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Ctrip and Qunar agree share swap and co-operation

By Martin Cowen | October 26, 2015

Chinese OTAs Ctrip and Qunar have confirmed a share exchange agreement and business co-operation, a few months or so after a very public spat over a confused takeover bid. Today's announcement from... Read More

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Free APIs that travel startups should consider when building any search product

By Sean O'Neil | October 26, 2015

Many startups have joined the list of hundreds of companies that use data feeds from Skyscanner, the UK-based metasearch giant. Skyscanner, which says it has more than 50 million unique monthly vi... Read More

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HotelQuickly slows down as well, now offers seven-day bookings

By Kevin May | October 26, 2015

Asia-based HotelQuickly has followed the trend in the same-day hotel booking sector - in other words: abandoned the model. The company, based in Hong Kong, announced today that it would extending i... Read More

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Survey claims buyers shunning Lufthansa since advent of distribution charge

By Linda Fox | October 23, 2015

New figures from the Global Business Travel Association claim more than two-fifths of travel buyers have decreased bookings with Lufthansa since the airline introduced its Euro 16 charge on September... Read More

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What can a hotel guy tell a room full of airline people about transformation?

By Martin Cowen | October 23, 2015

IATA invited AccorHotels's Pierrick le Masne to speak at its WPS 2015 about its own digital transformation and the hotel sector in general, and chances are that most airline people left the room feeli... Read More

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Startup pitch: BnbSitter, a concierge service for Airbnb hosts, leads in Paris

By Sean O'Neil | October 23, 2015

Last year, BnbSitter, a start-up that offers on-demand concierge for hosts of short-term rentals, scored $450,000 of seed funding. It now says it leads the market in France and that it is active in... Read More

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HotelTonight on targeted success, future developments and industry trends

By Linda Fox | October 23, 2015

Back in January HotelTonight began enabling hotels to offer cheaper hotels to certain guests using the location of their mobile phone. Such has been the success of the initiative, according to boss... Read More

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Four Seasons image push, Ryanair eDreams survey, Evaneos comes to UK, and more...

By PhocusWire | October 23, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for October 2015. October 22 2015 Four Seasons looks to the best image Four Seasons is pro... Read More

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How booking APIs are changing the online travel game

By Viewpoints | October 23, 2015

Digital travel sales are expected to surpass $481 billion worldwide this year according to eMarketer. With summer ending, travel brands are already planning for the winter season, each with their eye... Read More

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Pintrips wins legal battle with Pinterest over its name

By Sean O'Neil | October 22, 2015

Among startups, there is typically nothing more depressing than a giant, well-funded business bringing a lawsuit against you. But the legal victory of Pintrips, a tiny startup that's built a fare-comp... Read More

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Why it's not too late for marketers to influence US holiday travel bookings

By Sean O'Neil | October 22, 2015

Half of American travelers hold out for eleventh-hour sales for holiday season travel, according to survey data by Adara, the data consultancy. So it's not too late for travel marketers to launch c... Read More

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Google is open for pilots of IATA NDC-style airline distribution

By Martin Cowen | October 22, 2015

The airline distribution industry has heard a lot about IATA's new distribution capability (NDC) -- the XML-based data transmission standards it is hoping will replace today's less flexible standards.... Read More

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IATA claims solid progress with its New Distribution Capability

By Martin Cowen | October 22, 2015

IATA's new distribution capability (NDC) got plenty of stage-time at IATA's WPS2015 under the event's tagline of "Innovating better, together." The first set of usable NDC messages went live at the... Read More

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Hotel chains disagree over Accor's open marketplace concept

By Kevin May | October 22, 2015

To say the decision by Accor Hotels to open a "marketplace" has divided opinion would be a bit of an understatement. The global hotel chain announced in June this year that it would be allowing its... Read More

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Beware of unicorn aspirations, online travel investors are hungry

By Kevin May | October 21, 2015

A panel of investors at a travel conference always raises the interest of startups and incumbents as to what the money-men (sadly, they always appear to be men) are looking at. And with Asian onlin... Read More

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