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SunExpress claims first for flight booking service via Alexa
News / Technology
SunExpress claims first for flight booking service via Alexa
By Linda Fox | December 13, 2018
SunExpress is enabling customers to search for and book flights via Amazon Alexa.... Read More
Who holds the best hand in the battle for tours, activities and experiences?
Opinion / Online
Who holds the best hand in the battle for tours, activities and experiences?
By Joost Schreve - KimKim | December 13, 2018
Four of the biggest players - TripAdvisor, Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia - are approaching the tours, activities and experiences category from angles that leverage their respective strengths. Here's how things might play out in the next year.... Read More
Hertz Clear biometric partnership
News / Technology
Hertz enables biometric check-out for car rentals
By Robert Silk - Travel Weekly | December 13, 2018
Hertz plans to offer fast check-out lanes powered by biometrics at more than 40 airports by the end of next year.   ... Read More
travel ads network startup stage
Interview / Online
STARTUP STAGE: Travel Ads Network helps publishers monetize travel content
By Jill Menze | December 13, 2018
Founded in 2017, Travel Ads Network uses machine learning to know which brand and product will convert best based on publishers’ traffic and brands' conversion data sets. Partners include Expedia, Booking.com and Klook.... Read More
VIDEO: Airside Mobile - Summit pitch runner-up at Phocuswright 2018
Interview / Startups
VIDEO: Airside Mobile - Summit pitch runner-up at Phocuswright 2018
By Kevin May | December 13, 2018
Airside's new privacy-by-design, consumer-centric ID platform offers a faster path to deploying biometrics in travel.... Read More
Google acquires Indian rail app Where Is My Train?
News / Online
Google acquires Indian rail app Where Is My Train?
By Kevin May | December 12, 2018
Google is well-known for snapping up the teams behind various cogs in the wheel of the travel industry - and this week it has flexed its muscles once again.... Read More
Opinion future AI in travel
Opinion / Technology
Sentiment versus sentient: Taking conversational AI further in travel
By Madhusudan Mathihalli - Passage AI | December 12, 2018
Artificial intelligence applications that are currently being used in the travel and hospitality industries boast a myriad of benefits - from booking flights and hotels to organizing a traveler’s itinerary or suggesting places to visit - all through the platform of your choice. ... Read More
A review of 2018, a preview for what's next: Voice technology
News / Technology
A review of 2018, a preview for what's next: Voice technology
By Mitra Sorrells | December 12, 2018
To provide a look ahead on this topic, Say It Now CEO Charlie Cadbury offers his take on the top five developments in voice technology he expects to see in 2019.... Read More
VIDEO: Rentals United - Summit pitch runner-up at Phocuswright 2018
Interview / Startups
VIDEO: Rentals United - Summit pitch runner-up at Phocuswright 2018
By Kevin May | December 12, 2018
The vacation rental industry is drawing off new tech such as this advanced automation platform, something it claims the sector has ever seen.... Read More
Phocuswright Conference 2018 India executive interview
News / Distribution
VIDEO: MakeMyTrip and Yatra on the future of the Indian travel market
By Mitra Sorrells | December 11, 2018
Cheap smart phones, cheap data and a proliferation of mobile payment options are spurring massive adoption of mobile shopping in India.  ... Read More
WhyHotel 10 million series A
News / Startups
Pop-up hotel concept WhyHotel raises $10M, plans U.S. expansion
By Mitra Sorrells | December 11, 2018
A startup that manages units in new luxury apartment buildings as temporary hotels has raised $10 million in series A funding.  ... Read More
kiwi-aerocrs-partnership
News / Technology
Kiwi.com takes stake in airline tech company AeroCRS
By Linda Fox | December 11, 2018
Kiwi.com has taken a minority stake in AeroCRS, a cloud-based airline reservation technology specialist.... Read More
2019 predictions sojern
Opinion / Online
Dwindling blockchain hype, the stagnation of voice and more travel tech predictions for 2019
By Stephen Taylor - Sojern | December 11, 2018
It’s easy to overestimate or underestimate the impact that any single issue will have on travel businesses next year. Given all of this, here are my top predictions for the travel industry in 2019.... Read More
rough guides travel booking
News / Online
Rough Guides, online travel content and the Culture Trip Effect
By Linda Fox | December 11, 2018
Travel guide book publisher Rough Guides has announced a move into "travel booking".... Read More
VIDEO: Tinyclues - Launch pitch runner-up at Phocuswright 2018
Interview / Technology
VIDEO: Tinyclues - Launch pitch runner-up at Phocuswright 2018
By Kevin May | December 11, 2018
Tinyclues' AI-first solution reinvents how marketers work while doubling their campaign revenue and improving the customer experience.... Read More
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