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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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Stop declining these travellers’ orders!

By Sponsored Content | November 17, 2016

Airlines and online travel agencies (OTAs) invest considerable funds and go to great lengths in an effort to prevent online fraud and the ensuing losses. But while trying to avoid chargebacks, many... Read More

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Air Black Box attracts further airline financial backing

By Kevin May | November 17, 2016

Airline passenger IT and booking system Air Black Box (ABB) has attracted investment from two carriers in the Asia-Pacific region: ANA and Cebu Pacific. The amount invested in the business to becom... Read More

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Social app for business travel and voice service win Marriott accelerator

By Linda Fox | November 17, 2016

Marriott has recently stepped up its quest to be more innovative and ready to meet the expectations of today's demanding travellers. Ten days ago, in the basement meeting rooms of the Marriott Lond... Read More

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Expedia's CEO talks long-term strategy

By Sean O'Neil | November 16, 2016

Yesterday Expedia Inc's chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi took a break at the Phocuswright Conference to speak with Tnooz about his company's strategy. Tnooz: As CEO you have to have the long-term... Read More

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Google says US hotel-related searches are up 25% in the US

By Sean O'Neil | November 16, 2016

Conventional wisdom says that using search to plan and book travel is old-fashioned. Consumers now start their trip research elsewhere, such as on Facebook or Apple TV, or they may book via a reviews... Read More

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Lufthansa flatbats DCC questions

By Martin Cowen | November 16, 2016

Lufthansa continues to talk the talk around the impact of its year-old distribution cost charge (DCC), although concrete details about the impact on its bookings and bottom line remain elusive. Las... Read More

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Former Expedia exec heralds voice as the next big thing

By Martin Cowen | November 16, 2016

Listen up, voice search is being tipped to have as big an impact on the travel industry as mobile. Or, at least so says Simon Breakwell, who founded Expedia's European operations, and has also worked... Read More

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Why is more important than how in travel

By Sponsored Content | November 16, 2016

Research groups, events organizers, media outlets, to say nothing of suppliers, are in a constant battle to keep on top of the internal and external forces impacting the travel industry. NB This is... Read More

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Startup Pitch: Perfect Price applies science to revenue management

By Kevin May | November 16, 2016

Revenue management in the travel industry used to be considered an artform - but now brands should think of it in scientific terms. That's the message behind Perfect Price, a San Francisco, US-base... Read More

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Travelers who take selfies remember their trips better, study claims

By Sean O'Neil | November 15, 2016

The conventional wisdom is that taking pictures reduces a traveler's chance of remembering a trip's details. This opinion was summed up nicely by the actress Julie Delpy in the 2007 movie 2 Days i... Read More

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Travel startup Lola acquires Room 77, the hotel metasearch platform

By Sean O'Neil | November 15, 2016

Travel technology startup Lola has acquired Room 77, the hotel metasearch platform. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. In a post on Medium, Lola founder and chief executive Paul English say... Read More

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NDC for hotels? Amadeus calls for industry to adopt its IT standards

By Sean O'Neil | November 15, 2016

The hotel industry is fragmented, and so are the standards it uses to categorize its data. The industry would be better able to communicate with each other if its systems used common standards for dat... Read More

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ATPCO incoming CEO pledges important role in future of airline distribution

By Kevin May | November 15, 2016

In an industry full of insidery type organsations and protocols, ATPCO is one of the most important but rarely discussed elements in the food chain. The Airline Tariff Publishing Company has its ro... Read More

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