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Ancillary watch: Fees are now mission critical for airlines — and travelers approve

By Nick Vivion | May 19, 2015

Two reports from Switchfly reveal ancillary alignment between airlines and their passengers: The airlines are seeing success in selling ancillaries and the travelers are embracing them. The first r... Read More

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Airbnb claims only on the first page of its business plan

By Kevin May | May 19, 2015

It's a statement with probably enough of an edge to it to worry hospitality providers - and others - the world over, but clearly Airbnb has ambitions to grow further. Olivier Gremillon, managing di... Read More

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Lyft raises another $150 million

By Martin Cowen | May 19, 2015

Another mega-raise in the frenetic taxi/rideshare app sector this week, with Lyft securing $150 million, $100 million of which comes from A-list investor Carl Icahn. Icahn's involvement has raised... Read More

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Lodgify, the vacation rental platform, raises Euro 600,000

By Sean O'Neil | May 19, 2015

Lodgify, a vacation rental technology startup, said today it has closed a Euro 600,000 of equity investment. The seed round includes angel investor Chris Hitchen, HOWZAT Partners, and Venrex Inve... Read More

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Yatra names CTO, Illusions gets VP for Europe/South America, Travelport boosts Hotelzon team

By PhocusWire | May 19, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for people moves in tourism and hospitality for May 2015: May 15: Indian OTA Yatra.com has named Himanshu Verma as chief technology officer wi... Read More

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bd4travel brings home $4.2 million round and former Expedia exec

By Linda Fox | May 18, 2015

Travel analytics specialist bd4travel has raised $4.2M in Series A funding led by Hoxton Ventures and Talis Capital. Participation in the round for the Frankfurt-based startup also includes Robin K... Read More

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Should airlines offer bounties to hackers who find security flaws in avionics?

By Sean O'Neil | May 18, 2015

The FBI has issued a search warrant for a hacker who controversially claims to have used his laptop to briefly seize control of a plane during flight, tilting it briefly. Chris Roberts -- described... Read More

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Despite healthy global growth, hotels are banking on summer marketing blitz

By Nick Vivion | May 18, 2015

With a strong dollar pushing tourist demand in Europe from American leisure travelers, and a generally strong global demand for new concepts, hotels are poised to enjoy healthy growth throughout the r... Read More

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Another issue in the hotel-online travel agencies ecosystem - updating content

By Viewpoints | May 18, 2015

Today, almost every three to five star property on the planet works with multiple online travel agencies. However, despite intense global OTA consolidation, managing content for intermediaries stil... Read More

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Suddenly, flight reviews could be the next big thing

By Kevin May | May 18, 2015

Expedia has been quietly testing out flight reviews for the past 18 months - with results so far illustrating that they could become as important as hotel reviews. It is not an entirely new concept... Read More

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MakeMyTrip planning to make trip planning engaging

By Martin Cowen | May 18, 2015

Indian OTA MakeMyTrip has bought an 18% stake in www.inspirock.com, "an online planning tool for developing customizable itineraries." The deal was made by MakeMyTrip's Innovation Fund, a standalo... Read More

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Could these five tech concepts change aviation forever?

By Nick Vivion | May 15, 2015

Airbus has taken to crowdsourcing to brainstorm new ideas for aviation technology, asking teams across the globe to deliver some new technologies that could push aviation further. The top five conc... Read More

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Priceline acquires PriceMatch, adds revenue management to hotel tech arsenal [UPDATED]

By Kevin May | May 15, 2015

UPDATE: We have now learned that PriceMatch did not take the $9 million funding round in February this year, despite claims to the contrary. PriceMatch, when asked about a potential Priceline Gr... Read More

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Startup pitch: DUFL wants to become your location-agnostic virtual suitcase

By Nick Vivion | May 15, 2015

It's rare that a travel startup comes out with a wholly unique concept, so its exciting when a category is created. DUFL is a service that acts as your virtual suitcase, a location-agnostic locker tha... Read More

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The fight for hotel bookings - direct vs online travel agencies

By Viewpoints | May 15, 2015

If I were to look at the world through the lens of Expedia and Booking.com, I would probably argue that my biggest competitors are not other OTAs or suppliers, but the hotels themselves. NB: This i... Read More

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