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Hotels losing fewer clicks to intermediaries bidding on branded keywords

By Nick Vivion | July 8, 2015

The first quarter of 2015 has seen a slight improvement in the number of clicks lost by hotels to third party intermediaries bidding on branded keywords at auction. The count last quarter was 26,514 c... Read More

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Sabre SynXis tests Google Hotel Ads on new commission (not pay-per click) model

By Sean O'Neil | July 8, 2015

Sabre Hospitality Solutions is testing a tool that would let hotels get direct bookings from Google organic searches on a commission model instead of pay-per-click. The financial model is significa... Read More

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United temporarily grounded all of its US flights in ticketing system snafu

By Sean O'Neil | July 8, 2015

United had to ground all of its mainline flights nationwide around 7:40 am Eastern today due to the failure of a computer system. UPDATE: 10:05am Eastern. The ground stop was lifted (14:00 UTC).... Read More

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Let's hear it for the millennials

By Viewpoints | July 8, 2015

As a nation, the US is in the midst of a season of change. And it is the millennial generation that is behind the conversations taking place. NB: This is a guest article by Joah Spearman, CEO and c... Read More

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Travelport acquires Mobile Travel Technologies for Euro 55 million

By Kevin May | July 8, 2015

UPDATE: In a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, NYSE-listed Travelport discloses the purchase price for Mobile Travel Technologies at Euro 55 million. In total the company spent $... Read More

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Ixigo uses big data to upgrade rail app

By Martin Cowen | July 7, 2015

Mobile-focused Indian travel search site ixigo.com has added a PNR prediction feature to its "trains and hotels" app. Users booking waitlisted tickets on certain services will now get "a 95% accur... Read More

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Startup pitch: Hotel Genius brings its smarts to all-in-one hotel management

By Nick Vivion | July 7, 2015

Hotels have a wide selection of software to choose from, whether a single provider or a full-spectrum solution from one vendor. Today's startup pitch comes from a new entrant to the market, Hotel Geni... Read More

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Airbnb quietly starts a pilot for listings exclusively for business travellers

By Kevin May | July 7, 2015

Airbnb has made no secret of its strategy to widen the pool of travellers connecting with its hosts to secure accommodation. The big slice of the accommodation pie that Airbnb wants to gobble up ne... Read More

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Travel firms battling on the front line of fraud

By Viewpoints | July 7, 2015

Modern travel is exceptional - aircraft with wifi, bullet trains that average 200+ mph, boutique hotels that cater to every whim of weary travelers. NB: This is a guest article by Jason Tan, CEO of... Read More

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Travelport nails China coup with Alitrip link-up

By Martin Cowen | July 6, 2015

Alibaba Group's standalone travel business Alitrip has signed "a content and data partnership agreement" with Travelport. The deal has a number of strands. In terms of content, there is an option f... Read More

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Could equity be a new way for your travel startup to drive early adoption?

By Nick Vivion | July 6, 2015

The evolution of the JOBS Act in the United States has led to an emerging group of startups angling to connect everyday investors to equity in the Next Big Thing — or in our case, the Next Big Travel... Read More

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Priceline Group books $60 million stake in with Hotel Urbano

By Nick Vivion | July 6, 2015

The Priceline Group has taken a minority stake in Hotel Urbano, investing $60 million to expand its footprint in the Brazil market. The setup is similar to the way that Booking.com powers eDreams a... Read More

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The new world of Push APIs make travel sales a pushover

By Viewpoints | July 6, 2015

Quick – what does API stand for? Come on, you can remember - it's not long ago you went to tech school. If the first thought that popped into your head was Application Programming Interface, give y... Read More

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Rethinking staff compensation and equity in a startup

By PhocusWire | July 6, 2015

When Molly Graham joined Facebook, the company already had 400 employees, but there was no official performance or compensation system in place.... Read More

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Has Lufthansa gone mad? Penalising customers is the wrong way

By Viewpoints | July 6, 2015

Think about this for a minute. How many travel apps does the consumer really want on their mobile phone? One. Look at your own phone, how many weather apps do you have? How many email apps? How many c... Read More

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