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Zomato boss responds to analyst's battering

By Martin Cowen | May 9, 2016

Deepinder Goyal, founder and CEO of restaurant-based start-up Zomato, has defended his business after an analyst's report halved its valuation to $500 million. The HSBC report, which is not in the... Read More

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Look who’s talking - chat bots and virtual reality unwrapped at THack Mallorca

By Gene Quinn | May 9, 2016

Some pretty big digital travel players made headlines last week with Booking.com unveiling its hotel chat service, and with early product testers sharing a peek at Google’s new Trips app. But that doe... Read More

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IHG turns the screw on agencies with direct-booking swipe

By Kevin May | May 9, 2016

InterContinental Hotels Group is the latest mega-chain to make a major effort to turn travellers away from the "purse-stretching" online travel agencies. The group is pushing a major new campaign t... Read More

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Rome2Rio takes instant bookings for trains, flights being tested

By Kevin May | May 9, 2016

The instant booking trend on travel sites is now hitting the multi-modal players, with Rome2Rio taking bookings for rail trips in the UK. The Australia-based company has enlisted the help of Silver... Read More

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The HouseTrip story - how to make tens of millions of investment capital disappear

By PhocusWire | May 9, 2016

The HouseTrip email of Wednesday 27 April 2016: "We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been acquired by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website." I wasn't thrilled... I was crying into my m... Read More

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Age of flying bots - what airlines should do in 2016

By Viewpoints | May 6, 2016

Airlines will be one of the first sectors to push into messaging-driven experiences, as shown by KLM’s bot launched at Facebook’s F8 Conference last month. NB: This is an analysis by Nadav Gur, fou... Read More

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Time-out - business travellers still spend hours on travel and expenses

By Linda Fox | May 6, 2016

KDS has run some numbers on the use of manual processes in travel booking and expense management as well as traveller attitudes. Unsurprisingly the message is that it's still taking business travel... Read More

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Web bookings dominate buoyant hostel sector (but rental threat looms)

By Kevin May | May 6, 2016

Seven out of ten bookings for hostels are now made on online travel agencies, making it one of the sectors with the highest web penetration in the industry. This is on the back of two-thirds of all... Read More

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Sabre drives focus onto test engineers with India university tie-up

By Martin Cowen | May 6, 2016

Sabre has formed a partnership with the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women in India in anticipation of the need for more software testing engineers. As part of the tie-up, Sabre is... Read More

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Sabre claims it outperforms Amadeus and Travelport in finding low fares

By Sean O'Neil | May 5, 2016

In the early 1980s Pepsi launched a marketing campaign that touted blindfolded taste tests that found that consumers preferred its sweeter flavor to Coke's. Sabre seems to be hoping that the GDS eq... Read More

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Travelport continues to grow non-air revenues

By Martin Cowen | May 5, 2016

Travelport's "Beyond Air" initiative has helped it turn in a strong start to its financial year, with payments business eNett and hospitality bookings supplementing a decent performance from air. T... Read More

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TripAdvisor sees further financial dampening as instant booking takes hold

By Kevin May | May 5, 2016

TripAdvisor says its performance will continue to be impaired during 2016 as it switches models from media advertising to instant booking for hotels. The company saw revenues fall by 3% in the firs... Read More

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Amadeus reports positive start to the year

By Linda Fox | May 5, 2016

Amadeus has finished the first quarter of 2016 on a high note reporting increases in revenue and profit. For the three months ending March 31, the distribution giant announced a 17% increase in pro... Read More

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Developers: dig into a sandbox of cool travel APIs at THack Mallorca

By PhocusWire | May 4, 2016

Tnooz is producing its 27th hackathon at the dreamy location of Mallorca, Spain, on the weekend of 6-8 May. The theme of the hackathon is creating mobile apps for hospitality in travel ... with a s... Read More

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The European travel market flourishes as online channels boom

By Sponsored Content | May 4, 2016

Despite recent troubles, the European travel market continues to reach new highs with projected revenue of €264 billion in 2015, shattering the previous year's record of €251 billion. NB This is a... Read More

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