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Qunar founder falls into Tripping, Ola shuffles management cards, and more...
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Qunar founder falls into Tripping, Ola shuffles management cards, and more...
By PhocusWire | November 26, 2015
This is a roundup of news and announcements for PEOPLE moves in travel, tourism and hospitality for November 2015: Thursday 26 November 2015: Qunar founder falls into Tripping Fritz Demopoul... Read More
Metasearch for vacation rentals gains momentum
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Metasearch for vacation rentals gains momentum
By Kevin May | November 26, 2015
As the online travel agency giants start taking vacation rentals extremely seriously it's hardly a surprise that metasearch engines are hoping they can also capitalise. And if this week is anything... Read More
Diary of a hotel company in digital transformation
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Diary of a hotel company in digital transformation
By Linda Fox | November 26, 2015
In a fast-changing distribution landscape, who'd run a hotel these days, much less the multi-branded group with thousands of properties that is AccorHotels? Chairman and chief executive Sebastian B... Read More
Amadeus adds airport trains, Razoom hits 1,500, TigerAir Taiwan debuts on Travelport, and more...
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Amadeus adds airport trains, Razoom hits 1,500, TigerAir Taiwan debuts on Travelport, and more...
By PhocusWire | November 26, 2015
This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for November 2015. Thursday 26 November 2015: Amadeus adds airport trains The UK's Hea... Read More
Alibaba's Alitrip has a distinctive travel model
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Alibaba's Alitrip has a distinctive travel model
By Sean O'Neil | November 25, 2015
A little more than a year ago, Alibaba, a giant Chinese e-commerce company, rebranded its travel booking website as Alitrip (去啊) -- and made it a separate unit. Unlike its well-funded rivals, Alitr... Read More
Qunar brings its mobile dominance to the Ctrip party
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Qunar brings its mobile dominance to the Ctrip party
By Martin Cowen | November 25, 2015
Mobile revenues for Qunar  in the July-September period accounted for around three-quarters of its total, driven by new users transacting via its apps. For the quarter, revenues from mobile came in... Read More
Air New Zealand allows family and friends to track solo flying kids
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Air New Zealand allows family and friends to track solo flying kids
By Kevin May | November 25, 2015
Interesting - and somewhat obvious - idea from Air New Zealand with the introduction of a wristband for children flying on their own with the carrier. Any child passenger checking in for an Air New... Read More
Booking.com fires legal threat at rate widgets, demands hotels switch off
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Booking.com fires legal threat at rate widgets, demands hotels switch off
By Kevin May | November 25, 2015
Booking.com has ordered hotels to remove a widget that displays its rates for the property alongside other online travel agencies. A letter sent to hoteliers which have installed the Price Check wi... Read More
HNA Group spends another $450 million, buys into Brazil's Azul Airlines
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HNA Group spends another $450 million, buys into Brazil's Azul Airlines
By Martin Cowen | November 25, 2015
A European holiday park operator, a Chinese package tours specialist and now a South American airline - China's HNA Group has had a busy fortnight on the global acquisition trail. Its latest deal s... Read More
Booking.com tells hotels it's not a zero-sum game
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Booking.com tells hotels it's not a zero-sum game
By Sean O'Neil | November 25, 2015
Pepijn Rijvers knows more than most about Booking.com's meteoric rise. Last April, Rijvers became CMO of Europe's largest online travel company, which also happens to be the key engine behind Price... Read More
eDreams Odigeo strategy begins to pay off
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eDreams Odigeo strategy begins to pay off
By Linda Fox | November 24, 2015
eDreams Odigeo says it continues to make progress against the strategy it identified in June which includes a mobile focus, revenue diversification and customer experience improvements. Reporting h... Read More
Managed Travel 3.0, in a nutshell [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Managed Travel 3.0, in a nutshell [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | November 24, 2015
Thank goodness that large swathes of the industry have finally accepted that corporate travel is changing beyond recognition. And, furthermore, there's very little they can do about it. But this... Read More
Indies offered more ways to fight back in hotel distribution battle
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Indies offered more ways to fight back in hotel distribution battle
By Kevin May | November 24, 2015
A few announcements kicking about this week to illustrate how it's not all about the big chains when it comes to the evolution of hotel distribution. The year has largely been dominated by the move... Read More
Group tours lead the way for Tuniu
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Group tours lead the way for Tuniu
By Martin Cowen | November 24, 2015
Tuniu.com's packaging business is seeing triple-digit volume growth with organized tours more popular than self-guided trips. Its Q3 earnings statement was released a few hours after it announced H... Read More
Why total revenue management is like spinning plates
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Why total revenue management is like spinning plates
By Pamela Whitby | November 24, 2015
There is really only one thing that hotel people need to remember: that they are in the service business. NB This is a viewpoint by Pamela Whitby, editor of EyeForTravel. “We are the hospitality... Read More
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