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Qunar brings its mobile dominance to the Ctrip party
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Qunar brings its mobile dominance to the Ctrip party
By Martin Cowen | November 25, 2015
Mobile revenues for Qunar  in the July-September period accounted for around three-quarters of its total, driven by new users transacting via its apps. For the quarter, revenues from mobile came in... Read More
Air New Zealand allows family and friends to track solo flying kids
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Air New Zealand allows family and friends to track solo flying kids
By Kevin May | November 25, 2015
Interesting - and somewhat obvious - idea from Air New Zealand with the introduction of a wristband for children flying on their own with the carrier. Any child passenger checking in for an Air New... Read More
Booking.com fires legal threat at rate widgets, demands hotels switch off
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Booking.com fires legal threat at rate widgets, demands hotels switch off
By Kevin May | November 25, 2015
Booking.com has ordered hotels to remove a widget that displays its rates for the property alongside other online travel agencies. A letter sent to hoteliers which have installed the Price Check wi... Read More
HNA Group spends another $450 million, buys into Brazil's Azul Airlines
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HNA Group spends another $450 million, buys into Brazil's Azul Airlines
By Martin Cowen | November 25, 2015
A European holiday park operator, a Chinese package tours specialist and now a South American airline - China's HNA Group has had a busy fortnight on the global acquisition trail. Its latest deal s... Read More
Booking.com tells hotels it's not a zero-sum game
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Booking.com tells hotels it's not a zero-sum game
By Sean O'Neil | November 25, 2015
Pepijn Rijvers knows more than most about Booking.com's meteoric rise. Last April, Rijvers became CMO of Europe's largest online travel company, which also happens to be the key engine behind Price... Read More
eDreams Odigeo strategy begins to pay off
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eDreams Odigeo strategy begins to pay off
By Linda Fox | November 24, 2015
eDreams Odigeo says it continues to make progress against the strategy it identified in June which includes a mobile focus, revenue diversification and customer experience improvements. Reporting h... Read More
Managed Travel 3.0, in a nutshell [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Managed Travel 3.0, in a nutshell [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | November 24, 2015
Thank goodness that large swathes of the industry have finally accepted that corporate travel is changing beyond recognition. And, furthermore, there's very little they can do about it. But this... Read More
Indies offered more ways to fight back in hotel distribution battle
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Indies offered more ways to fight back in hotel distribution battle
By Kevin May | November 24, 2015
A few announcements kicking about this week to illustrate how it's not all about the big chains when it comes to the evolution of hotel distribution. The year has largely been dominated by the move... Read More
Group tours lead the way for Tuniu
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Group tours lead the way for Tuniu
By Martin Cowen | November 24, 2015
Tuniu.com's packaging business is seeing triple-digit volume growth with organized tours more popular than self-guided trips. Its Q3 earnings statement was released a few hours after it announced H... Read More
Why total revenue management is like spinning plates
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Why total revenue management is like spinning plates
By Pamela Whitby | November 24, 2015
There is really only one thing that hotel people need to remember: that they are in the service business. NB This is a viewpoint by Pamela Whitby, editor of EyeForTravel. “We are the hospitality... Read More
Sabre acquires Trust International for $154 million
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Sabre acquires Trust International for $154 million
By Kevin May | November 24, 2015
Sabre is to buy the Trust Group for $154 million, a deal that will include mothership Trust International, InnLink and Nexus. Trust International is the well-known reservation system provider for h... Read More
Standards can ease the online travel industry's problems
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Standards can ease the online travel industry's problems
By Viewpoints | November 24, 2015
What is the most painful problem the travel industry has today? NB This is a viewpoint by Maksim Izmaylov, founder and CEO of roomstorm.com. For the majority of airlines and hotels it is the fee... Read More
Those Google stages of travel applied to mobile
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Those Google stages of travel applied to mobile
By Linda Fox | November 24, 2015
Google has been increasingly pushing micro-moments  in recent months - those times when consumers turn to mobile for quick information and how marketers can take advantage. The search giant has han... Read More
An Expedia with Asian characteristics
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An Expedia with Asian characteristics
By Sean O'Neil | November 23, 2015
Dara Khosrowshahi admits that Expedia Inc's investment in Chinese subsidiary eLong was a money pit, and that he was glad he sold his company's stake in it for $671 million earlier this year. In a r... Read More
TripAdvisor finds a home for the Rove platform - on its app
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TripAdvisor finds a home for the Rove platform - on its app
By Kevin May | November 23, 2015
Lots of companies are often swallowed up whole by larger players in the travel sector, never to be seen or heard of again. But for every Ruba (Google, May 2010), Zoombu (Skyscanner, January 2011) o... Read More
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