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Travellers admit to threatening a bad review to get discounts or upgrades

By Kevin May | July 8, 2016

Not matter how hard the likes of TripAdvisor try to weed out the dodgy reviews, a darker side of human nature can sometimes play a part. A survey of over 2,500 travellers has seen one in eight sayi... Read More

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New York City hotels take revenue hit, as OTAs and Airbnb grow

By Sean O'Neil | July 7, 2016

At today’s Revenue Strategy Summit in Washington, DC, data was shared on how hotels in North America are being affected by the cost of third-party distribution and the rise of Airbnb and the non-tradi... Read More

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Airbnb gives thumbs-up to sharing economy Kite Mark

By Kevin May | July 7, 2016

A programme in the UK to issue sharing economy-related companies with a so-called Kite Mark of high standards has won the approval of global giant Airbnb. The TrustSeal scheme is one of the first i... Read More

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AccorHotels uses location to listen to guest chatter on social media

By Linda Fox | July 7, 2016

AccorHotels is using a social media platform to provide guests with a more personalised service. The technology, from Local Measure, uses location data to collate all the content posted online abou... Read More

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Booking.com means business when it comes to business travel

By Sean O'Neil | July 7, 2016

Booking.com says that nearly one on five of its users books hotels and other accommodation through it for business travel. (In the US, about a third of those bookings are places other than hotels, suc... Read More

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Startup pitch: Avuxi locates a way for OTAs and metas to lift conversions

By Martin Cowen | July 7, 2016

Mapping technologies are one of the internet's most useful contributions to the sum of human knowledge. In an online travel context, maps are part of the decision-making process. Business traveller... Read More

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Tours and activities hit the Facebook chatbot trend

By Kevin May | July 7, 2016

The travel industry can't move for Facebook Messenger chatbots at the moment - but Musement has created what is believed to be the first one for tours and activities. Following hot on the heels of... Read More

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GuestLogix's on-board tech business acquired by investors

By Sean O'Neil | July 6, 2016

GuestLogix, the Toronto-based seller of merchandising technology for airlines and rail operators, says that its onboard technology division has been acquired by a Canadian investment group made up of... Read More

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Youth travel sector "very pessimistic" post-Brexit

By Martin Cowen | July 6, 2016

A survey of youth travel businesses paints a bleak post-Brexit scenario for the sector, and online travel firms are unlikely to escape the short-term confusion. The WYSE Travel Confederation Brexit... Read More

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Why Travelport launched its travel startup accelerator

July 6, 2016

Any company can create a startup “accelerator” by offering serviced office space to cohorts of startups and making pre-seed investments for equity. But Travelport, the UK-based platform technology... Read More

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What do guests actually say when they leave negative hotel reviews?

By Kevin May | July 6, 2016

Although evidence suggests the majority of hotel reviews are, in fact, positive in nature, brands still need to dissect those that are not. Recent sentiment analysis of around 5,000 one and two-sta... Read More

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Travel industry wish-list for tech and mobile [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | July 6, 2016

Executives across the industry clearly have hopes as to where they want their brand to be, not least as the business continues to change at a dramatic rate. EyeForTravel recently asked nearly 200 s... Read More

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Zizoo looks to ride US waves following Euro 1.7 million funding

By Linda Fox | July 6, 2016

Zizoo, a platform for boating holidays, has received Euro 1.7m in funding. The round comes via a number of investors including Mairdumont Ventures, aws Founder Fund, Russmedia, Axel Springer Digita... Read More

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Why hotels should fight back against online mirror marketing

By Viewpoints | July 5, 2016

So, I bet if I ask you what your main concerns are as hoteliers when battling the online travel agencies, there would be two responses... The level of commission The stranglehold of rate parit... Read More

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Lessons for tour operators in the wake of #Zervocalypse

By Stephen Joyce | July 5, 2016

Yep, I went there. I just gave what happened to hundreds of small businesses on the fourth of July long weekend, a name. Why? Because it was an apocalypse of sorts. Hundreds of small businesses wer... Read More

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