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Kirk to Enterprise: What Star Trek got right about voice tech [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Sean O'Neil | September 8, 2016

Science fiction has often inspired technology innovation and adoption, and one of the most influential sci-fi franchises is Star Trek — which had its first TV episode 50 years ago today. For instan... Read More

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Virgin Holidays brings second screening to new marketing push

By Martin Cowen | September 8, 2016

UK tour operator Virgin Holidays is co-ordinating a Twitter competition with a live television advert to kickstart its new "Seize the Holiday" campaign. Head of brand Jay Kossofis said a live TV a... Read More

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Why do they pay that way?

By Sponsored Content | September 8, 2016

Booking holiday packages online is fast becoming the norm around the world, but the way people choose to pay for their trip varies greatly. What are these differences? And what influences them? Is it... Read More

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Someone has quietly bought the digital assets of failed LowcostHolidays

By Kevin May | September 8, 2016

The demise of the Lowcost Travel Group in mid-July this year was one of the biggest travel company failures of recent years. The decision to put the company into administration saw around 27,000 stra... Read More

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Top 10 mistakes hotel websites make with design and usability

By Viewpoints | September 8, 2016

Hotel website design, like any kind of design, is subjective - with nothing more painful than a website "discussion" where stakeholders talk for hours about colors, content and photos. NB: This is... Read More

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Keypr's heavyweight advisors think it can unlock hotel success

By Juliana Shallcross | September 8, 2016

Keypr is an LA-based startup that enables hotels to have mobile check-in, check-out, and a host of back-end ops. To date, the service currently has 200 properties under contract, ranging from boutique... Read More

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Business travellers on apps and other hotel technology

By Linda Fox | September 7, 2016

GBTA Foundation has quizzed US corporate travellers on the hotel technology they use when staying away for business. As well as the usual findings on wifi, travellers were also asked whether they h... Read More

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British Airways boasts NDC capabilities with Kayak booking deal

By Kevin May | September 7, 2016

"Facilitated booking" on metasearch engines is nothing new - but British Airways is making a fairly big thing of talking about a deal with Kayak that uses the IATA NDC standard. The collaboration b... Read More

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Priceline and Baidu increase stake in Ctrip

By Martin Cowen | September 7, 2016

Ctrip has announced that existing shareholders Baidu and Priceline Group have lifted their stake in the business. China's biggest OTA has released a flurry of related financial announcements over t... Read More

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TripAdvisor redesign puts activities front and centre alongside hotels

By Kevin May | September 7, 2016

More evidence that TripAdvisor has moved a long way from its original hotel review offering - with a redesign and strapline that shows how important bookings have become. The new site, officially r... Read More

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Looking at Liam's travel micro-moments

By Linda Fox | September 7, 2016

Google continues to release interesting snippets around search behaviour in travel as part of its travel micro-moments marketing push. Just two months ago, it unveiled a Playbook as a guide to the... Read More

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Seekda buys Regatta Travel Solutions, booking and metasearch tech combine

By Kevin May | September 6, 2016

Regatta Travel Solutions has ended six years as an independent company and been bought by Austrian travel technology shop Seekda. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The deal will put t... Read More

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Hilton claims new level of personalisation for mobile never seen before

By Kevin May | September 6, 2016

The summer in the northern hemisphere must be over - with a mightily bold claim coming out of Hilton this week to welcome industry folk back to work. The global hotel chain says it has developed a... Read More

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OTAs aren't so bad after all - Expedia to power Marriott packages channel

By Kevin May | September 6, 2016

Online travel agencies have been powering elements of third party websites for years - but here is one deal that flies in the face of the current direct-intermediary saga. Expedia and Marriott have... Read More

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Mobile app startups: TripUniq, Esplorio and Btrfly

By PhocusWire | September 6, 2016

This is a regular roundup of some of the latest mobile application startup launches in travel covering everything from trip inspiration and planning to virtual assistants. TripUniq What doe... Read More

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