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Travel firms battling on the front line of fraud
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Travel firms battling on the front line of fraud
By Viewpoints | July 7, 2015
Modern travel is exceptional - aircraft with wifi, bullet trains that average 200+ mph, boutique hotels that cater to every whim of weary travelers. NB: This is a guest article by Jason Tan, CEO of... Read More
Travelport nails China coup with Alitrip link-up
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Travelport nails China coup with Alitrip link-up
By Martin Cowen | July 6, 2015
Alibaba Group's standalone travel business Alitrip has signed "a content and data partnership agreement" with Travelport. The deal has a number of strands. In terms of content, there is an option f... Read More
Could equity be a new way for your travel startup to drive early adoption?
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Could equity be a new way for your travel startup to drive early adoption?
By Nick Vivion | July 6, 2015
The evolution of the JOBS Act in the United States has led to an emerging group of startups angling to connect everyday investors to equity in the Next Big Thing — or in our case, the Next Big Travel... Read More
Priceline Group books $60 million stake in with Hotel Urbano
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Priceline Group books $60 million stake in with Hotel Urbano
By Nick Vivion | July 6, 2015
The Priceline Group has taken a minority stake in Hotel Urbano, investing $60 million to expand its footprint in the Brazil market. The setup is similar to the way that Booking.com powers eDreams a... Read More
The new world of Push APIs make travel sales a pushover
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The new world of Push APIs make travel sales a pushover
By Viewpoints | July 6, 2015
Quick – what does API stand for? Come on, you can remember - it's not long ago you went to tech school. If the first thought that popped into your head was Application Programming Interface, give y... Read More
Rethinking staff compensation and equity in a startup
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Rethinking staff compensation and equity in a startup
By PhocusWire | July 6, 2015
When Molly Graham joined Facebook, the company already had 400 employees, but there was no official performance or compensation system in place.... Read More
Has Lufthansa gone mad? Penalising customers is the wrong way
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Has Lufthansa gone mad? Penalising customers is the wrong way
By Viewpoints | July 6, 2015
Think about this for a minute. How many travel apps does the consumer really want on their mobile phone? One. Look at your own phone, how many weather apps do you have? How many email apps? How many c... Read More
Wanda enters Chinese OTA sector with $500m+ LY.com investment
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Wanda enters Chinese OTA sector with $500m+ LY.com investment
By Martin Cowen | July 5, 2015
China's online travel market continues to attract not only eye-watering levels of investment but also new entrants, with LY.com getting RMB3.2 billion ( $515 million) from Wanda Group. Wanda is a c... Read More
Why startup accelerators need an overhaul
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Why startup accelerators need an overhaul
By PhocusWire | July 3, 2015
There are plenty of great startup accelerators that have track records in supporting entrepreneurs.... Read More
Amadeus claims Lufthansa has lost the trust of the industry
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Amadeus claims Lufthansa has lost the trust of the industry
By Kevin May | July 3, 2015
Amadeus has slammed Lufthansa for its "aggressive and unilateral" decision to impose a tax on tickets sold via global distribution systems. The attack comes in a letter obtained by Tnooz to Amadeus... Read More
As tech and apps drive growth, time to argue the case for daytime hotel stays
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As tech and apps drive growth, time to argue the case for daytime hotel stays
By Viewpoints | July 3, 2015
With more than 673,000 hotel rooms available in the UK alone, is the hotel industry capitalising on all of its assets - namely the large numbers of rooms sitting idle during the day? NB: This is a... Read More
Sharing snaps online in jeopardy as EU considers copyright changes
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Sharing snaps online in jeopardy as EU considers copyright changes
By Linda Fox | July 3, 2015
In what seems a mad move, the EU is considering amending copyright laws which could make the online sharing of travel snaps and video footage illegal. In countries such as the Germany, Spain and th... Read More
The state of online travel in Asia [INFOGRAPHIC]
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The state of online travel in Asia [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Martin Cowen | July 2, 2015
eRevMax has produced an infographic highlighting what is sees as the most important factors impacting travel in Asia-Pacific. The data is sourced from: emarketer, EyeForTravel, Lenovo, Phocuswright... Read More
OTA lobby report preceded US airline antitrust inquiry, House of Cards-style
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OTA lobby report preceded US airline antitrust inquiry, House of Cards-style
By Sean O'Neil | July 2, 2015
Last month, before a US watchdog began an antitrust investigation against some airlines, the Travel Technology Association (TTA), a lobbying group, published a much-cited report on airline market powe... Read More
RoadTrippers brings its own collaborative trip planning tool to road trips
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RoadTrippers brings its own collaborative trip planning tool to road trips
By Nick Vivion | July 2, 2015
It must be the week of the travel planning — just as Hipmunk announced a trip planning feature, RoadTrippers is now offering groups a way to collaborative plan trips on its platform. As one of the... Read More
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