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MakeMyTrip increases margins, mobile, ad spend (and losses)

By Martin Cowen | July 28, 2016

Indian OTA MakeMyTrip remains committed to building on its market-leading position as its Q1s reveal a double-digit lift in revenues and a triple-digit increase in sales and marketing costs. In cas... Read More

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Eight tech trends for the travel chief's watchlist

By Linda Fox | July 28, 2016

Pwc has done some legwork on the technology trends that should be on every chief executive's radar. The company has looked at 150 technologies and come up with the eight that it believes are most p... Read More

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Momondo Group attributes strong H1 to dual-brand diversification

By Martin Cowen | July 28, 2016

Momondo Group - owner of momondo and Cheapflights - has released its H1 figures, with CEO Hugo Burge talking about "multi-faceted and diversified growth across channels and markets." CEO Hugo Burge... Read More

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Startup pitch: Bizly helps companies plan and book meetings at hotels

By Martin Cowen | July 27, 2016

With a round of seed funding announced today, Bizly is a startup that says it is gaining traction for its mobile platform, which allows for meeting rooms at hotels to be booked instantly. Bizly aims t... Read More

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How Virgin Hotels' digital marketing strategy has taken shape

By Juliana Shallcross | July 27, 2016

Virgin Hotels has just one hotel online—The Virgin Chicago—which opened in early 2015. So its digital marketing has been a study in focus. Yet not for long. The U.S.-based lodging brand spawned fro... Read More

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Travel agency group hits back at European hotels over distribution criticism

By Kevin May | July 27, 2016

European hotels should consider the effort that online travel agencies put into the marketplace before rubbishing the system. That's the strong response from the European Technology and Travel Serv... Read More

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Mozio, the ground transport specialist, raises $2.5 million

By Sean O'Neil | July 27, 2016

Mozio, the airport transfer search and booking engine, has revealed that it has recently raised a $2.5 million funding round. Asset Management Ventures led the round. Other venture capital firms pa... Read More

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Booking.com and Expedia take four out of five agency bookings in Europe

By Kevin May | July 27, 2016

More evidence of a so-called duopoly coming into play as Expedia and Booking.com land 80% of all European hotel sales on online travel agencies. European hospitality association HOTREC estimates th... Read More

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Holiday Inn looks to cure nine-step booking pain of travellers from small businesses

By Linda Fox | July 27, 2016

In what might be seen as another swipe at online travel agents this week, Holiday Inn is targeting travellers from small businesses with a direct booking incentive. The brand, part of the InterCont... Read More

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Accor buys tech-savvy private concierge and loyalty business

By Martin Cowen | July 27, 2016

AccorHotels continues its acquisition spree, entering into exclusive negotiations to take over John Paul, a technology-enabled private concierge and loyalty services business The deal on the table... Read More

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Travelport lands Roibek agency deal, Kayak active in Singapore, and more...

By PhocusWire | July 27, 2016

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for July 2016. Wednesday 27 July 2016: Travelport lands Roibek agency deal The Saudi... Read More

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What happened when a travel startup axed its performance business model

By Viewpoints | July 27, 2016

The initial Rocketrip business model was performance based. The company made money when their customers used the software to book travel. The more money a Rocketrip customer saved while traveling b... Read More

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LoveHomeSwap premieres app, Goldcar keys and apps, and more...

By PhocusWire | July 26, 2016

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for July 2016. Tuesday 26 July 2016: LoveHomeSwap launches mobile app The home-swapping se... Read More

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Lufthansa flies to Airbnb to fill premium economy cabin

By Linda Fox | July 26, 2016

Lufthansa has taken the interesting move of offering seats in its premium economy cabin on Airbnb. A page on the peer-to-peer accommodation platform says 'Luxury Awaits Above the Clouds' with the l... Read More

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Taxi app shake-up in Europe, Hailo brand to be phased out

By Martin Cowen | July 26, 2016

Mytaxi has merged with Hailo, giving its owner Daimler Group a 60% stake in what is now Europe's biggest taxi app business. The new company will operate under the mytaxi brand, with Hailo's busines... Read More

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