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Zizoo continues course to bring boating holidays to the masses

By Linda Fox | December 17, 2015

Zizoo has evolved in the past year from being a platform to open up boat rental holidays to a wider audience to also offering a service for fleet managers. The company, (Startup pitch here), has se... Read More

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Enhancing the developer experience with faster and lighter hotel distribution APIs.

By Viewpoints | December 17, 2015

Today's travellers expect a simple, fast and user-friendly experience whenever they search, book and pay for a hotel. In order to satisfy these demands, the travel industry has responded by finding ne... Read More

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Blackstone back in travel tech with $170 million IBS Software deal

By Martin Cowen | December 17, 2015

India-based travel tech firm IBS Software has confirmed that private equity giant Blackstone has invested $170 million for an undisclosed minority stake. IBS said in its statement that Blackstone h... Read More

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Facebook rides with Uber for transportation service on Messenger

By Kevin May | December 17, 2015

Facebook is continuing the integration of its private Messenger service with third parties, launching a ground transport hailing service through Uber. The social network is piloting the tool throug... Read More

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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