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Alice confirms $9.5 million funding round led by Expedia

By Linda Fox | January 19, 2016

Alice, the hotel operations platform, has received $9.5m in Series A funding led by Expedia. Tnooz first learned of the funding in December but was unable to confirm the amount at the time. The... Read More

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Skyscanner has travel management in its sights with TravelPro

By Kevin May | January 18, 2016

Travel search engine Skyscanner has turned its attention to the corporate travel world, claiming a new tool "bids farewell to expensive travel agents". The TravelPro service acts like a business tr... Read More

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Consolidation is now inevitable in ground transportation

By Viewpoints | January 18, 2016

Changes in the hotel and accommodation industry are foreshadowing what is to come in ground transportation. Specifically, I expect 2016 to be a year of consolidation in the ground travel market.... Read More

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Bitcoin makes its mark in Germany

By Martin Cowen | January 18, 2016

Bitcoin's relationship with the travel sector could be getting serious after a leading German tech platform announced plans to integrate the virtual currency into its payments engine. Ypsilon.net,... Read More

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Using analytics to identify (and stop) falling conversions

By Sponsored Content | January 18, 2016

Every travel company wants to use data to make the right decisions about marketing, but the reality is that it’s still a challenge to wade through loads of metrics to find insights that really mean so... Read More

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IBM Watson technology finds its way into travel agency desktops

By Kevin May | January 18, 2016

WayBlazer has landed itself a major customer in its quest to bring the IBM Watson cognitive computing model to the travel industry. Trisept Solutions will be the first third party vendor to integra... Read More

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HomeAway takes aim at Airbnb in spiky new ad campaign

By Kevin May | January 18, 2016

New year, new advertising campaign - nothing unusual in that, except this year the vacation rental giant HomeAway has a new owner as well. Two months after Expedia Inc splashed out $3.9 billion to... Read More

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Airlines face difficult PSS decisions

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | January 15, 2016

The world of airline passenger service systems (PSS) is changing fast. Airlines of all shapes and sizes now face a much more complicated set of options than before. The decision to switch from one... Read More

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Amadeus tries to reassure Navitaire's airline customers

By Sean O'Neil | January 15, 2016

Amadeus knows how to win a victory, but does it know how to exploit it? In July 2015, the Madrid-based travel technology giant said it would acquire Navitaire, a low-cost hosting platform for airli... Read More

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Startup pitch: Tripsuit matches travelers with city breaks

By Sean O'Neil | January 15, 2016

Tripsuit aims to help point travelers to long weekend trips at popular destinations, starting with ones in Europe, based on questions you answer about your tastes and personality. The site is in be... Read More

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Mobile more important to travellers than deodorant

By Martin Cowen | January 15, 2016

A comprehensive global study from Egencia and Expedia confirms, as if there were any doubt, that mobile devices are "indispensable" for leisure and business travellers alike. The Expedia/Egencia Mo... Read More

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Destinations establish way of measuring ROI of social media

By Kevin May | January 15, 2016

Destinations are some of the most prolific users of social media in the travel industry - a trend that includes a wide cross section of channels and often backed by hefty levels of marketing spend.... Read More

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Yatra users willing to spend more on trips

By Martin Cowen | January 14, 2016

Indian OTA Yatra.com has released its winter survey which shows that Indian travellers are increasingly willing to spend more on their leisure trips. The study of 10,000 Yatra users found that 30%... Read More

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Paris's travel startup incubator invites foreign entrepreneurs

By Sean O'Neil | January 14, 2016

Now in its third-year, the Welcome City Lab, an incubator dedicated to tourism startups and supported by the City of Paris, has an open call for applications for its next class. For the first time... Read More

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Foursquare raises $45 million, makes CEO changes

By Sean O'Neil | January 14, 2016

Think of Foursquare, and a person playing its check-in game on their phone and trying to be mayor of a local coffeeshops probably springs to mind. But the seven-year-old start-up believes that it c... Read More

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