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Harvard Business Review's odd case study about Room Key and hotel distribution
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Harvard Business Review's odd case study about Room Key and hotel distribution
By Sean O'Neil | October 5, 2015
The Harvard Business Review (HBR) plans to publish a fictionalized case study about hotel distribution, and it has been teasing a version of the article on its website. It's written by two well-reg... Read More
OTA group claims most Americans find OTAs safe to use
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OTA group claims most Americans find OTAs safe to use
By Sean O'Neil | October 5, 2015
Earlier today we reported that the American Hotel & Lodging Association had released a study saying that 15 million online bookings in the US have been affected by “deceptive rogue affiliates” --... Read More
Travelport acquires CETS and TraviAustria
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Travelport acquires CETS and TraviAustria
By Kevin May | October 5, 2015
CETS, a tour operator booking platform in Central Europe, has been bought by Travelport as part of a wider deal to acquire its local distributor in Austria. Terms of the agreement to acquire Vienna... Read More
Hotel group claims millions of online bookings every year are scams
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Hotel group claims millions of online bookings every year are scams
By Kevin May | October 5, 2015
The American Hotel & Lodging Association has claimed 15 million online hotel bookings in the US alone have been affected by "deceptive rogue affiliates". The lobbying group obviously has a vest... Read More
Transforming the customer experience – ideas for the travel industry from outside the travel industry
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Transforming the customer experience – ideas for the travel industry from outside the travel industry
By Viewpoints | October 5, 2015
It is an open secret that players across the travel industry are looking to emulate the leaders of online retail, as customers start to expect the same level of personalization and service sophisticat... Read More
Interview: Fastbooking begins selling independent hotels on Accor's site
Interview / Distribution
Interview: Fastbooking begins selling independent hotels on Accor's site
By Sean O'Neil | October 5, 2015
In April, Accor Hotels installed Jean-Luc Chrétien, the French hotel chain's executive VP of distribution sales and loyalty, as co-CEO of Fastbooking, a seller of software to hotels, that it had just... Read More
TrustYou takes over online reputation management services from Brand Karma
News / Online
TrustYou takes over online reputation management services from Brand Karma
By Kevin May | October 5, 2015
Confirmation today of the start of some consolidation in the online reputation management sector in the travel industry. Munich, Germany-based TrustYou has taken over the ORM services previously ru... Read More
Learn from travel trade stars at the Travel+SocialGood Academy Day in NYC
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Learn from travel trade stars at the Travel+SocialGood Academy Day in NYC
By Sean O'Neil | October 4, 2015
Here at Tnooz, we're always celebrating the evolution of the travel trade. With that in mind, we're happy to spread the word about an event aiming to help professionals working in travel technology ge... Read More
Tourism Tribe aims to help operators swap tips on marketing and distribution
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Tourism Tribe aims to help operators swap tips on marketing and distribution
By Stephen Joyce | October 2, 2015
Even though 85% of travelers use their smartphones while on holiday and many sites are seeing upwards of 50% of their web traffic originating on mobile devices, only 40% of operators who have websites... Read More
Hello to Hello New World - jaw-dropping destination video
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Hello to Hello New World - jaw-dropping destination video
By Kevin May | October 2, 2015
Some Friday coffee/wine break fodder - some clever people with cameras and drones have created Hello New World. The idea is simple - a drone takes the user on a tour of some of the world's landmark... Read More
Why do people delete mobile apps?
News / Technology
Why do people delete mobile apps?
By Kevin May | October 2, 2015
There are many other sectors that the travel industry can learn from when it comes to ecommerce and the development of mobile apps. These learnings are particularly important given that the competi... Read More
Dohop to power flights on giant Yandex search engine in Russia
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Dohop to power flights on giant Yandex search engine in Russia
By Kevin May | October 2, 2015
It's been quite a month for Dohop, with the Icelandic metasearch provider this week securing a deal to power flights on Russia's biggest search engine. Yandex currently commands around 60% of all s... Read More
Keep one eye on Etihad Airways Partners (and Sabre's supporting role), after IFE deal
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Keep one eye on Etihad Airways Partners (and Sabre's supporting role), after IFE deal
By Martin Cowen | October 2, 2015
Etihad Airways is once again flexing its muscles, extending its existing deal with in-flight entertainment provider Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) to five of its Etihad Airways Partners. The airl... Read More
Travelzoo names new global CEO
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Travelzoo names new global CEO
By Martin Cowen | October 2, 2015
Chris Loughlin is leaving Travelzoo and will be replaced as CEO by Holger Bartel, brother of the business' founder Ralph Bartel. The statement said that Loughlin will leave at the end of the year a... Read More
Freshly funded, RedDoorz will expand its branded budget hotels empire
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Freshly funded, RedDoorz will expand its branded budget hotels empire
By Martin Cowen | October 1, 2015
RedDoorz is the latest online budget accommodation aggregator to pick up funding, with Singapore-based Jungle Ventures backing an undisclosed pre-Series A round. While the action around this emergi... Read More
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