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Apartum bags further funding for European expansion
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Apartum bags further funding for European expansion
By Linda Fox | September 3, 2015
Holiday rental comparison site Apartum has announced further seed funding to the tune of Euro 500,000. The latest round for the Barcelona-based startup comes from SeedSyndicates in Madrid, business... Read More
Meru blindsides upstart Uber with carpooling brand
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Meru blindsides upstart Uber with carpooling brand
By Martin Cowen | September 2, 2015
Meru Cabs, one of India's biggest traditional taxi businesses, has embraced the sharing economy and launched CarPool by Meru, integrating its new service into its main brand app. The move has raise... Read More
Hopper, the cheap flights app, adds instant booking, shifts platform from Hadoop to Spark
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Hopper, the cheap flights app, adds instant booking, shifts platform from Hadoop to Spark
By Sean O'Neil | September 2, 2015
At the start of the year, Hopper unveiled an iOS app with data-driven flight predictions. This product, which featured airfare forecasts and ticket price tracking, has gained traction with users. T... Read More
Amadeus CheckMyTrip to add Olset hotel recommendations
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Amadeus CheckMyTrip to add Olset hotel recommendations
By Sean O'Neil | September 2, 2015
Olset, a hotel booking recommendation startup, is integrating its service with Amadeus CheckMyTrip, an itinerary management solution that give travelers who sign up, or those with an Amadeus reservati... Read More
Closing the information gap between guests and hotels
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Closing the information gap between guests and hotels
By Viewpoints | September 2, 2015
Personalization is a concept that lies at the very heart of the travel industry -  the art of making people feel at home. NB This is a guest article by Jeff Hiscox, CEO of Newmarket, an Amadeus com... Read More
With turbulence tech every cloud (potentially) has a softer landing
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With turbulence tech every cloud (potentially) has a softer landing
By Linda Fox | September 2, 2015
WSI is claiming crowdsourcing from the clouds with its tracking system that automatically detects and relays information on turbulence. The company, a division of the Weather Company, says informat... Read More
TripAdvisor connects the dots between hotel performance and interaction with guests
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TripAdvisor connects the dots between hotel performance and interaction with guests
By Kevin May | September 2, 2015
TripAdvisor claims it has found a link between how engaged hoteliers are with travellers and the "performance" of a property on the website. Atmosphere Research Group was brought in by TripAdvisor... Read More
Hotels: Fill your “mobile white space”
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Hotels: Fill your “mobile white space”
By Viewpoints | September 1, 2015
New advances in hotel IT technology are creating a “mobile white space” that is set to transform the way guests interact with hotels. NB: This is a guest article by Viko Bhakta, co-founder/CEO Roo... Read More
Startup pitch: Bucket expands its text-parsing travel planner for Millennials
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Startup pitch: Bucket expands its text-parsing travel planner for Millennials
By Sean O'Neil | September 1, 2015
Bucket parses free form text from any source (online or from friends on, say, a Facebook page) and from any device to create a personalized trip plan. In August Bucket, a startup in San Francisco,... Read More
Amadeus acquires online booking engine supplier Pyton
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Amadeus acquires online booking engine supplier Pyton
By Kevin May | September 1, 2015
Another acquisition for Amadeus - snapping up Dutch travel technology company Pyton for an undisclosed fee. Pyton is best known for three core products: Waverunner (web booking engine), Elsy Arres... Read More
THack São Paulo: A mix of new hotel ideas, mobile, music, inspiring images
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THack São Paulo: A mix of new hotel ideas, mobile, music, inspiring images
By Sean O'Neil | September 1, 2015
This past weekend, Tnooz brought its signature THack hackathon series to São Paulo, thanks to creative and fast developers who played with APIs from lead sponsor Sabre, the travel technology giant.... Read More
Lufthansa begins GDS surcharge, claims direct connectivity gaining interest
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Lufthansa begins GDS surcharge, claims direct connectivity gaining interest
By Kevin May | September 1, 2015
European carrier Lufthansa has not bowed to any of the industry pressure of recent months and today introduced its controversial GDS levy. Every booking made via an intermediary using a global dist... Read More
Big social data drives brand campaign for LateRooms
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Big social data drives brand campaign for LateRooms
By Pamela Whitby | September 1, 2015
LateRooms's marketing strategy now includes social media and big data as well as the more traditional channels. NB This is a guest article by Pamela Whitby, editor of EyeForTravel. Five years ag... Read More
CatchThatBus stops for a $1.5M investment, plots regional expansion
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CatchThatBus stops for a $1.5M investment, plots regional expansion
By Kevin May | September 1, 2015
Mobile-first reservation service CatchThatBus wants to push into other countries in South East Asia following a new funding round to the tune of $1.5 million. Jungle Ventures is once again leading... Read More
Travel trade news, views, and tool updates: Tnooz recommends, from elsewhere
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Travel trade news, views, and tool updates: Tnooz recommends, from elsewhere
By Sean O'Neil | August 31, 2015
Here are some of the news stories, opinions, and updates to useful tools that are relevant to the evolution of the travel trade for Monday 31 August: GOOD READS FROM ELSEWHERE It's safe for star... Read More
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