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Magnetic marketing moves for hotels, as Flip.to taps GuestCentric
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Magnetic marketing moves for hotels, as Flip.to taps GuestCentric
By Nick Vivion | December 16, 2015
Hotels are bombarded with opportunities to engage new and current guests across channels. However, one area that hoteliers have trouble accessing is a guest’s network of friends and family. While c... Read More
With easyJet deal, FlightRadar24 may soar past rivals
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With easyJet deal, FlightRadar24 may soar past rivals
By Nick Vivion | December 16, 2015
Earlier this month, FlightRadar24, a site that monitors live air traffic, announced a milestone linkup with EasyJet. It will provide live flight-tracking within the airline’s app. EasyJet, Europe's... Read More
Bókun may be that rare beast, a B2B platform that thrives
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Bókun may be that rare beast, a B2B platform that thrives
By Rob Lovitt | December 16, 2015
In an industry marked by thousands of suppliers and an ever-increasing number of sales channels, is there a place for a collaborative concept that can transform fragmentation into a cohesive concept i... Read More
Bucket catches more US trip ideas with its slick text parser
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Bucket catches more US trip ideas with its slick text parser
By Nick Vivion | December 16, 2015
Bucket is a service that converts any text-based piece of travel content into a card-based layout of things to do for a particular trip. When the user is faced with a long article listing multiple... Read More
Four reasons why today's revenue management systems are failing hoteliers
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Four reasons why today's revenue management systems are failing hoteliers
By Viewpoints | December 16, 2015
The leading hotel revenue management systems (RMSs) essentially use a hotel’s own past data to predict the future.  This technology must evolve in order to help hotels better manage the complexities o... Read More
Etihad (and partners) tap Cognizant for new platform
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Etihad (and partners) tap Cognizant for new platform
By Martin Cowen | December 16, 2015
Etihad has announced another technology tie-up, signing a three-year multi-million dollar deal with Cognizant as part of the airline's (and its partners') digital transformation. The consultancy si... Read More
Why the hotel guest experience is up for grabs
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Why the hotel guest experience is up for grabs
By Kevin May | December 16, 2015
It appears that hotel chains and independents are finally grasping that the changes in the accommodation sector in recent years are having a direct impact on how they do business. Furthermore, such... Read More
App in the Air adds third party services via developer day
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App in the Air adds third party services via developer day
By Linda Fox | December 16, 2015
Partners queuing up and wanting to integrate with your mobile app might sound like a nice problem to have but it means time and money spent on developing. Mobile flight assistant App in the Air (TL... Read More
China's sharing economy gets its own industry body
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China's sharing economy gets its own industry body
By Martin Cowen | December 16, 2015
As the rest of the world argues over the pros and cons of the so-called sharing economy, China has taken a big step towards making the sector part of the mainstream. "The Commission on [the] Sharin... Read More
Travel is the most sophisticated sector for moment marketing
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Travel is the most sophisticated sector for moment marketing
By Kevin May | December 16, 2015
Travel and tourism brands are tipped to continue leading the way in the emerging discipline of "moment marketing". Whilst the idea of hitting travellers with relevant messages during a particular e... Read More
Flight Centre finds youthful voice online with StudentUniverse buy for $28M
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Flight Centre finds youthful voice online with StudentUniverse buy for $28M
By Kevin May | December 15, 2015
Travel agency group Flight Centre has made an offer of $28 million to buy StudentUniverse, claiming the deal will boost its online capabilities. The acquisition is waiting clearance by the sharehol... Read More
TripAdvisor on experiences, rates, destinations and more in 2016
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TripAdvisor on experiences, rates, destinations and more in 2016
By Viewpoints | December 15, 2015
As 2015 comes to a close, everyone in the travel industry is focused on understanding next year’s trends and patterns and how best to capitalise on them. NB: This is an analysis by Helena Egan, glo... Read More
Cruise.me adds interactive services, charts course for growth
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Cruise.me adds interactive services, charts course for growth
By Linda Fox | December 15, 2015
After two years in development Cruise.me "soft" launched last week with its take on improving the online cruise booking experience. Tnooz put a few questions to the team to find out what it has bee... Read More
Choosing the right API for sourcing global airfares
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Choosing the right API for sourcing global airfares
By Viewpoints | December 15, 2015
Sourcing airfares for travel originating in one’s home market  is not as big a challenge as accessing  global airfares for travel originating in other countries. NB This is a viewpoint by Rajeev Ku... Read More
Yahoo Japan makes huge travel play with $830m Ikyu move
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Yahoo Japan makes huge travel play with $830m Ikyu move
By Martin Cowen | December 15, 2015
Yahoo Japan continues to build up its travel business, agreeing a massive takeover of Japanese travel, hotel and leisure business  Ikyu Corp. Reports say that Yahoo Japan will spend up to $830 mill... Read More
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