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Corporate travel tech takeaways from GBTA, according to TripBAM
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Corporate travel tech takeaways from GBTA, according to TripBAM
By Viewpoints | August 9, 2016
Last month's GBTA Convention in Denver was an informative mix of the familiar and the fresh, with established players rubbing shoulders with startups and disruptors. NB This is a viewpoint by Steve... Read More
Millennials like hotels and travel agents, says Amex
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Millennials like hotels and travel agents, says Amex
By Juliana Shallcross | August 9, 2016
American Express Travel is the latest big name to try to get inside the mind of the Millennials, and its findings show that when it comes to hotels, this demographic isn't that different from their Ba... Read More
Travel advisory update - the latest fraud techniques
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Travel advisory update - the latest fraud techniques
By Viewpoints | August 8, 2016
The fall season ushers in a time of year filled with new beginnings, holidays and tradition. But it is also a time when fraudsters look to make their move. NB This is a viewpoint by Don Bush, vice... Read More
Why SAS Lab wants to get under passengers’ skin
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Why SAS Lab wants to get under passengers’ skin
By Marisa Garcia | August 8, 2016
SAS Lab, the innovation hub from the Scandinavian airline, has big ambitions to improve the travel process by getting under passengers’ skin. As Massimo Pascotto, who heads up the division explains... Read More
Traveller satisfaction tops the corporate travel wishlist
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Traveller satisfaction tops the corporate travel wishlist
By Viewpoints | August 8, 2016
If GBTA 2016 was an international sporting event, the big winners from the Denver conference were business travellers themselves. NB: This is a viewpoint by Michael Gulmann and Jean Noel Lau Keng L... Read More
Flight booking study shows potential missed opportunity for airlines
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Flight booking study shows potential missed opportunity for airlines
By Linda Fox | August 8, 2016
Yieldr has been crunching some numbers to reveal online flight booking behaviour. The company, which recently relaunched as a marketing technology service for airlines, says it has analysed seven m... Read More
UK investors are not on the beach just yet
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UK investors are not on the beach just yet
By Martin Cowen | August 8, 2016
OnTheBeach is the latest brand to be caught up in the relatively frenzied burst of activity taking place in the UK's mid-market  travel sector. The LSE-listed online travel agency, which handles on... Read More
Rio 2016 hotel searches inevitably high, conversions very low
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Rio 2016 hotel searches inevitably high, conversions very low
By Kevin May | August 5, 2016
There is not a lot of surprise in the data coming out of HotelsCombined that says hotel searches for Brazil have jumped 91% in the months ahead of the Olympic Games. The year-on-year increase for U... Read More
Lawmakers and tech align as taxi apps prepare for Rio 2016
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Lawmakers and tech align as taxi apps prepare for Rio 2016
By Viewpoints | August 5, 2016
A few weeks ago Brazil's Municipal Transportation Secretary gave the go-ahead for three approved and selected on-demand transportation apps to legally conduct their operations in the city of Rio de Ja... Read More
French duo secure funding for eco-friendly app-bookable Seine taxi service
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French duo secure funding for eco-friendly app-bookable Seine taxi service
By Juliana Shallcross | August 5, 2016
SeaBubbles, a flying water taxi concept developed by two French entrepreneurs, has raised half a million euros and is now eying a partnership with Uber. The vehicle is a battery-powered oval-shaped... Read More
Cruise.co.uk docks with new private equity owner in £52 million deal
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Cruise.co.uk docks with new private equity owner in £52 million deal
By Kevin May | August 5, 2016
Cruise.co.uk has a new backer in the form of Bridgepoint Development Capital, after three years with fellow private equity company Risk Capital. The switch of the majority stake in the UK-based cru... Read More
Defining moment for advocate and influencer marketing
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Defining moment for advocate and influencer marketing
By Martin Cowen | August 5, 2016
UK digital agency Qube Media has  prepared a detailed report into the theory and practice of influencer and advocate marketing, two buzzwords which have come to the fore over the past couple of years.... Read More
Priceline heralds Booking.com's one million reservations in a single day
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Priceline heralds Booking.com's one million reservations in a single day
By Juliana Shallcross | August 4, 2016
The Priceline Group's second-quarter results beat expectations, despite recent terrorist attacks and political instability in Europe, as well as competition from major hotel chains and their direct bo... Read More
Travelport sees revenue climb, highlights OTA benefits and ancillary evolution
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Travelport sees revenue climb, highlights OTA benefits and ancillary evolution
By Kevin May | August 4, 2016
Travelport has seen its overall revenue increase by 9% in the second quarter of 2016, with overall growth for the year so far at 8%. The travel technology company hit $606 million in revenue for th... Read More
The state of online travel agency bookings in charts
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The state of online travel agency bookings in charts
By Kevin May | August 4, 2016
Whilst bots and other future-tech items get many of the headlines in 2016, there is undoubtedly a war of words out there between the intermediaries and hotels. The latest salvo (coming the same day... Read More
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