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Solid third quarter drives Sabre to increase full-year growth guidance
News / Distribution
Solid third quarter drives Sabre to increase full-year growth guidance
By Linda Fox | October 30, 2018
Sabre has reported a solid third quarter with growth across distribution, airline and hospitality solutions.... Read More
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News / Distribution
Expedia rolls out Guest Insights technology for booking behavior intel
By Linda Fox | October 30, 2018
Expedia is adding to its services it offers hotels with its Guest Insights technology.... Read More
It's the end of the hotel metasearch model as we know it
Opinion / Online
It's the end of the hotel metasearch model as we know it
By Max Starkov - HEBS Digital | October 30, 2018
The very promise to compare rates on hundreds of sites for the same hotel is what makes hotel metasearch inherently flawed.... Read More
Properly nabs $8.5M to grow housekeeping platform for vacation rental property managers
News / Technology
Properly nabs $8.5M to grow housekeeping platform for vacation rental property managers
By Jill Menze | October 30, 2018
Properly has raised $8.5 million to expand its cleaning and operations management platform for vacation rental managers.... Read More
Booking Holdings Grab investment partnership
News / Online
Booking Holdings invests $200M in SE Asian ride-hail company Grab
By Mitra Sorrells | October 29, 2018
Booking Holdings is making a major investment and creating a strategic partnership with Grab Holdings, a Singapore-based on-demand transportation platform that operates in 235 cities in eight countries across Southeast Asia.  ... Read More
MakeMyTrip soft launches experiences as it reports gains across air and hotel units
News / Online
MakeMyTrip soft launches experiences as it reports gains across air and hotel units
By Linda Fox | October 29, 2018
MakeMyTrip Group has reported an increase of 27% to gross bookings of more than $1.2 billion for the second quarter of 2019 fiscal year.... Read More
Travelers less concerned with social media, destination politics when finding and planning travel
News / Online
Travelers less concerned with social media, destination politics when finding and planning travel
By Jill Menze | October 29, 2018
Travelers are increasingly relying on technology to assist with their travel experiences, however, some of their travel preferences and choices may deviate from common thinking.... Read More
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Interview / Distribution
In the green room at Phocuswright with ... Tye Radcliffe
By PhocusWire | October 29, 2018
As director of distribution at United Airlines, Tye Radcliffe oversees a team responsible for the commercial and technical strategies that allow United to sell its products via external channels.... Read More
Metasearch part 4 startup challenges
News / Distribution
The metasearch model, part 4: Startup space
By Mitra Sorrells | October 29, 2018
Compared to other aspects of travel, metasearch has not seen as much activity from startups. For our final piece in this series, we explore the question of why, with insights from a venture capitalist as well as two of the newer metasearch entrants,... Read More
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News / Technology
TAKE A SURVEY: Gender parity in travel and technology
By PhocusWire | October 26, 2018
Phocuswright is engaging its community to help find out where the industry stands on gender parity.... Read More
WEBINAR REPLAY! Mobile payment journey: a tour across ten markets
News / Technology
WEBINAR REPLAY! Mobile payment journey: a tour across ten markets
By PhocusWire | October 26, 2018
Worldpay presents a live quiz and knowledge sharing webinar on mobile preferences across 10 markets.... Read More
QOTW: Something about second-guessing travelers
News / Online
QOTW: Something about second-guessing travelers
By PhocusWire | October 26, 2018
Quote from Akemi Tsunagawa, founder and CEO of Bespoke, in an article of PhocusWire this week.... Read More
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News / Online
The hotel email marketing trends that can help boost ROI
By Jill Menze | October 26, 2018
Compared to other marketing channels such as social media, direct mail or paid search, email delivers the highest returns on investment for hoteliers. But the contents - and timing - of emails sent by hotels often determine how well any given campaign will perform.... Read More
In the green room at Phocuswright with ... Dhruv Shringi
Interview / Online
In the green room at Phocuswright with ... Dhruv Shringi
By PhocusWire | October 26, 2018
As co-founder and CEO of Yatra, Dhruv has led the company from its launch in 2006 with three people to a company of some 2,400 people.... Read More
Expedia Q3 earnings 2018
News / Distribution
Expedia records another positive quarter, double-digit growth in revenue and bookings
By Mitra Sorrells | October 25, 2018
Expedia Group saw its gross booking increased $2.5 billion, or 11% year-over-year, in the third quarter of 2018, fueled by growth in Brand Expedia, HomeAway, Hotels.com and Expedia Partner Solutions.  ... Read More