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Booking.com means business when it comes to business travel
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Booking.com means business when it comes to business travel
By Sean O'Neil | July 7, 2016
Booking.com says that nearly one on five of its users books hotels and other accommodation through it for business travel. (In the US, about a third of those bookings are places other than hotels, suc... Read More
Startup pitch: Avuxi locates a way for OTAs and metas to lift conversions
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Startup pitch: Avuxi locates a way for OTAs and metas to lift conversions
By Martin Cowen | July 7, 2016
Mapping technologies are one of the internet's most useful contributions to the sum of human knowledge. In an online travel context, maps are part of the decision-making process. Business traveller... Read More
Tours and activities hit the Facebook chatbot trend
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Tours and activities hit the Facebook chatbot trend
By Kevin May | July 7, 2016
The travel industry can't move for Facebook Messenger chatbots at the moment - but Musement has created what is believed to be the first one for tours and activities. Following hot on the heels of... Read More
GuestLogix's on-board tech business acquired by investors
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GuestLogix's on-board tech business acquired by investors
By Sean O'Neil | July 6, 2016
GuestLogix, the Toronto-based seller of merchandising technology for airlines and rail operators, says that its onboard technology division has been acquired by a Canadian investment group made up of... Read More
Youth travel sector "very pessimistic" post-Brexit
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Youth travel sector "very pessimistic" post-Brexit
By Martin Cowen | July 6, 2016
A survey of youth travel businesses paints a bleak post-Brexit scenario for the sector, and online travel firms are unlikely to escape the short-term confusion. The WYSE Travel Confederation Brexit... Read More
Why Travelport launched its travel startup accelerator
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Why Travelport launched its travel startup accelerator
July 6, 2016
Any company can create a startup “accelerator” by offering serviced office space to cohorts of startups and making pre-seed investments for equity. But Travelport, the UK-based platform technology... Read More
What do guests actually say when they leave negative hotel reviews?
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What do guests actually say when they leave negative hotel reviews?
By Kevin May | July 6, 2016
Although evidence suggests the majority of hotel reviews are, in fact, positive in nature, brands still need to dissect those that are not. Recent sentiment analysis of around 5,000 one and two-sta... Read More
Travel industry wish-list for tech and mobile [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Travel industry wish-list for tech and mobile [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | July 6, 2016
Executives across the industry clearly have hopes as to where they want their brand to be, not least as the business continues to change at a dramatic rate. EyeForTravel recently asked nearly 200 s... Read More
Zizoo looks to ride US waves following Euro 1.7 million funding
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Zizoo looks to ride US waves following Euro 1.7 million funding
By Linda Fox | July 6, 2016
Zizoo, a platform for boating holidays, has received Euro 1.7m in funding. The round comes via a number of investors including Mairdumont Ventures, aws Founder Fund, Russmedia, Axel Springer Digita... Read More
Why hotels should fight back against online mirror marketing
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Why hotels should fight back against online mirror marketing
By Viewpoints | July 5, 2016
So, I bet if I ask you what your main concerns are as hoteliers when battling the online travel agencies, there would be two responses... The level of commission The stranglehold of rate parit... Read More
Lessons for tour operators in the wake of #Zervocalypse
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Lessons for tour operators in the wake of #Zervocalypse
By Stephen Joyce | July 5, 2016
Yep, I went there. I just gave what happened to hundreds of small businesses on the fourth of July long weekend, a name. Why? Because it was an apocalypse of sorts. Hundreds of small businesses wer... Read More
Revinate funding hits $45 million with new $13 million round
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Revinate funding hits $45 million with new $13 million round
By Kevin May | July 5, 2016
A Series C investment into Revinate has seen it strengthen its position as the heaviest backed online reputation management service in travel. The US-based company has seen participation in the rou... Read More
Google goes deep on mobile search and booking behaviour
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Google goes deep on mobile search and booking behaviour
By Kevin May | July 5, 2016
Search giant Google and research house TNS have combined forces to examine the role of mobile in search and shopping patterns with travellers. The huge study used data from Google's search queries... Read More
Naspers pitches up with another deal in India
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Naspers pitches up with another deal in India
By Martin Cowen | July 5, 2016
Travel Boutique Online (TBO), an Indian B2B  player backed by South Africa's Naspers, has bought a stake in campsite aggregator Deyor Camps. Naspers was involved in a $250 million funding round for... Read More
CheckMyBus stops for seven-digit investment round
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CheckMyBus stops for seven-digit investment round
By Kevin May | July 5, 2016
International bus transport metasearch service CheckMyBus has raised a seven-digit funding round in a bid to expand its network and boost branding. The investment is believed to be at the lower end... Read More
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