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sojern state of the industry 2019
News / Online
What's on the minds of 600+ travel marketers? Personalization - and Facebook
By Jill Menze | February 21, 2019
Sojern's massive survey of more of travel marketers identifies key challenges and priorities for advertisers in 2019.... Read More
ATPCO Routehappy integration
News / Technology
ATPCO boosts retail solution with complete integration of Routehappy
By Mitra Sorrells | February 21, 2019
ATPCO says its full integration of Routehappy products and staff is boosting its retail solutions and driving future innovation.     ... Read More
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News / Technology
Expedia Partner Solutions builds partner program for tech companies
By Linda Fox | February 21, 2019
Expedia Partner Solutions says it wants to establish a closer relationship via its certified technology partner program.... Read More
Ctrip hotel marketing training
News / Online
Ctrip expands its "Hotel University" training program to hoteliers worldwide
By Mitra Sorrells | February 21, 2019
The travel giant is growing its in-person marketing training - dubbed Ctrip Hotel University - to hotels outside China.... Read More
WEBINAR REPLAY! The future of customer experience and e-commerce - bringing the customer to life
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WEBINAR REPLAY! The future of customer experience and e-commerce - bringing the customer to life
By PhocusWire | February 21, 2019
UserReplay and Dnata present the key customer experience challenges for the travel industry in 2019 and how a move to a technical product e-commerce model holds the key to success. ... Read More
Travelers have big frustrations with in-destination services online
News / Technology
Travelers have big frustrations with in-destination services online
By Linda Fox | February 20, 2019
The Destination X study from Amadeus spoke to 1,000 travelers about their frustrations with services and products, as well as how to access them.... Read More
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News / Distribution
Japan latest country to book first NDC-hosted air ticket
By Kevin May | February 20, 2019
Tokyo-based travel agency F-ness issued the Lufthansa air ticket using a platform developed by Verteil Direct Connect.... Read More
The mobile-first world holds tremendous revenue potential for hoteliers - here's why
Opinion / Online
The mobile-first world holds tremendous revenue potential for hoteliers - here's why
By Max Starkov - HEBS Digital | February 20, 2019
As the travel planning process increases in complexity, hoteliers need to find ways to engage their best potential guests across multiple touch points and across all devices, especially mobile.... Read More
Egencia adds hotel chat, package booking features to business travel platform
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Egencia adds hotel chat, package booking features to business travel platform
By Jill Menze | February 20, 2019
Egencia is rolling out platform updates to benefit both business travelers and travel managers.... Read More
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Lonely Planet buys ArrivalGuides, plots industry partnership model
By Linda Fox | February 19, 2019
Age-old guidebook-turned-digital travel content brand Lonely Planet buys ArrivalGuides as it looks to forge B2B partnerships.... Read More
Chinese web giants come together to make travel "smarter"
News / Technology
Chinese web giants come together to make travel "smarter"
By Kevin May | February 19, 2019
Two of China's biggest digital brands - Baidu and Ctrip - are collaborating in a bid to develop "intelligent tourism" in the country.... Read More
Will consumer demand for convenience transform the checked baggage experience?
Opinion / Online
Will consumer demand for convenience transform the checked baggage experience?
By LugLess | February 19, 2019
Just as the taxi business was slow to make changes with the proliferation of the on-demand economy, airlines' lack of innovation in the baggage handling area may be setting themselves up for the same fate: Their customers will look for new alternatives.... Read More
China series part 3 startups
News / Startups
China, part 3: The state of the travel startup ecosystem
By Mitra Sorrells | February 19, 2019
William Bao Bean of SOSV, Lio Chen of Plug & Play and Margaret Feng of Ctrip's Oasis Lab talk to us about China's startup ecosystem.... Read More
Home-sharing is ready to write its second chapter
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Home-sharing is ready to write its second chapter
By Christina Jelski - Travel Weekly | February 18, 2019
Startups are mounting fresh challenges to both traditional hotels, whose forays into the home-rental space have met with mixed results, and to a maturing Airbnb, which is showing signs of evolving its property management role.... Read More
Four notable trends and stories impacting the airline sector right now
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Four notable trends and stories impacting the airline sector right now
By Phocuswright Research  | February 18, 2019
A look at the four most notable trends and stories that are impacting the U.S. airline segment in 2019.... Read More