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Alitrip reveals benefits of Alibaba data
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Alitrip reveals benefits of Alibaba data
By Viewpoints | March 1, 2016
Some 400 million people in China transact with Alibaba every year, and every byte of data generated is analysed, acted upon and shared across the group's many sites, including its travel marketplace A... Read More
How rail is challenging air travel’s supremacy
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How rail is challenging air travel’s supremacy
By Sponsored Content | March 1, 2016
Online travel agencies (OTAs) have always focused on meeting traveller needs through air travel. However the consolidation of the European rail network and rail's better environmental credentials, cou... Read More
What Trivago taking 52.3% of Base7Booking implies for hotel tech
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What Trivago taking 52.3% of Base7Booking implies for hotel tech
By Sean O'Neil | March 1, 2016
Trivago, the Expedia Inc-affiliated metasearch brand, officially said today that it has taken a majority investment in a Swiss startup, Base7Booking, which offers a cloud-based property management sys... Read More
TripAdvisor's new CFO says quality hotel content is key to instant booking conversion
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TripAdvisor's new CFO says quality hotel content is key to instant booking conversion
By Sean O'Neil | February 29, 2016
TripAdvisor’s new chief financial officer Ernst Teunissen has begun his tour of the investor forum circuit, speaking today at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. When it... Read More
Amadeus spins with Uniglobe, Wandrr mindfulness, EasyJet scans credit card, and more...
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Amadeus spins with Uniglobe, Wandrr mindfulness, EasyJet scans credit card, and more...
By PhocusWire | February 29, 2016
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for February 2016. Monday 29 February 2016: Amadeus and Uniglobe create Trip Access Uniglobe... Read More
Large study of Airbnb hosts hints at who is making the money
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Large study of Airbnb hosts hints at who is making the money
By Sean O'Neil | February 29, 2016
There's an ongoing debate about how home-sharing sites like Airbnb are performing, and a new study from LearnAirbnb, a consultancy, casts some fresh light. LearnAirbnb did a 119-page study of the h... Read More
Think leisure players aren't touching business travel, think again
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Think leisure players aren't touching business travel, think again
By Linda Fox | February 29, 2016
The business travel community swings between denying any impact from Airbnb, Uber and the like, to worrying what to do about them. Yet there they were, at last week's Business Travel Show in London... Read More
Travel - where big business meets big data
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Travel - where big business meets big data
By Sponsored Content | February 29, 2016
Without Al-Chwarizmi, Silicon Valley would be irrelevant. The name of this Arabian mathematician from the 9th century is the origin of the term algorithm, the system of defined steps which computers e... Read More
Trekksoft fjords, SiteMinder gets IBC, Sabre signs EasyJet and Bangkok Airways, and more...
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Trekksoft fjords, SiteMinder gets IBC, Sabre signs EasyJet and Bangkok Airways, and more...
By PhocusWire | February 29, 2016
This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for February 2016. Monday 29 February 2016: Trekksoft sails into Fjord Norway The tour... Read More
Valuations, exits, fund-raising - life in the venture capital fast lane
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Valuations, exits, fund-raising - life in the venture capital fast lane
By Kevin May | February 29, 2016
There is no doubt that many travel-related businesses have done well from the cash seemingly flowing like water around venture capital ecosystem. Hundreds of millions have been put into companies s... Read More
Concur gets Gett, Triometric has seven in mind, BTD and Concur, and more...
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Concur gets Gett, Triometric has seven in mind, BTD and Concur, and more...
By PhocusWire | February 26, 2016
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for February 2016. Friday 26 February 2016: Concur gets Gett The taxi app for official black... Read More
Amadeus 2015 revenues get close to Euro 4 billion
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Amadeus 2015 revenues get close to Euro 4 billion
By Martin Cowen | February 26, 2016
The North America and Asia-Pacific regions are the star performers for Amadeus' distribution and IT units respectively, with results for 2015 across its entire business showing double-digit growth in... Read More
Rentalcars gets new CMO, Melt adds a CCO, Adara ups European team, and more...
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Rentalcars gets new CMO, Melt adds a CCO, Adara ups European team, and more...
By PhocusWire | February 26, 2016
This is a roundup of news and announcements for PEOPLE moves in travel, tourism and hospitality for February 2016: Friday 26 February Robb drives into Rentalcars Dan Robb is joining Rentalca... Read More
TripAdvisor slammed in Russia over Crimea map designation
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TripAdvisor slammed in Russia over Crimea map designation
By Kevin May | February 26, 2016
Strained relations between the West and Russia have even hit the world of online travel, with accusations that TripAdvisor is misrepresenting the status of Crimea. The row has nothing to do with th... Read More
One out of five bookings of Irish independent hotels are made on phones
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One out of five bookings of Irish independent hotels are made on phones
By Sean O'Neil | February 25, 2016
NetAffinity has analyzed booking patterns for their Irish and European clients and found that 20.7% of independent hotel bookings were made on mobile phones last year. A further 17% booked via tab... Read More
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