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Peek's CEO on building a tours and activities platform

By Sean O'Neil | November 16, 2015

Peek is a San Francisco startup that launched to fanfare at a rooftop party in autumn 2012. It's a tours-and-activities platform with two sides: one aimed at consumers and the other at suppliers. F... Read More

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Marriott buys Starwood for $12.2 billion - more behind the headlines

By Kevin May | November 16, 2015

Marriott has ended weeks of speculation and splashed out $12.2 billion to buy rival hotel group Starwood. The mainstream and business media coverage will no doubt be dominated by the fact the acqui... Read More

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NDC momentum builds at World Passenger Symposium 2015

By Viewpoints | November 16, 2015

IATA's recent World Passenger Symposium (WPS) 2015 in Hamburg featured extensive discussion, debate and information sharing around the New Distribution Capability (NDC) among the more than 730 air tra... Read More

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TripAdvisor CEO warns against dodgy optimisation companies

By Kevin May | November 16, 2015

Steve Kaufer has written a strongly worded letter to owners of hotels, restaurants and other services to warn them of attempts at fraudulent activity on TripAdvisor. The president and CEO of the us... Read More

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Lessons from BA's latest Twitter gaffe

By Viewpoints | November 16, 2015

British Airways needs to rethink the way it delivers social customer service after suffering the wrath of a billion Indian cricket fans after an embarrassing Twitter exchange with cricketing legend Sa... Read More

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New focus on activities as Booking.com partners with buoyant GetYourGuide

By Kevin May | November 13, 2015

As GetYourGuide was trousering $50 million this morning in Series C funding, details also emerged to what has been going on behind the scenes for a while at Booking.com. Without any fanfare until n... Read More

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Customer ratings show airline apps getting better

By Viewpoints | November 13, 2015

While criticism of airline mobile app quality is not out of ordinary, our analysis reveals that passengers’ satisfaction with airline app quality is growing. NB This is a viewpoint by Dr Piotr Spie... Read More

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Airbnb becomes even more like a hotel - does revenue management for hosts

By Kevin May | November 13, 2015

Two important announcements at the love-in for hosts put on by Airbnb in the French capital this week - both with implications for the rest of the industry. First of all was the formal launch of th... Read More

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Travelport claims it's the world's fourth-largest hotel distributor

By Sean O'Neil | November 13, 2015

Ask a Travelport executive about how the UK-based technology company stands out from its rivals, and you'll hear a lot about non-air content. Nearly a quarter of Travelport's revenue comes distribu... Read More

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MCI swoops on Tatilbudur with Euro 11 million investment

By Linda Fox | November 13, 2015

MCI Management is investing Euro 11m to take almost 60% of the shares of Mika Tur, parent of Turkish online travel player Tatilbudur. According to a statement Tatilbudur is the largest online trave... Read More

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KLM confirms Facebook Messenger play

By Linda Fox | November 13, 2015

Dutch airline KLM has said it will offer booking confirmation and boarding passes for customers via Facebook Messenger by the end of the year. The airline will likely be the first to be active on... Read More

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GetYourGuide raises $50M in biggest round in tours and activities to date

By Kevin May | November 12, 2015

GetYourGuide has secured what will be the largest ever single investment in the tours and activities sector: $50 million in a Series C round. The round is being led by global investment firm KKR an... Read More

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Tuniu backer leads $1 million raise for Tripvisto

By Martin Cowen | November 12, 2015

Indonesian package tours and activities platform Tripvisto has secured $1 million in Series A funding, with Chinese investment firm Gobi Partners the main investor. Gobi is active across Asia and i... Read More

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VIDEO: Hotel pricing in a post-parity world

By PhocusWire | November 12, 2015

With recent regulations and court cases limiting or outlawing rate parity agreements in parts of Europe, hotels everywhere are gaining more control over their pricing and distribution than ever before... Read More

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How airline retailing impacts agencies and TMCs

By Sean O'Neil | November 12, 2015

For the past 15-plus years or so, airlines and agencies have been butting heads. Yet technology is now letting agencies sell the high-margin products airlines want to sell the most. Might that tech... Read More

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