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Olset kickstarts HotelMatch, Olery sums up reviews, Dallas gives props to UTrip, and more...

By PhocusWire | February 27, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for February 2015. Friday 27 February 2015: Olset launches HotelMatch.me HotelMatch.me is... Read More

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Oracle Micros ties up with SiteMinder [UPDATED]

By Sean O'Neil | February 27, 2015

For a couple of years now, SiteMinder, the Australia-based hotel channel manager, has been stealing market share away from Micros, the hotel technology provider recently purchased by Oracle. Micros... Read More

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Citymaps raises $6 million to fuel its Yelp/Google Maps mashup

By Nick Vivion | February 27, 2015

Citymaps is a mashup of Yelp and Google/Apple Maps, spinning mobile mapping in a new direction. This direction includes large logos, which the company calls its "logo maps." The idea is to shift th... Read More

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HRG creates Fraedom, Seekda launches platform, Epteca unveils ancillary platform, and more...

By PhocusWire | February 27, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for February 2015. Friday 27 February 2015 Hogg Robinson Group launches new company Fraedom... Read More

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CMO of Booking.com becomes CEO of Priceline brand

By Sean O'Neil | February 27, 2015

Paul Hennessy, the chief marketing officer (CMO) of Booking.com for the past three years, will step up to become chief executive officer of the Priceline brand at the start of April, said the Pricelin... Read More

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Franchise hotels and the framing of online travel agencies

By Viewpoints | February 27, 2015

For more than a decade, online travel agencies such as Expedia or Booking.com have been demonized by franchise chains for being too expensive. Is the criticism true, or is it possible that the OTAs... Read More

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Hyperloop - from science fiction to real engineering

By PhocusWire | February 27, 2015

Cast your minds back a few years and you will remember the hyperloop, right?... Read More

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Amadeus closes year on a high, scoping further acquisitions if price right

By Linda Fox | February 27, 2015

Gains across both distribution and the IT solutions businesses as well as mergers and acquisition activity contributed to growth for Amadeus in 2014. Highlights for the final quarter of the year in... Read More

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Do digital payments affect tipped wages in hospitality?

By Nick Vivion | February 26, 2015

Digital payments are primed for growth, especially as Google prepares to enter the fray with its own "Google Pay" for one-tap payments via Android phones. So as consumers increasingly shift to payi... Read More

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Move along there now, Airbnb just looking for business as usual

By Linda Fox | February 26, 2015

It must be exciting in the early days to be dubbed disruptive and gain column inches, good and bad, for every move you make. And then, there must come a time when you just want to fit into the land... Read More

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TripAdvisor draws on acquisitions to develop latest destination tool

By Kevin May | February 26, 2015

TripAdvisor is starting to use the assets from some of its recent acquisitions with the launch of what it calls a Neighbourhoods service. The idea behind the new tool is to showcase specific areas... Read More

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Never mind the robots, give me a travel deal!

By Martin Cowen | February 26, 2015

Digital agency BIO polled 2,000 British holidaymakers online and found that "saving money" is the most important benefit that digital technology can deliver to a traveller. Never mind automatic che... Read More

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HotelTonight tests a concierge messaging service

By Sean O'Neil | February 25, 2015

Mobile on-demand travel startup HotelTonight has been doing limited tests of a concierge service. A HotelTonight user was recently offered a chance to use a concierge, referred to as an HT Ace, "a.... Read More

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Startup pitch: SmartCrowdz adds a marketing layer to event management

By Sean O'Neil | February 25, 2015

SmartCrowdz is a startup in Columbus, Ohio, creates websites and mobile apps for event managers. The founders see SmartCrowdz as a mass participation platform that can help event managers not only... Read More

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Behind the scenes of Airbnb's impressively intricate commercial

By Nick Vivion | February 25, 2015

Move over Wes Anderson, there's a new twee game in town: it's Airbnb's latest commercial, which can only be described as the world's most intricate model train experience. The brand is so pleased w... Read More

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