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Freebird takes flight to rebook disrupted passengers

By Linda Fox | December 3, 2015

Fresh from raising $3.5 million in funding from General Catalyst Partners, Freebird has launched to help air travellers in the US. Accomplice and Slow Ventures also participated in the funding for... Read More

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Finally, a reason for marketing hotels via agencies - infinitely better than social media

By Kevin May | December 3, 2015

Facebook commands a large amount of attention by hotels as a marketing tool, but research by Eviivo suggests it's largely a wasted effort for generating bookings. The company analysed the data of 5... Read More

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Paul English's startup Lola will rethink travel agency tech first

By Sean O'Neil | December 2, 2015

Its name is Lola. It's a showpiece of Paul English. And it aims to be the hottest startup in Boston. Lola is a technology company aspiring to build an app for consumers that will act as a travel co... Read More

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Is your booking flow ready for the Millennials?

By Viewpoints | December 2, 2015

The market is at a tipping point. Millennials are poised to become the dominant consumer segment globally, tipped to spend $200 million annually from 2017. NB: This is a viewpoint by Eddie Robb, ma... Read More

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Chat apps taking off for large hotel chains

By Linda Fox | December 2, 2015

Starwood Hotels has been using Whatsapp and other chat apps since earlier this year to enable guests to make requests during their stay. The company says the chat app is used to message a hotel bef... Read More

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Ryanair to take Google and eDreams to court over misleading advertising claim

By Kevin May | December 2, 2015

UPDATE: Ryanair says it welcomes an initial "first step" by eDreams to modify how the online travel agency displays its advertising on Google. The OTA has changed "Ryanair: Cheap Flights" to "Ry... Read More

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SITA acquires airport baggage IT provider Type22

By Kevin May | December 2, 2015

Type22 has become part of the SITA family in a bid to improve the aviation IT company's presence with products for passenger check-in operations. Terms of the deal are not disclosed. Netherlands... Read More

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RoomsTonite raises $1.5 million, plots international expansion

By Kevin May | December 1, 2015

India-based late-booking hotel app RoomsTonite has secured angel funding worth $1.5 million from a group of investors. The funding was led by Lashit Sanghvi, co-founder of Alchemy Capital, and incl... Read More

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How video influences travel decisions

By Linda Fox | December 1, 2015

Google shared some interesting figures on travel and YouTube in November showing how consumers engage with video when researching and planning trips. The figures were from research Google carried o... Read More

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Travelport takes majority share of Locomote, shuffles management pack

By Sean O'Neil | December 1, 2015

Travelport has taken a 55% share of expense and travel management service Locomote. In August 2014 it had bought a 49% stake in the Australian startup, but it now has majority ownership. Terms of t... Read More

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Google's NDC interest should inspire us all

By Viewpoints | December 1, 2015

One of the main reasons behind IATA's New Distribution Capability (NDC) was to open airline content to new technology providers, and with Google quietly exploring it, other tech giants and startups al... Read More

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Chinese hotels try to balance high-tech and high-touch

By Viewpoints | November 30, 2015

The problems facing Chinese hotels are no different from those faced by their peers in other markets, from handling distribution dilemmas to managing economic cycles. Yet there is one area of the b... Read More

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Event planner? Venue owner? Take a 5-minute survey

By PhocusWire | November 30, 2015

Are you an event planner, a hospitality professional, or an owner of a venue that's used for meetings and events? Please fill out a survey on how you use technology to be more efficient. If you hel... Read More

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Hotel Urbano's founders give up majority control

By Sean O'Neil | November 30, 2015

The brothers who founded Hotel Urbano, the Brazilian travel startup, have decided to step down. They'll be replaced by a new management team that has plans for international expansion and a possibl... Read More

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Unister, Germany's largest OTA, struggles to sell itself [UPDATED]

By Sean O'Neil | November 30, 2015

Unister Holdings, owner of online travel agencies fluege.de, AB-in-den-Urlaub.de, and Reisen.de, is hoping to be sold whole or in part.* *UPDATE 1800 ET: Tnooz's message to the company's press off... Read More

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