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TripAdvisor adds airline reviews to its armoury

By Linda Fox | January 26, 2016

TripAdvisor is inviting users to review their airlines and has even created a page with hints on what to include. A spokesman for the reviews giant said it was testing a 'new design and features' f... Read More

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Foursquare enters trip planning melee with Trip Tips

By Linda Fox | January 26, 2016

Hot on the heels of $45 million in funding and the promise of global expansion, Foursquare has unveiled a social planning tool called Trip Tips. According to a blog post the social check-ins compan... Read More

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At ALIS, Hilton, IHG, and Google execs talk mobile tech

By Juliana Shallcross | January 25, 2016

The Americas Lodging and Investment Conference kicked off in Los Angeles on Monday with a trio of discussions about travel technology -- the first such tech talk for the show in eight years. Not surpr... Read More

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Wingz soars on $11 million round led by Expedia

By Linda Fox | January 25, 2016

Expedia has followed up its recent investment in hotel service platform Alice by leading a Series B round for airport ride startup Wingz. Altimeter Capital and Salesforce chief Marc Benioff were al... Read More

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Digital commerce will be the primary enterprise system for customer engagement

By Sponsored Content | January 25, 2016

Over the course of the past decade or so, many airlines have built high-performing ecommerce organizations from the “outside-in” – embracing the opportunity to disrupt the industry and deliver strong... Read More

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Laterooms CEO moves on, GrabTaxi MD, IATA's NDC envoy and more...

By PhocusWire | January 25, 2016

This is a roundup of news and announcements for PEOPLE moves in travel, tourism and hospitality for January 2016: Monday 25 January 2016 Laterooms boss moves out of travel Jesper With-Fogstr... Read More

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Zanadu gets $12M Tencent backing, creates virtual reality studio

By Martin Cowen | January 25, 2016

Travel and lifestyle site Zanadu will bring quality virtual reality travel content to its upmarket Chinese members. Beijing-based Zanadu, which featured as a TLabs Showcase in 2012, has also confir... Read More

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Online travel agencies tipped to lose market share to hotel direct channels

By Kevin May | January 25, 2016

Hotels in the third biggest tourist market on the planet are starting to fight back against the dominance of online travel agencies. At least, this is the forecast contained within research from Ph... Read More

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Serko builds a travel management powerhouse Down Under

By Rob Lovitt | January 24, 2016

When it comes to managed travel programs, some companies focus on expanding the range of inventory that employees can book. Others strive to streamline the booking process to create a system that empl... Read More

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TripAdvisor opens Windows, Hostelworld on Apple TV, Airbnb gets Personal, TripIt is pals with LoungeBuddy, and more...

By PhocusWire | January 23, 2016

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for January 2016. Friday January 29: TripAdvisor launches cross device Windows 10 app The re... Read More

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Uber and Airbnb's business travel growth eclipsed by HotelTonight

By Martin Cowen | January 22, 2016

The poster children of the so-called sharing economy - Uber and Airbnb - are now mainstream corporate travel suppliers says a detailed report into US business travellers' expense claims by Certify.... Read More

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Web 4.0 is coming - electronic agents will have an answer to everything

By Viewpoints | January 22, 2016

Web 4.0 is the impending state at which all the information converges into a great ball of benevolent self-aware light, and solves every problem from world peace to will Jon Snow be alive in the next... Read More

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The giant digital hotel concierge is here

By Kevin May | January 22, 2016

There is plenty of talk about how many hotels are putting their traditional concierge services on apps and websites. There is an obvious debate to be had around how the human concierge is often the... Read More

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Mind the gap - what consumers want and get from travel sites

By Linda Fox | January 22, 2016

Some interesting findings in this research from reservation and ecommerce system supplier Atcore which looks at customer satisfaction when booking a package holiday with an online travel site. The... Read More

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Airbnb travellers shop for accommodation just like other travellers

By Kevin May | January 21, 2016

Airbnb may have created an aura of sorts around itself, not least because of its extraordinary growth, but a number of myths have also come into play. One common idea is that it has fuelled the eme... Read More

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