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WhichAirline adds Skyscanner API, SpecialGlobe helps special needs families, and more...
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WhichAirline adds Skyscanner API, SpecialGlobe helps special needs families, and more...
By PhocusWire | November 25, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for October 2014. Tuesday 25 November 2014: European flight search service WhichAirline int... Read More
Priceline maintains focus on reducing friction for local experiences, no plans to become the next Oracle
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Priceline maintains focus on reducing friction for local experiences, no plans to become the next Oracle
By Nick Vivion | November 25, 2014
Priceline has been kicking it up into another gear over the past year, locking in acquisitions of OpenTable, Buuteeq, and HotelNinjas in a bid to improve the ultimate traveler experience. The compa... Read More
Uber and Jetblue are leading a dumbing down of travel
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Uber and Jetblue are leading a dumbing down of travel
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | November 25, 2014
This is the story of two brands in travel. One respected, one trying to get respect. One is Uber, the other is JetBlue. Both, however, have sadly started down a path that will likely undermine thei... Read More
The open booking prophecy will be fulfilled by 2020
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The open booking prophecy will be fulfilled by 2020
By Viewpoints | November 25, 2014
Six years doesn’t sounds like much. But in corporate travel, it's a lifetime. NB: This is a viewpoint by Ethan Laub, founder of open booking startup TripScanner. He's an alum of HBS and Wharton, an... Read More
The Downfall of online travel startups [VIDEO]
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The Downfall of online travel startups [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | November 25, 2014
[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRliRoI1iZw" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/downfall-online-travel.jpg"] It was... Read More
Roomer closes $5M round, begins reselling hotel reservations on metasearch
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Roomer closes $5M round, begins reselling hotel reservations on metasearch
By Sean O'Neil | November 25, 2014
Roomer, the secondary market for non-refundable hotel reservations, has received a $5 million Series A equity investment round, led by venture fund Disruptive. Also participating was BRM Group, whi... Read More
White labels are the place - Booking.com and Dohop are soaring
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White labels are the place - Booking.com and Dohop are soaring
By Kevin May | November 25, 2014
Booking.com is a rare entity in that it has secured an extension with Ryanair to continue providing accommodation to the carrier's website. The white label deal was first signed in 2009 after a per... Read More
CarTrawler drives into to a new world outside of car rental
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CarTrawler drives into to a new world outside of car rental
By Kevin May | November 24, 2014
CarTrawler, the Ireland-based car rental technology provider, says it is making a big move "beyond rental" in 2015. From next year, CarTrawler's customers will be able to choose car rental products... Read More
Ssshhh - five secret ingredients for a successful hackathon
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Ssshhh - five secret ingredients for a successful hackathon
By Viewpoints | November 24, 2014
Our team started participating in hackathons in an exploratory fashion. But over the past four years we have been continuously refining what we believe are the ingredients to succeed when participa... Read More
Reservations provider Chope acquires queuing service Ticktock
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Reservations provider Chope acquires queuing service Ticktock
By Nick Vivion | November 24, 2014
Asia's The Chope Group, which specializes in restaurant reservations, has acquired queuing system Ticktock. Chope raised $2.5 million a little under two years ago, and is using this latest roll-up... Read More
Airbnb expands Weekend Getaways product globally
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Airbnb expands Weekend Getaways product globally
By Nick Vivion | November 24, 2014
After an initial test in the LA and SF markets, the Weekend Getaways product has been rolled out globally by accommodations behemoth Airbnb. The Getaways product was born out of the desire to promo... Read More
Not just the US - Amazon probably looking to scale up hotel inventory overseas
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Not just the US - Amazon probably looking to scale up hotel inventory overseas
By Sean O'Neil | November 24, 2014
Rumors that Amazon might finally be weighing in on the travel industry in a serious way shouldn't be at all surprising. In some respects, Amazon is simply following in the footsteps of fellow web g... Read More
Dreamlines cruise booking service steams into new Euro 20 million investment round
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Dreamlines cruise booking service steams into new Euro 20 million investment round
By Kevin May | November 24, 2014
Online cruise search and booking brand Dreamlines has secured another round of investment from a heavyweight roster of backers. Existing investors Holtzbrinck Ventures, Hasso Plattner Ventures and... Read More
The global sharing economy in travel - an interactive guide
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The global sharing economy in travel - an interactive guide
By Kevin May | November 24, 2014
Such has been the enormous growth in the so-called sharing economy that it's been difficult to keep up. Luckily the folk at LoveHomeSwap have put together a rather handy interactive guide to showca... Read More
What travelers hate the most about their travel apps during holidays
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What travelers hate the most about their travel apps during holidays
By Nick Vivion | November 21, 2014
Testing specialists Soasta have delivered another Holiday Traveler Behavior Study, outlining the areas of peak frustration for mobile travelers. The survey was deployed in partnership with Switchfl... Read More
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