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Wanda enters Chinese OTA sector with $500m+ LY.com investment
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Wanda enters Chinese OTA sector with $500m+ LY.com investment
By Martin Cowen | July 5, 2015
China's online travel market continues to attract not only eye-watering levels of investment but also new entrants, with LY.com getting RMB3.2 billion ( $515 million) from Wanda Group. Wanda is a c... Read More
Why startup accelerators need an overhaul
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Why startup accelerators need an overhaul
By PhocusWire | July 3, 2015
There are plenty of great startup accelerators that have track records in supporting entrepreneurs.... Read More
Amadeus claims Lufthansa has lost the trust of the industry
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Amadeus claims Lufthansa has lost the trust of the industry
By Kevin May | July 3, 2015
Amadeus has slammed Lufthansa for its "aggressive and unilateral" decision to impose a tax on tickets sold via global distribution systems. The attack comes in a letter obtained by Tnooz to Amadeus... Read More
As tech and apps drive growth, time to argue the case for daytime hotel stays
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As tech and apps drive growth, time to argue the case for daytime hotel stays
By Viewpoints | July 3, 2015
With more than 673,000 hotel rooms available in the UK alone, is the hotel industry capitalising on all of its assets - namely the large numbers of rooms sitting idle during the day? NB: This is a... Read More
Sharing snaps online in jeopardy as EU considers copyright changes
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Sharing snaps online in jeopardy as EU considers copyright changes
By Linda Fox | July 3, 2015
In what seems a mad move, the EU is considering amending copyright laws which could make the online sharing of travel snaps and video footage illegal. In countries such as the Germany, Spain and th... Read More
The state of online travel in Asia [INFOGRAPHIC]
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The state of online travel in Asia [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Martin Cowen | July 2, 2015
eRevMax has produced an infographic highlighting what is sees as the most important factors impacting travel in Asia-Pacific. The data is sourced from: emarketer, EyeForTravel, Lenovo, Phocuswright... Read More
OTA lobby report preceded US airline antitrust inquiry, House of Cards-style
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OTA lobby report preceded US airline antitrust inquiry, House of Cards-style
By Sean O'Neil | July 2, 2015
Last month, before a US watchdog began an antitrust investigation against some airlines, the Travel Technology Association (TTA), a lobbying group, published a much-cited report on airline market powe... Read More
RoadTrippers brings its own collaborative trip planning tool to road trips
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RoadTrippers brings its own collaborative trip planning tool to road trips
By Nick Vivion | July 2, 2015
It must be the week of the travel planning — just as Hipmunk announced a trip planning feature, RoadTrippers is now offering groups a way to collaborative plan trips on its platform. As one of the... Read More
Startup pitch: HomeToGo ready to take vacation rental metasearch global
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Startup pitch: HomeToGo ready to take vacation rental metasearch global
By Nick Vivion | July 2, 2015
Today's startup pitch comes to us from Berlin, where HomeToGo operates a metasearch engine for vacation rentals. The startup has just raised Euro 6 million in a Series A funding round from early-st... Read More
Why the heat is rising in the business travel world
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Why the heat is rising in the business travel world
By Pamela Whitby | July 2, 2015
If you’ve ever been stuck on London’s sweltering, airless underground in a heat wave, you will feel the pain of the capital’s commuters this week. NB: This is an analysis by Pamela Whitby, editor o... Read More
Ryanair axes car hire web agreement, Hertz unhappy over GDS distribution
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Ryanair axes car hire web agreement, Hertz unhappy over GDS distribution
By Kevin May | July 2, 2015
Ignition keys at dawn! Ryanair and Hertz have had an almighty falling out - with the car hire giant terminating its web retailing partnership with immediate effect. The European low cost carrier sa... Read More
Imagine a world without the world wide web [VIDEO]
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Imagine a world without the world wide web [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | July 2, 2015
It is 1989. Tim (now Sir) Berners-Lee, whilst working at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, has an idea to create something called the world wide web. ...(sorry, former-Mr Vice President)... The wor... Read More
Uber adds seven more cities in India
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Uber adds seven more cities in India
By Martin Cowen | July 1, 2015
Uber has confirmed that it is expanding its operations in India, adding seven new cities to the 11 it already operates in. Its statement said that this is not only "the largest number of new intern... Read More
Rakuten acquires Voyagin, an Asian tours and activities startup
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Rakuten acquires Voyagin, an Asian tours and activities startup
By Sean O'Neil | July 1, 2015
Rakuten Travel, the online agency arm of Japan's e-commerce giant Rakuten, has acquired majority ownership of Voyagin, a consumer-focused tours-and-activities startup headquartered in Singapore. Te... Read More
Amadeus acquires airline hosting firm Navitaire for $830M
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Amadeus acquires airline hosting firm Navitaire for $830M
By Sean O'Neil | July 1, 2015
Amadeus said today it is acquiring Navitaire, a low-cost hosting platform for airlines that is especially popular with low-cost carriers, from its owner, Accenture, for $830 million. Navitaire help... Read More
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