | November 21, 2016

Last week Airbnb released what is essentially its first new product since the company's inception in 2008. The absolute leader in peer-to-peer rentals and a flagship innovator in the share economy,... Read More

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Millennials and ride-sharing fit perfectly - but is it all about Uber?

By Kevin May | November 18, 2016

The answer to that question in the headline about Uber is, at least in the case of the US, generally a "yes". A study by research house ReportLinker found that brand awareness amongst millennials w... Read More

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Hafner isn't having it — Kayak's CEO critiques Google, Airbnb, and others

By Sean O'Neil | November 18, 2016

Steve Hafner, co-founder and chief executive of Kayak, is living up to his reputation for being one of the liveliest annual on-stage interviewees at the Phocuswright Conference. On-stage he says th... Read More

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Airbnb claims most significant development in its history - moving beyond accommodation

By Kevin May | November 18, 2016

It's big rhetoric time at Airbnb this week, with the home sharing giant claiming at its annual hoedown that it is going to "make travel magical again". The worst kept secret in recent months has se... Read More

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eDreams Odigeo strategy overhaul pays modest dividends

By Kevin May | November 18, 2016

European online travel agency group eDreams Odigeo has credited mobile activity and improvements to its business model for an uplift in revenue. The company brought in €241 million in revenue in th... Read More

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AccorHotels starts marketing independent US hotels on its platform

By Sean O'Neil | November 17, 2016

When is a hotel also an intermediary? When it's French giant AccorHotels. The company's distribution experiment in Europe — which has been hotly discussed at conferences this year — is now coming t... Read More

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MakeMyTrip sees Ibibo as key to capturing offline-to-online shift

By Martin Cowen | November 17, 2016

MakeMyTrip co-founder and India CEO Rajesh Magow believes that its recent merger with Ibibo Group will create a business capable of dominating all aspects of the Indian online travel market. The de... Read More

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Expedia signs first global hotel deal for MeetingMarket

By Linda Fox | November 17, 2016

Expedia has signed Best Western Europe as the first global white label partner for its MeetingMarket technology. From January, the meetings and event booking portal, unveiled just over a year ago,... Read More

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