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China's online travel sector becomes a game of musical chairs

By Martin Cowen | August 4, 2015

Tencent - one of China's big three e-commerce businesses - has made an offer to take full ownership of eLong. The announcement comes ten weeks or so after Expedia Inc sold its 62.4% stake in eLong... Read More

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Duetto lands $30M more for its hotel revenue strategy services

By Sean O'Neil | August 4, 2015

Duetto, a revenue strategy service, said today that it has received a $30 million round of investment. This Series C round was led by Icon Ventures. Also participating were past investors, such as... Read More

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Skyscanner bags global flight deal for MSN consumer platform

By Kevin May | August 4, 2015

Big league stuff for Skyscanner potentially, with it securing a deal to provide flight search to MSN in all of the Microsoft-run brand's global markets. Due to be announced later this week, the UK-... Read More

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Commuter effect takes hold in travel as iPhone browsing overtakes iPad

By Linda Fox | August 4, 2015

A couple of interesting nuggets come out of recent research on mobile browsing and transactions. The aptly named 'Eclipse of the Desktop' mobile web survey shows that mobile traffic to travel websi... Read More

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Startup pitch: Simpki delivers hip, multimodal metasearch for weekend trips in Europe

By Sean O'Neil | August 3, 2015

Simpki is a consumer travel service that promises to filter more than 400,000 options for weekend vacations in Europe within "one click and two minutes's of time", offering recommendations that are ad... Read More

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Oyo Rooms, with a 21-year-old CEO, nabs $100M Softbank-led investment

By Sean O'Neil | August 3, 2015

Oyo Rooms, a booking platform for budget hotels and guesthouses in Southeast Asia, has received a $100 million investment round that was led by SoftBank Group, a Japanese conglomerate that owns Sprint... Read More

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Tujia, China's HomeAway and Airbnb hybrid, closes $300M round

By Sean O'Neil | August 3, 2015

Tujia, a vacation rental platform with a minority stake owned by HomeAway and with short-term listings that are like Airbnb's, has closed a $300 million round. The investment round valued the startup... Read More

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Amadeus further boosts hospitality arm with acquisition of Hotel SystemsPro

By Linda Fox | August 3, 2015

Amadeus is building out its hotel industry services through the acquisition of Hotel SystemsPro, with terms of the deal undisclosed. The purchase has been made by Amadeus-owned Newmarket, which was... Read More

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Online travel growth in China shows no sign of slowing down

By Martin Cowen | August 3, 2015

Research from Macquarie Group into the online travel market in China has identified packages as the sector with the greatest potential. A detailed paper, shared with Tnooz, references company infor... Read More

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Reflections on Ryanair's mobile website...

By Viewpoints | August 3, 2015

Ryanair quietly launched its first mobile booking website last month. This follows CEO Michael O’Leary’s announcement in its 2014 annual report that the carrier will no longer “allow” competitors to “... Read More

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In a test, Google Now trials hotel price drop alerts

By Sean O'Neil | August 2, 2015

In a test, Google has prototyped a service that alerts Android users about drops in a hotel rate in the day or so after a reservation is made. In the test, the alerts were provided via the company'... Read More

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Uber devotes an extra $1 billion to ramp up India operations

By Martin Cowen | July 31, 2015

Uber has confirmed that it has earmarked another $1 billion for the Indian market and is confident that there will be one million Uber rides a day in India within the next six to nine months. The... Read More

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Expedia likes Google instant book, HomeAway, and Chinese affiliate sales

By Sean O'Neil | July 31, 2015

Expedia Inc has released its second quarter earnings. (Here are the topline financial numbers.) CEO Dara Khosrowshahi held a conference call with investors. Below are the highlights of what he sai... Read More

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Amadeus air flies, but hotels and rail stay under the radar

By Martin Cowen | July 31, 2015

Amadeus has reported a strong six months, operationally and financially, with airlines still dominating the business. Topline results for the six months to end-June show overall revenues up 14.2% t... Read More

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MakeMyTrip targets market share, mobile skyrockets, buys again

By Martin Cowen | July 30, 2015

MakeMyTrip has started to prioritise market share and transaction growth, in response to the "unprecedented smartphone penetration" in the Indian market. CEO Deep Kalra told analysts on the company... Read More

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