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Travel tech CEO allegedly fell for a €1.5 million scam before his fatal flight

By Sean O'Neil | August 22, 2016

In the days in July before his chartered plane crashed in Slovenia, Thomas Wagner, founder of Germany's largest homegrown seller of package tours, was conned out of €1.5 million, say investigators.... Read More

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Startup pitch: Zipskee looks to connect travellers with locals

By Linda Fox | August 22, 2016

Zipskee has been set up as a platform to bring travellers and locals together. It is seeking to help all travellers have a friend who can show them the best spots while on a trip and hopefully make fo... Read More

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Travello secures funding for solo travellers app

By Linda Fox | August 22, 2016

Travello, a mobile application that aims to help travellers hook up prior to a trip, has raised almost $1 million in funding. The Australia-based startup, which launched last year as Outbound, says... Read More

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Hotelchamp takes direct action with Euro 1.75 million capital-raise

By Kevin May | August 22, 2016

Hotel web and marketing kit provider Hotelchamp has secured a Euro 1.75 million investment round. The Netherlands-based company, which launched officially in June this year (TLabs here), has raised... Read More

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Webjet ramps up European B2B with £21 million Thomas Cook deal

By Martin Cowen | August 19, 2016

Sunhotels, the European bedbank of Australia's Webjet, is taking a big chunk of UK tour operator Thomas Cook's hotel contracting and supply business. In a statement it said that it is paying Thomas... Read More

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Want innovation, hotel industry? Try choosing the right problems

By Sponsored Content | August 19, 2016

These days everyone purports to be innovating, revolutionizing, and pioneering, while the rest of us seem to be perpetually searching for innovation. NB: This is a viewpoint by Alan Young, presiden... Read More

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Laterooms channels the power of Colin

By Martin Cowen | August 19, 2016

Accommodation provider laterooms.com has released previews of its next TV ad campaign in the UK, featuring a new brand character called Colin. The campaign will run for a fortnight from Sunday to c... Read More

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Startup pitch: Tripaya is a metasearch that offers destination ideas by budget and interest

By Sean O'Neil | August 18, 2016

Tripaya is a consumer metasearch startup that prompts users to say how much they want to spend and what kind of trip they want to have (beach, snow, romance, Pokemon Go, etc..), to receive recommendat... Read More

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New markup standards give hospitality rich cards a lot more structure

By Viewpoints | August 18, 2016

Imagine you’re traveling for work last-minute (difficult, I know). Time is of the essence, and you couldn’t book a hotel room before you left. Like most hotel bookings made from a mobile device, you n... Read More

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ALICE thinks hotel operations could learn from innovation in other industries

By Sean O'Neil | August 18, 2016

ALICE is a New York-based startup that says it has built the first hotel operations software that can handle front-of-house and back-of-house operations along with guest interaction in a single platfo... Read More

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Uber to roll out driverless Volvo taxis

By Sean O'Neil | August 18, 2016

Uber has placed a $300 million bet with Volvo that it can eventually replace its tens of thousands of drivers with self-driving vehicles. The companies told Bloomberg today they have signed a $300... Read More

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Chinese travellers embrace credit options for travel

By Martin Cowen | August 18, 2016

Worldpay has looked at traveller payment preferences in six major markets and has found that the Chinese are now more likely to fund a trip on credit than Americans. It found that 72% of Chinese re... Read More

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Missed opportunities in mobile from those in the know

By Marisa Garcia | August 18, 2016

August is at its half-way point and the sober return of September is nearly upon us. Hopefully, you were able to see a nice part of the world, caught a little sunshine and feel well rested. Good. B... Read More

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Startup pitch: Biz Airlines aims to justify to your boss that costlier flight

By Sean O'Neil | August 17, 2016

Business travelers often face a trade-off between the cost of a trip and the length of a trip. Many try to save money for their companies by accepting cheaper, but less convenient, itineraries. Unt... Read More

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US hotels saw 6% growth in direct bookings, online and mobile, in Q216

By Sean O'Neil | August 17, 2016

TravelClick, the technology specialist with 38,000 hotel clients worldwide, has released data on how individual leisure and business travelers made hotel reservations in the US during the second quart... Read More

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