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South Korean travel meta Allstay gets $430K

By Martin Cowen | July 21, 2015

The backers of two big Asian Pacific online travel booking websites have pumped 500m KRW ($430,000) into Allstay.kr, a mobile-focused accommodation metasearch site based in South Korea. Allstay wil... Read More

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Sharing economy - much to do, plenty to offer [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | July 21, 2015

Shock, horror! Almost six out of ten Millennial Americans are aware of the sharing economy but less than half of consumers as a whole have knowledge of such services. Nothing particularly surprisin... Read More

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Amadeus buys property management system Itesso

By Kevin May | July 21, 2015

Dutch property management system provider Itesso is the latest company to be acquired by Amadeus to boost its hospitality IT portfolio. The deal announced today for the 20-year-old-company has no t... Read More

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How hotels can direct their efforts towards direct bookings

By Viewpoints | July 21, 2015

Hoteliers are always seeking ways to increase sales, but it seems as if every new marketing tactic comes with a steep commission structure that eats into the revenues. NB This is a guest article by... Read More

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Recording an Airbnb property before guest is accused of trashing it - there's an app for that

By Kevin May | July 21, 2015

Modern-day services still come with age-old problems - so Record360 is trying to help users of services such as Airbnb who have disputes with owners. The idea behind the product is pretty simple: i... Read More

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Wearable technology - past, present and what's to come

By PhocusWire | July 21, 2015

What is wearable technology, where does it come from, who invented the wearable technology, what is the future of wearable technology?... Read More

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Intense testing and learning is now central to Expedia online strategy

By Linda Fox | July 21, 2015

Expedia is gathering increasing data on customers and their behaviour using a "test and learn" process on its sites. The thinking behind "test and learn" is that anyone in the company, across all d... Read More

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China's tech-savvy millennials cruise into the spotlight

By Martin Cowen | July 20, 2015

Hotels.com has released its annual Chinese International Travel Monitor (CITM), which identifies millennials as the key emerging trend. The importance of millennials, or Generation Y, or those aged... Read More

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TripScanner acquired by business IT provider Coupa

By Kevin May | July 20, 2015

Travel expense software provider TripScanner has marked almost two years since its launch with an exit to Coupa Software. No terms were disclosed for the acquisition unveiled this week by the Silic... Read More

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Air travel data - size doesn't matter but trends do

By Viewpoints | July 20, 2015

The "scientific method" isn’t dead, it’s just being ignored. This process - to test a hypothesis based on previous observations - remains relevant in the digital era of massive data. NB This is an... Read More

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Travel tech giants desperately seeking multi-skilled individuals for new breed of job

By Linda Fox | July 20, 2015

Developers are often associated with poorly lit rooms, locked away deemed unfit for human company, but Sabre says it requires more of its employees these days. It's an interesting development and c... Read More

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Lawyers seize on an alleged PowerPoint gaffe by a GDS representative

By Sean O'Neil | July 17, 2015

In New York this week, a set of 21 airline passengers filed suit against Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport, the world's three largest global distribution systems (GDSs) for airline tickets. The class... Read More

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Hello to Tnooz's next phase... A message to readers

By Gene Quinn | July 17, 2015

Similar to the fascinating industry we enjoy covering every day, Tnooz is also evolving as we enter our seventh year this September. Our hackathons are growing in size and scope, with São Paolo, Ch... Read More

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Lufthansa accused of not understanding business travel (or ignoring needs of corporates)

By Kevin May | July 17, 2015

Lufthansa Group has been invited to talks with a group of 100+ business travel agencies and corporate buyers to iron out issues surrounding the controversial GDS tax. The "high-level industry deleg... Read More

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Travelzoo talks push and pull dynamics but shares crash on weak outlook

By Martin Cowen | July 17, 2015

Travelzoo shares dropped by around 20% yesterday after it reported a drop in Q2 revenues and warned that the next two quarters would also see declines in revenue and operating income. The drop in s... Read More

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