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To ease ticket exchanges, Amadeus swallows ADMs, hires preparers

By Sean O'Neil | July 14, 2015

For a travel agent, exchanging unused airplane tickets is like rescuing a mermaid. It's something satisfying to do once in a while, but not something you would want to do twenty times a week. Today... Read More

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A defining moment for measuring ancillary revenue?

By Martin Cowen | July 14, 2015

IdeaWorks has released a summary of its latest look at airline ancillary revenues, saying that it will change its definition to include fare families. The headline findings from 2014 come as little... Read More

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Device habits of travellers [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | July 14, 2015

Texting, instant messages and browsing the internet are the three most popular activities performed on a mobile device by travellers when overseas. Data captured via a survey of 4,250 adults in the... Read More

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Startup pitch: Africabookings is a central reservation system for hotels

By Sean O'Neil | July 13, 2015

Africabookings wishes to become the leading hotel B2B hotel central reservation system (CRS) for Africa, starting with sub-Saharan countries. It acts as a wholesaler, via its site africabookingscrs... Read More

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Priceline offshoot Villas.com starts spreading the affiliate love

By Kevin May | July 13, 2015

Following in the footsteps of its sister brand Booking.com, sister vacation rental site Villas.com is starting to spread its wings to third parties. The Priceline Group-owned brand was unveiled wit... Read More

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US Airways gets the October bench trial against Sabre it wanted

July 13, 2015

A US district judge in New York has scheduled US Airways' antitrust case against Sabre Holdings to go to bench trial on October 26. Sabre had instead sought a jury trial, which might have worked ag... Read More

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Silently debuting homestays, Booking.com jabs Airbnb

By Sean O'Neil | July 13, 2015

Booking.com, the online travel agency giant owned by Priceline Group, has begun listing homestays. These accommodations don't come from Booking's traditional vacation rental inventory. A majority o... Read More

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Hack to the future: dev and tech travel trends beyond the flux capacitor

By Sean Arena | July 13, 2015

I’ve just returned from our largest and most inspiring hack event to date, Destination Hack: London – held at the Impact Hub Westminster in Central London. NB: This is an analysis by Sean Arena, ex... Read More

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Only-Apartments snaps up Migoa

By Linda Fox | July 13, 2015

Only-Apartments, the short-term rental specialist has acquired the Professional Holiday Rentals company, which includes the Migoa brand, with terms of the deal undisclosed. The purchase extends Bar... Read More

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Mandarin Oriental provides more details on credit card malware

By Sean O'Neil | July 10, 2015

Last February, Mandarin Oriental discovered that some of its systems had been infected with malware capable of stealing customer card data during the previous nine months. The company said the malw... Read More

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User-generated content still powerful in travel marketing [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Nick Vivion | July 10, 2015

Content marketing platform Stackla has pulled together an infographic that highlights how important user-generated content remains in travel marketing. The platform, which of course believes strong... Read More

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Despite recession, Brazil may see digital travel boom

By Sean O'Neil | July 10, 2015

It seems like a paradox. Brazil faces "its worst recession in 25 years", reports Bloomberg News. But Brazil will also see digital travel sales grow 14% this year, to $12 billion, according to a for... Read More

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Never mind market turmoil, $2 billion mammoth round for taxi app Didi Kuaidi

By Martin Cowen | July 10, 2015

Didi Kuaidi, the leading taxi app business in China, has raised $2 billion from existing and new investors, giving it a warchest of some $3.5 billion. Didi Kuaidi was formed when Didi Dache and Kua... Read More

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TripAdvisor peers into the mouth of the travel transaction funnel

By Sean O'Neil | July 9, 2015

TripAdvisor, the user-reviews giant, recently studied how well its advertising was working as travelers moved through the transaction funnel, from inspiration to research to purchase. Like many oth... Read More

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As airlines transition to personal devices, new alternatives emerge for downloading content on the go

By Nick Vivion | July 9, 2015

Airlines are increasingly stepping away from pricey in-flight entertainment systems in favor of streaming content to personal entertainment devices. United calls its device streaming United Private... Read More

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