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Business travel wifi pain, Traveldoo enhances app, Jovago goes mobile, and more...
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Business travel wifi pain, Traveldoo enhances app, Jovago goes mobile, and more...
By PhocusWire | September 30, 2015
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for September 2015: Wednesday 29 September 2015: Egencia study highlights pain of paid for wifi... Read More
On Thursday, credit card fraud gets costlier for US companies
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On Thursday, credit card fraud gets costlier for US companies
By Sean O'Neil | September 29, 2015
A recent security breach at Hilton Hotels may have compromised some of its guests' credit card data, the chain said this week. Security breaches like that one will become costlier for victim companies... Read More
Seven deadly sins of vacation rental distribution [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Seven deadly sins of vacation rental distribution [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | September 29, 2015
As vacation rentals continue their march into the mainstream of the travel industry, bad practices will inevitably creep in when it comes to distribution. LeisureLink reckons it has come up with th... Read More
Luxury hotels trying to master guided selling online
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Luxury hotels trying to master guided selling online
By Kevin May | September 29, 2015
It's no secret that hotels would love to have a deeper relationship with customers, with direct booking seen as the best way of achieving it. But with consolidation in the online travel agency sect... Read More
Airbnb will have a 100% growth rate in 2015, says report
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Airbnb will have a 100% growth rate in 2015, says report
By Sean O'Neil | September 29, 2015
In 2015, Airbnb, the short-term rental platform, will double its nightly bookings to about 80 million, reports Reuters, citing "investors familiar with the company's performance." And bookings during... Read More
Innovation powers travel - China THackers ask us to JoinIn
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Innovation powers travel - China THackers ask us to JoinIn
By Viewpoints | September 29, 2015
Despite global anxieties around its slowing economy, China continues to thrive. NB: This is a viewpoint from Brian Chien, general manager for Amadeus China. The country’s "Internet+" strategy is... Read More
Mobacar nabs multi-million Euro investment from Auto Europe
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Mobacar nabs multi-million Euro investment from Auto Europe
By Kevin May | September 29, 2015
A Euro 20 million valuation has been put on Ireland-based Mobacar following an investment in the company by Auto Europe and Delta Partners. The initially undisclosed funding round ("multi-million")... Read More
Zhubaijia raises $78M to mimic Airbnb in China, just six weeks after a $30M round
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Zhubaijia raises $78M to mimic Airbnb in China, just six weeks after a $30M round
By Kevin May | September 29, 2015
Not content with trousering a $20 million Series B round in August this year, Zhubaijia has also gone for a Series C to the tune of $78 million this week. The latest backers of the website set up t... Read More
Amadeus powers Copa loyalty, Transpay helps HotelQuickly, Triptease inspires Trust, and more...
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Amadeus powers Copa loyalty, Transpay helps HotelQuickly, Triptease inspires Trust, and more...
By PhocusWire | September 28, 2015
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for September 2015. Monday 28 September 2015: Amadeus to power Copa Airlines loyalty system... Read More
British Airways uses Google to showcase why passengers should fly business to NYC
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British Airways uses Google to showcase why passengers should fly business to NYC
By Kevin May | September 28, 2015
How should an airline persuade customers that they should spend a £2,800 on a return ticket from London to New York? British Airways claims it is the first airline in the UK to "allow" Google Stree... Read More
Ola confirms Didi investment
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Ola confirms Didi investment
By Martin Cowen | September 28, 2015
As widely expected, China's biggest taxi-app business Didi Kuaidi has invested in Ola, India's biggest taxi-app business. Details are, as usual, thin on the ground. Ola has issued the following sta... Read More
Replicating online user experience when the passenger is on-board
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Replicating online user experience when the passenger is on-board
By Kevin May | September 28, 2015
Airlines are in a wonderful position - they have a captive audience from anything between one and 12 hours (maybe even more). Even if a traveller stays in a hotel for two weeks, airlines are obviou... Read More
Youth travel beginning to bed down ancillary sales
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Youth travel beginning to bed down ancillary sales
By Linda Fox | September 28, 2015
The hotel industry has been gradually waking up to the potential of ancillary revenue in recent years and now it seems the youth travel segment also wants in. The latest STAY WYSE survey 'Beyond th... Read More
Skioo raises $1.5 million from Norwegian ski champion
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Skioo raises $1.5 million from Norwegian ski champion
By Kevin May | September 28, 2015
Aksel Lund Svindal, an Olympic gold medal winning skier from Norway, has invested $1.5 million in online ski ancillary service provider Skioo. The pay-per-use system reckons it will "remodel" the s... Read More
Cross-device shopping in travel - the mobile reality
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Cross-device shopping in travel - the mobile reality
By Kevin May | September 28, 2015
Really good report released by Criteo this week that outlines the role of mobile at the beginning and end of the travel shopping journey. Examining products across many verticals, Criteo's State of... Read More
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