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Travelport shuffles pack as MTT boss steps down three months after acquisition

By Kevin May | October 16, 2015

Mobile Travel Technologies has an interim CEO after founder and current boss Gerry Samuels decided to leave the business. Samuels sold the Dublin, Ireland-based company to Travelport in July this y... Read More

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Travellers apparently put off booking accommodation if photos are bad

By Kevin May | October 16, 2015

Hotel app provider Eviivo recently decided to run a test or two, to establish what difference a photo makes on a hotel's website. The idea was simple: Take a photograph of the same property, but... Read More

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Time and a place for the work, stay and play generation

By Linda Fox | October 16, 2015

This idea of combining business trips with leisure time is gaining momentum with businesses popping up to target the trend. About four years ago research began pointing to business travellers wanti... Read More

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Airbnb increases host fee as way to pay for Google advertising

By Kevin May | October 16, 2015

Airbnb is charging hosts an additional 12-15% fee for each booking if their guest found the listing through Google advertising. The sharing economy accommodation provider quietly introduced the "tr... Read More

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TripZilla launches flights meta with airline dotcoms, OTAs not welcome

By Martin Cowen | October 16, 2015

Singapore-based portal TripZilla has launched a flights meta brand FlyZilla which will work directly with airlines only and not online travel agents. The move is described by Winnie Tan, CEO of Tri... Read More

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Big ideas about SEO for small hotels

By Viewpoints | October 16, 2015

Sure, with an endless marketing budget, any hotel can get perfect SEO. But what about hotels with limited funds? What about hostels, bed and breakfasts, inns and other small properties? NB This is... Read More

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Another boost for tours and activities as Klook attracts $5m in funding

By Linda Fox | October 15, 2015

Tours and activities startup Klook has secured $5 million in Series A funding in a round led by Matrix Partners. Additional participants in the Hong-Kong based business include China Growth Capital... Read More

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Zomato restructures, lays off more than 100 in the US

By Sean O'Neil | October 15, 2015

Zomato, the restaurant-focused startup, may have bit off more than it could chew. The Indian-headquartered company that claims 11 million customers has done a restructuring today -- apparently inte... Read More

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Indian/Chinese govts try to get a grip on taxi apps

By Martin Cowen | October 15, 2015

Uber has welcomed the first concrete move by the Indian government to regulate ride-hailing technology platforms. India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRT&H) has issued an "advisor... Read More

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On its 15th anniversary, Hotwire's CEO looks ahead

By Viewpoints | October 15, 2015

Today Hotwire, the online travel company owned by Expedia Inc, celebrates its fifteenth birthday. In light of that, I’ve been taking some time to look back at the phenomenal ways in which the onlin... Read More

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TravelBird claims still soaring high, depsite staff cull and scaling back operations

By Kevin May | October 15, 2015

TravelBird says staff and country cutbacks are just part of moving from a "startup to a scale-up" process for the company. The online deals specialist has pulled out of five of its focus markets, l... Read More

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Expense claims show smaller companies are Uber lovers [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Linda Fox | October 15, 2015

Recent headlines on the sharing economy have been more about its steady march on the business travel sector and real customer data to prove it from travel management firms. Step forward Certify, a... Read More

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Consumer survey points to the offline vs online travel landscape

By Kevin May | October 15, 2015

Travel agents are most likely to get bookings from consumers when the product is of high value, last-minute or an extended trip. Or so says UK travel agency organisation ABTA in the results of a st... Read More

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Slow progress in tours and activities but China, mobile and millennials bring hope

By Linda Fox | October 15, 2015

News that Ctrip is boosting its tours and activities footpint isn't surprising given a recent Phocuswright report on the prospects for the sector. While it's true that in many ways not much has mov... Read More

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Etihad (and partners) sign $700 million tech deal with IBM

By Martin Cowen | October 14, 2015

Another huge deal coming out of the Middle East, with Etihad Airways announcing a 10-year, $700 million, "game-changing" tech tie-up with IBM. A joint release confirmed that the deal would also ben... Read More

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