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In-app travel search continues, Slack fans can now find flights
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In-app travel search continues, Slack fans can now find flights
By Kevin May | March 15, 2016
WeChat and Facebook Messenger have been slowly integrating travel tools for a while, so it was only a question of time before Slack got in on the act, too. The enterprise workflow platform is favou... Read More
Lufthansa sues Sabre, as the tussle over the GDS surcharge escalates
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Lufthansa sues Sabre, as the tussle over the GDS surcharge escalates
By Sean O'Neil | March 14, 2016
Lufthansa has filed a lawsuit in a Texas court against Sabre. At issue is whether the German airline group is in breach of its 2015 contracts regarding the Distribution Cost Charge (DCC) -- the Eur... Read More
Trainline acquires Captain Train, and other European rail startups react
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Trainline acquires Captain Train, and other European rail startups react
By Sean O'Neill | March 14, 2016
Captain Train, a Parisian operator of an online portal that sells inter-city European rail tickets, has been acquired by Trainline, Britain's largest digital rail-booking operator for UK train trips.... Read More
What defines the most technologically advanced hotel in the world?
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What defines the most technologically advanced hotel in the world?
By Kevin May | March 14, 2016
Claiming something is the "most technologically advanced" is a risky proposition, but in the battle for exposure to customers and massive competition, it's an important trend. The Aria Resort &... Read More
How to optimize travel search results with an analytics framework
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How to optimize travel search results with an analytics framework
By Viewpoints | March 14, 2016
Recent news about Expedia’s Accelerator program for hotel listings has opinions swirling about the monetization of search results in the travel industry. NB This is a viewpoint by Tony Gray, senior... Read More
Invia sale to investment fund values firm at Euro 76 million
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Invia sale to investment fund values firm at Euro 76 million
By Linda Fox | March 14, 2016
Private equity firm MCI has sold its interest in Czech Republic-based online travel firm Invia for Euro 56 million. The company was sold to Prague-based investment fund Rockaway, which has invested... Read More
Airbnb to let neighbors report on bad hosts
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Airbnb to let neighbors report on bad hosts
By Sean O'Neil | March 14, 2016
Next month, Airbnb is going to enable neighbors to provide comments on nearby hosts, a company executive said on Monday. The virtual comment box will debut in Japan and then roll out worldwide, sai... Read More
Just Landed just shut down, and its story has lessons for other travel apps
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Just Landed just shut down, and its story has lessons for other travel apps
By Sean O'Neil | March 11, 2016
The ancient Greeks had epic poetry about warriors. We modern people have Medium posts from startup founders. Proof that this is the literary form of our time is that, earlier this week, the travel... Read More
Cornell study analyzes TripAdvisor reviews to help hotel managers
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Cornell study analyzes TripAdvisor reviews to help hotel managers
By Sean O'Neil | March 11, 2016
Online reviews of hotels don't usually make for scintillating reading. But with the power to make or break a hotel's profitability, they are read closely. So hotel managers may be curious to know a... Read More
US Airways versus Sabre once again heads to a jury trial
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US Airways versus Sabre once again heads to a jury trial
By Sean O'Neil | March 11, 2016
Last autumn, Sabre got an early holiday gift. The presiding judge said she would not give US Airways a critical legal declaration it wanted. Judge Lorna Schofield of the US Southern District Court... Read More
Sabre: Millennials may be the largest hotel spenders as soon as 2017
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Sabre: Millennials may be the largest hotel spenders as soon as 2017
By Martin Cowen | March 11, 2016
Another day, another tipping point: Millennials will become the largest spenders on hotels as early as 2017, claims Sabre. At ITB this week, Sabre's vice president of marketing for hospitality solu... Read More
Lufthansa talks up direct connect as big corporate agency comes on-board
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Lufthansa talks up direct connect as big corporate agency comes on-board
By Kevin May | March 11, 2016
Lufthansa claims it has achieved more progress with "B2B direct connections" in the last six months than in the previous five years. The airline group said during the ITB event in Berlin this week... Read More
Executives at Unister, Germany's largest OTA, face legal twists
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Executives at Unister, Germany's largest OTA, face legal twists
By Sean O'Neil | March 10, 2016
Executives, managers, and shareholders of German travel portal Unister -- a travel industry player on the level of vacation companies like Thomas Cook, TUI, and Kuoni -- have been facing legal trouble... Read More
7 things that small travel providers need to do to compete
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7 things that small travel providers need to do to compete
By Viewpoints | March 10, 2016
After reading Tnooz's article “Escapio switches to hotel metasearch: Will small OTAs follow?” on the change of the German online travel agency's (OTAs) business strategy, I began to ask myself if smal... Read More
TurnKey raises $10 million to expand its vacation rentals management service
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TurnKey raises $10 million to expand its vacation rentals management service
By Sean O'Neil | March 10, 2016
TurnKey, a company that sells technology to support vacation rental owners, has raised $10 million, bringing its total investment, to date, to $20 million. Prior investor Silverton Partners of Tex... Read More
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