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Startup pitch: Zizoo motors into charter boat rental and skipper reviews
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Startup pitch: Zizoo motors into charter boat rental and skipper reviews
By Nick Vivion | June 12, 2014
Zizooboats is a new travel startup focusing on securing charter boats, using an online review community for skippers and payment system to ensure that the customer has a good experience both online an... Read More
Millennials actually more interested in luxury hotel services than Boomers [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Millennials actually more interested in luxury hotel services than Boomers [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Nick Vivion | June 12, 2014
A new infographic from Chase suggests a perspective shift when it comes to how Millennials consume hotel services. Traditional thinking is that Millenials are less interested in luxury hotels than Boo... Read More
The impact of mobile on hotel in-market service
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The impact of mobile on hotel in-market service
By Viewpoints | June 12, 2014
Consumers have all the hotels in the world at their fingertips, but how do they weed their way through all the clutter and “find something new” when there is only so much time in the day? NB: This... Read More
Making sense (and business) out of irrational behaviour
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Making sense (and business) out of irrational behaviour
By Linda Fox | June 12, 2014
Big (and little) data has come up as a topic at a number of airline conferences in the past month with advice from the great and good on the need to tap into it. A recent session from Boxever chief... Read More
Asian travellers lead in mobile travel search and bookings [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Asian travellers lead in mobile travel search and bookings [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | June 12, 2014
Asian travellers are leading the field when it comes to mobile travel bookings and searches performed, at 33% and 59% respectively, compared to the global average of 25% and 46% respectively. The fin... Read More
Travelport buys hospitality distribution system Hotelzon
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Travelport buys hospitality distribution system Hotelzon
By Kevin May | June 11, 2014
Travelport, in a bid to boost its presence in areas "Beyond Air", has bought UK-based hotel distribution platform Hotelzon. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. Hotelzon provides various hotel dis... Read More
A quick visual tool to plan vacations around expected rain patterns
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A quick visual tool to plan vacations around expected rain patterns
By Nick Vivion | June 11, 2014
Dutch online travel agent Tjingo has created a simple visual tool to quickly see global rain patterns for trip planning purposes. The company notes in the opening paragraph above the map that custo... Read More
Instant booking for hotels rolled out within TripAdvisor app and website
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Instant booking for hotels rolled out within TripAdvisor app and website
By Nick Vivion | June 11, 2014
TripAdvisor has rolled out instant booking for hotels on its mobile app and website. Rather than simply being another metasearch tool used to research before booking off-site, the ability to book i... Read More
Oh dear, lost in (social media) translation: Thai AirAsia plane did NOT hit Nok Air counterpart
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Oh dear, lost in (social media) translation: Thai AirAsia plane did NOT hit Nok Air counterpart
By Karthick Prabu | June 11, 2014
Bad news travels fast. And with on social media it travels even faster. Sadly, news of a Thai AirAsia aircraft hitting a bird took on a life of its own in social media this week, but for a wrong re... Read More
What are the consequences of a world for hotels after rate parity?
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What are the consequences of a world for hotels after rate parity?
By Viewpoints | June 11, 2014
The French economy minister launched a legal action a few weeks back against the hotel booking site Booking.com. Arnaud Montebourg has called into question the alleged rate parity clause imposed by... Read More
Last-minute goal - most Brits waited until May to book trips online to Brazil for World Cup
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Last-minute goal - most Brits waited until May to book trips online to Brazil for World Cup
By Kevin May | June 11, 2014
You might ordinarily assume that for a major trip to Brazil to attend the World Cup that football fans would sort everything out months in advance. Well, either Brits are tardy folk (ahem) or just... Read More
Asia-Pacific car sharing service iCarsclub raises $10 million
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Asia-Pacific car sharing service iCarsclub raises $10 million
By Karthick Prabu | June 11, 2014
iCarsclub, a Singapore-based peer to peer car rental service, has raised $10 million in a Series A round from Sequoia Capital China and Crystal Stream Capital. This fund will be used to expand the... Read More
Priceline buys hotel marketing platform Buuteeq
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Priceline buys hotel marketing platform Buuteeq
By Kevin May | June 10, 2014
Interesting move from Priceline with news that it has acquired US-based startup Buuteeq, a full-service digital marketing brand for hotels. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Priceline says t... Read More
United to match Delta's fare-based loyalty with program restructuring
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United to match Delta's fare-based loyalty with program restructuring
By Nick Vivion | June 10, 2014
Industry watchers have been awaiting a decision from United related to Delta's decision to switch from miles to money for loyalty tracking. The answer has arrived: starting in March 2015, United will... Read More
Lack of engagement causing missed revenue opportunities for OTAs and metasearch companies
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Lack of engagement causing missed revenue opportunities for OTAs and metasearch companies
By Nick Vivion | June 10, 2014
OTAs and metasearch companies are leaving money on the table by not considering the day-of-travel engagement scenario, FlightView has found. The research, available here, queried 2,066 travelers (3... Read More
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