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CEO Q&A: Skyscanner talks about its joint venture with Yahoo Japan
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CEO Q&A: Skyscanner talks about its joint venture with Yahoo Japan
By Sean O'Neil | July 15, 2015
Skyscanner, the travel metasearch startup, and Yahoo Japan, a web portal, are planning to launch Skyscanner Japan. Yahoo Japan opted for Skyscanner's metasearch instead of home-grown Travel.jp or P... Read More
Activities and technology - a new relationship with a long-term future
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Activities and technology - a new relationship with a long-term future
By Viewpoints | July 15, 2015
In an era of constant change and innovation in travel, with new business models and companies appearing every day, there is a great contradiction in the fact that the transfers and activities sector h... Read More
Amadeus and UNWTO partner for door-to-door project
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Amadeus and UNWTO partner for door-to-door project
By Linda Fox | July 15, 2015
Amadeus and UNWTO say they are developing the prototype for a door-to-door planning and ticketing system following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two. The aim of the multi... Read More
Rome2Rio axes white label to prioritise own consumer brand
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Rome2Rio axes white label to prioritise own consumer brand
By Kevin May | July 15, 2015
Rome2Rio is to end its white label programme for third parties, claiming the success of its consumer-facing product has "robbed" the brand of development resources. The multi-modal search engine sa... Read More
Mapping the holiday purchase through social media
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Mapping the holiday purchase through social media
By Viewpoints | July 15, 2015
Humans have an innate desire to share. The more connected we are, the more we share and where billions of us choose to share experiences and emotions is on social media. By using advanced social me... Read More
Virtual travel concierges are a thing, says HotelTonight, Native, and maybe Facebook
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Virtual travel concierges are a thing, says HotelTonight, Native, and maybe Facebook
By Sean O'Neil | July 14, 2015
The shift in travel spending from bricks-and-mortar travel agencies to online travel companies has largely been about automation -- taking the human part out, for cost savings. Now a few startups,... Read More
Timing is everything for hotel content marketing
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Timing is everything for hotel content marketing
By Viewpoints | July 14, 2015
When creating online travel content, it is tempting to come up with brand new ideas as you go along. After all, travel is all about spontaneity; it’s the off-the-cuff experiences that often make the g... Read More
Lufthansa claims it is on solid legal ground over GDS tax move
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Lufthansa claims it is on solid legal ground over GDS tax move
By Kevin May | July 14, 2015
No surprises that Lufthansa's announcement in early-June that it would be imposing a Euro 16 levy on bookings made via GDSs has turned into one of the big issues of the year. The move has been labe... Read More
To ease ticket exchanges, Amadeus swallows ADMs, hires preparers
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To ease ticket exchanges, Amadeus swallows ADMs, hires preparers
By Sean O'Neil | July 14, 2015
For a travel agent, exchanging unused airplane tickets is like rescuing a mermaid. It's something satisfying to do once in a while, but not something you would want to do twenty times a week. Today... Read More
A defining moment for measuring ancillary revenue?
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A defining moment for measuring ancillary revenue?
By Martin Cowen | July 14, 2015
IdeaWorks has released a summary of its latest look at airline ancillary revenues, saying that it will change its definition to include fare families. The headline findings from 2014 come as little... Read More
Device habits of travellers [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Device habits of travellers [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | July 14, 2015
Texting, instant messages and browsing the internet are the three most popular activities performed on a mobile device by travellers when overseas. Data captured via a survey of 4,250 adults in the... Read More
Startup pitch: Africabookings is a central reservation system for hotels
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Startup pitch: Africabookings is a central reservation system for hotels
By Sean O'Neil | July 13, 2015
Africabookings wishes to become the leading hotel B2B hotel central reservation system (CRS) for Africa, starting with sub-Saharan countries. It acts as a wholesaler, via its site africabookingscrs... Read More
Priceline offshoot Villas.com starts spreading the affiliate love
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Priceline offshoot Villas.com starts spreading the affiliate love
By Kevin May | July 13, 2015
Following in the footsteps of its sister brand Booking.com, sister vacation rental site Villas.com is starting to spread its wings to third parties. The Priceline Group-owned brand was unveiled wit... Read More
US Airways gets the October bench trial against Sabre it wanted
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US Airways gets the October bench trial against Sabre it wanted
July 13, 2015
A US district judge in New York has scheduled US Airways' antitrust case against Sabre Holdings to go to bench trial on October 26. Sabre had instead sought a jury trial, which might have worked ag... Read More
Silently debuting homestays, Booking.com jabs Airbnb
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Silently debuting homestays, Booking.com jabs Airbnb
By Sean O'Neil | July 13, 2015
Booking.com, the online travel agency giant owned by Priceline Group, has begun listing homestays. These accommodations don't come from Booking's traditional vacation rental inventory. A majority o... Read More
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