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How one company is analyzing photos and videos to increase conversions for hotels

By Nick Vivion | July 9, 2015

Increasing conversions is a critical piece of online marketing for hotels, which face a myriad of factors online that contribute to healthier conversions. There are concepts like the billboard effect... Read More

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Google quietly adds instant booking for hotels, copying TripAdvisor

By Sean O'Neil | July 9, 2015

For the first time, Google users can book a hotel room without ever leaving the search giant's familiar desktop interface. The addition of assisted booking to Google.com/hotels, the search giant's... Read More

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Everything you need to know about Demand Generation for hotels

By Viewpoints | July 9, 2015

Demand generation has always been important to hotels, why else have sales departments? NB: This is an anaylsis by Max Rayner, a partner at Hudson Crossing. But lately it has gone from a functio... Read More

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Xiaozhu opens door to $60 million in Series C round

By PhocusWire | July 9, 2015

China short-term rental platform Xiaozhu has raised $60 million, its largest funding to date. The Series C round was led by Joy Capital while Morningside Capital, CITIC Capital and Jade Capital al... Read More

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Startup pitch: Diviac seeks to bring scuba diving holidays into the digital world

By Linda Fox | July 9, 2015

Diviac (Dive Maniac) was launched as a booking platform for scuba diving holidays. Co-founder Joel Perrenoud wanted to bring the best of the web to the scuba diving industry as well as enable enthu... Read More

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HotelTonight trials a virtual concierge in five cities

By Sean O'Neil | July 8, 2015

Since February, HotelTonight, the on-demand booking app, has been prototyping a local virtual concierge service. Users will be able to query a "local expert" about their destinations, such as where... Read More

SimilarWeb slashes its traffic estimates for travel content sites

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By Sean O'Neil | July 8, 2015

In early April, SimilarWeb, a traffic analytics startup, revised its algorithm. The effects are only now apparent. Web visitor estimates have been slashed by roughly half for many consumer content... Read More

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Hotels losing fewer clicks to intermediaries bidding on branded keywords

By Nick Vivion | July 8, 2015

The first quarter of 2015 has seen a slight improvement in the number of clicks lost by hotels to third party intermediaries bidding on branded keywords at auction. The count last quarter was 26,514 c... Read More

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Sabre SynXis tests Google Hotel Ads on new commission (not pay-per click) model

By Sean O'Neil | July 8, 2015

Sabre Hospitality Solutions is testing a tool that would let hotels get direct bookings from Google organic searches on a commission model instead of pay-per-click. The financial model is significa... Read More

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United temporarily grounded all of its US flights in ticketing system snafu

By Sean O'Neil | July 8, 2015

United had to ground all of its mainline flights nationwide around 7:40 am Eastern today due to the failure of a computer system. UPDATE: 10:05am Eastern. The ground stop was lifted (14:00 UTC).... Read More

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Let's hear it for the millennials

By Viewpoints | July 8, 2015

As a nation, the US is in the midst of a season of change. And it is the millennial generation that is behind the conversations taking place. NB: This is a guest article by Joah Spearman, CEO and c... Read More

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Travelport acquires Mobile Travel Technologies for Euro 55 million

By Kevin May | July 8, 2015

UPDATE: In a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, NYSE-listed Travelport discloses the purchase price for Mobile Travel Technologies at Euro 55 million. In total the company spent $... Read More

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Ixigo uses big data to upgrade rail app

By Martin Cowen | July 7, 2015

Mobile-focused Indian travel search site ixigo.com has added a PNR prediction feature to its "trains and hotels" app. Users booking waitlisted tickets on certain services will now get "a 95% accur... Read More

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Startup pitch: Hotel Genius brings its smarts to all-in-one hotel management

By Nick Vivion | July 7, 2015

Hotels have a wide selection of software to choose from, whether a single provider or a full-spectrum solution from one vendor. Today's startup pitch comes from a new entrant to the market, Hotel Geni... Read More

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Airbnb quietly starts a pilot for listings exclusively for business travellers

By Kevin May | July 7, 2015

Airbnb has made no secret of its strategy to widen the pool of travellers connecting with its hosts to secure accommodation. The big slice of the accommodation pie that Airbnb wants to gobble up ne... Read More

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