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Ctrip and Tencent get their hands on eLong

By Martin Cowen | February 4, 2016

eLong has finally accepted a takeover offer from a group of investors including rival Ctrip and Chinese internet powerhouse Tencent, six months after the consortium made its move. Today's confirmat... Read More

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Ctrip prepares for bumper Chinese New Year demand

By Martin Cowen | February 4, 2016

Ctrip is expecting the upcoming Chinese New Year to be its busiest ever period for outbound travel, with some six million people travelling overseas during the week-long national holiday. The Chine... Read More

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Expedia takes new approach to China

By Viewpoints | February 4, 2016

When Expedia sold its interest in eLong to Ctrip and others for $671 million last May, questions were asked about its long-term plans for China. Its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told Tnooz a month or so l... Read More

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Case study: How Adara's data helped Idaho Tourism

By Sean O'Neil | February 3, 2016

Adara, a maker of business intelligence software, says it has been recently signing up destination marketing organizations and tourism boards, such as Idaho Tourism. The nearly seven-year old compa... Read More

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SEO alert: Google overhauls its travel search interface for mobile

By Viewpoints | February 3, 2016

Another day, another search engine optimization (SEO) wobble. In late January, Google released a major re-design of its mobile search interface for trip planning. NB: This is a viewpoint by Matthew... Read More

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Five steps to increase bookings with Facebook remarketing

By Sponsored Content | February 3, 2016

Today, more than 70% of travel’s digital ad dollars go to direct response advertising. Intent-based search advertising takes the lion's share and has proven to drive revenue reliably and effectively a... Read More

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Sabre secures Austrian as first customer for mobile inflight planner

By Martin Cowen | February 3, 2016

Austrian Airlines has signed up for Sabre Airline Solutions' new mobile-enhanced eFlight Manager and will roll it out across its entire business after a successful three-month trial. The product al... Read More

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Hotel IT startup StayNTouch raises $9.5M in investment led by Concur

By Sean O'Neil | February 3, 2016

StayNTouch is a startup focusing on hotel property management systems (PMSs). Despite its relatively unglamorous (though vital) core product, the company has secured a fresh fund-raising round from so... Read More

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Uber takes itself incredibly seriously with new branding

By Kevin May | February 3, 2016

One presumes that when you're an online travel company with an apparent valuation in the region of $62 billion you have to be careful with absolutely everything. Yet some might consider how ride-sh... Read More

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London to New York in 11 minutes - that would be the Antipode

By Kevin May | February 3, 2016

Everyone loves the idea of a plane that could smash the previous records for commercial travel around the globe - but New York to Sydney in 32 minutes sounds crazy, right? The Antipode is a concept... Read More

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Travelstart captures $40 million round, plots African expansion

By Kevin May | February 2, 2016

South Africa-based online travel agency Travelstart has locked in a $40 million investment round, including backing from Africa's largest mobile network provider. The deal is being led by Amadeus C... Read More

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Startup pitch: Hyper says its on-demand travel assistance has traction

By Sean O'Neil | February 2, 2016

In December, Hyper was quietly released to the Apple App store as a travel booking assistant app. The startup calls its free, publicly available app a first-of-its-kind tool for consumers and travel m... Read More

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Five SEO rules for the travel industry

By Viewpoints | February 2, 2016

When it comes to SEO, there are best practices which are universal, immutable laws, and then there are a slew of strategies and tactics that you can/should employ depending on your industry, how compe... Read More

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How an IT giant views the digital hotel moment

By Kevin May | February 2, 2016

The IT sector has woken up to what is being labelled as a "huge opportunity" in the hospitality industry to modernise and improve the so-called guest experience. Until relatively recently, a hotel'... Read More

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Travel Massive launches an industry marketplace

By Sean O'Neil | February 1, 2016

Travel Massive is perhaps best known for its online travel industry meet-ups in dozens of cities worldwide. But the organization has its hand in many projects, and this week it launched an online m... Read More

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