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7 ways hotels can use visuals to spur bookings

By Viewpoints | January 29, 2016

It may be a Captain Obvious thing to say, but hotel visuals are one of the important factors that can influence a traveler's decision to book. Yet many hotel employees are too distracted with other ta... Read More

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MakeMyTrip sees triple-digit mobile growth

By Martin Cowen | January 29, 2016

MakeMyTrip's first earnings call since Ctrip's $180 million investment showed how strong its mobile and app business has become, with bosses even admitting mobile is growing "faster than we anticipate... Read More

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KLM tries WhatsApp chat, Hyatt sees Messenger results [UPDATED]

By Sean O'Neil | January 29, 2016

KLM will be the first travel brand to trial a rebooking service via WhatsApp, the messaging app that claims nearly a billion users. As of February, when passengers of a connecting flight at Amsterd... Read More

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Driverless cars en route to London

By Linda Fox | January 29, 2016

Driverless pods similar to those used at Heathrow Terminal 5 could be on the streets of London's Greenwich this summer. A project called Greenwich Automated Transport Environment or Gateway got und... Read More

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One&Only digital revamp, Grabtaxi becomes Grab, and more....

By PhocusWire | January 29, 2016

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for January 2016. Friday 29 January Rokkan rolls with One&Only One&OnlyResorts has... Read More

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Rome2rio's lessons for creating a good engineering culture

By Viewpoints | January 28, 2016

When my co-founder Bernie Tschirren and I began to build the Rome2rio product, we drew heavily on our experience working at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. NB: This is a viewpoint by Michael Came... Read More

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BCD Travel acquires the assets of GetGoing

By Sean O'Neil | January 28, 2016

BCD Travel, the global travel management company, has agreed to buy the assets of GetGoing, a startup in Silicon Valley that powers BCD’s TripSource Hotels tool, which provides hotel results in a way... Read More

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Dear hoteliers: Six things you need to get right about Airbnb

By Morris Sim | January 28, 2016

As a road warrior who frequently stays in all sorts of accommodation around the world, I decided to analyze the allure of Airbnb and compare it to staying in hotels. I conducted mini-focus groups w... Read More

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The future of web optimisation

By Sponsored Content | January 28, 2016

Technology has evolved significantly to the point that it is now fully integrated into every aspect of our day-to-day lives. NB This is a viewpoint by Mikael Gummerus, CEO for Frosmo. As the lin... Read More

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Hotels, wearables and the internet of things

By Viewpoints | January 28, 2016

A friend from a US hotel once said to me: "if wifi for our guests is a challenge, how will we be ready for what the internet of things will bring?" This is the real big data that’s no longer just c... Read More

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Qantas picks up flight safety video baton, move over Air New Zealand

By Linda Fox | January 28, 2016

It looks like Qantas wants to grab some attention back for itself and Australia with its latest inflight safety video. For some time airlines have not only been thinking of the safety clips for the... Read More

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Dolphin deal, new API from Hotelogix, TrustYou stars, and more...

By PhocusWire | January 28, 2016

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for January 2016. Thursday 28 January 2016: Dolphin nets another client Savile Row Travel, a... Read More

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Adobe boosts its travel marketing business by about 50% in a year

By Sean O'Neil | January 27, 2016

If Adobe's name still brings to mind design software like Photoshop and InDesign, the company wants you to think again. Thousands of companies, including two-thirds of Fortune 50 companies, are us... Read More

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More than half of Indian leisure travelers search and shop online

By Sponsored Content | January 27, 2016

Over the past decade, the Indian travel market has undergone a dramatic transformation. Driven by improving telecom and banking infrastructure, a growing Indian consumer class has migrated online, fue... Read More

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Oracle puts Micros Opera hotel services in the cloud

By Sean O'Neil | January 27, 2016

It was June 2014 when Oracle, the IT giant, bought Micros Systems, one of the biggest providers of software and hardware to hospitality businesses. At the time Micros said that about 30,000 of its cus... Read More

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