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Closing in on a 360-degree view for airports and airlines

By Linda Fox | March 6, 2015

SITA has combined trends and numbers from recent reports to reveal how airports and carriers are improving the passenger experience as well as future plans. The Future is Personal report highlights... Read More

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Welcome to China, Thomas Cook

By Martin Cowen | March 6, 2015

Something to file for future reference - Chinese outbound tourists will have the chance to not just book it, they can Thomas Cook it. The "strategic partnership" between Thomas Cook and Hong Kong-l... Read More

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Startup pitch: TeamRunner simplifies group sports team travel

By Sean O'Neil | March 5, 2015

Pity the soccer mom. And the hockey mom, the basketball mom, and the lacrosse mom. She has to drive hundreds or thousands of miles a year, hauling children to sports practices, matches, and competitio... Read More

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Instagram launches clickable ad carousels perfect for travel marketing

By PhocusWire | March 5, 2015

Instagram's advertising product has received a significant upgrade that will appeal to travel marketers of all kinds: it's called Carousel Ads, and is similar to the recently introduced Snapchat produ... Read More

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Mandarin Oriental: Undetectable malware stole our credit card data

By Sean O'Neil | March 5, 2015

Some of Mandarin Oriental's point-of-sale systems at some of its luxury hotels in the US and Europe were infected with malware capable of stealing customer card data, the company said today. In a j... Read More

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If this car can order a pizza, will the connected car become the next booking tool?

By Nick Vivion | March 5, 2015

In partnership with Pizza Hut and Accenture, Visa has created a proof-of-concept vehicle ordering system that allows for seamless ordering, payment and pickup of pizzas. The system combines Visa's... Read More

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Activities startup Musement receives 5M euro in funding

By Sean O'Neil | March 5, 2015

Musement, a new tours and activities site and mobile app, said it has received Euro 5 million in Series A funding. Participating in this round are venture firms P101, 360 Capital Partners, Francesc... Read More

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OTAs vs metasearch - a collision course or room for both?

By Pamela Whitby | March 5, 2015

Freedom of choice can be a wonderful thing. But when faced with countless travel websites consumers, more often than not in search of the best deal, can be left feeling confused. NB: This is an ana... Read More

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Making foreign sites work in China, technically, commercially

By Viewpoints | March 5, 2015

Website performance, particularly site speed, is something for foreign operators to consider. NB: This article is written by Ritesh Gupta, a reporter at Chinatravelnews. Capturing the attention... Read More

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This is how many visitors hotels are losing to OTAs via paid search

By Nick Vivion | March 4, 2015

In the fourth quarter of 2014, the average hotel brand lost an estimated 31,653 clicks per month to intermediaries bidding on their trademarks. Brand Verity's report, which looked at a wide cross-s... Read More

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Are travellers really using mobile to act on impulse?

By Linda Fox | March 4, 2015

Statistics are funny things - they can be twisted and turned for greater impact and when it comes to use of mobile in travel there are volumes of them. As an example - it seems that 46% of smartpho... Read More

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Can hotels use metasearch to compete against OTAs?

By Viewpoints | March 4, 2015

After several years of growth punctuated by major acquisitions, mergers, partnerships, and product launches, travel metasearch looks set to evolve rapidly in 2015 as the line with OTAs continues to bl... Read More

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Chinese outbound leisure trend shifts into the cities

By Martin Cowen | March 4, 2015

IHG and Oxford Economics have released a report into the Chinese outbound travel market, predicting a shift towards long-haul international leisure travel in the next ten years or so. There is no d... Read More

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Data crunching who is using Twitter to give a new vision of a destination

By Kevin May | March 3, 2015

Twitter might be a big echo chamber of noise at the best of times, but there is an enormous amount of data flowing through it. The so-called firehose of activity gives those trying to do interestin... Read More

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HomeAway shares its game plan during investor roadshow

By Sean O'Neil | March 3, 2015

Vacation rental giant HomeAway has been sending its executive team around the US this month to talk to rooms full of investors, to get the word out about its stock. This week, chief executive Brian... Read More

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