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Onyx Payments acquires Net Trans Services
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Onyx Payments acquires Net Trans Services
By Nick Vivion | September 21, 2014
In some consolidation news on the travel payments front, US-based Onyx Payments has acquired Norway's Net Trans Services. The deal's terms were not disclosed, as Onyx bills the purchase as a "strat... Read More
Concur, SAP, data and the pivoting of corporate travel
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Concur, SAP, data and the pivoting of corporate travel
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | September 19, 2014
The rumoured bidding war is over - Germany-based SAP emerged as the victor in the battle to acquire Concur. The deal for the US expense management and corporate travel IT company was $8.3 billion,... Read More
Voyage Prive subsidiary acquires Darjeelin, plans human travel search engine
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Voyage Prive subsidiary acquires Darjeelin, plans human travel search engine
By Linda Fox | September 19, 2014
Darjeelin, a France-based startup which describes itself as a crowd-sourced travel agency has been acquired by l’Officiel des Vacances, a travel deals site. Darjeelin, which launched almost two yea... Read More
Spottly raises seed round for video-based social travel app
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Spottly raises seed round for video-based social travel app
By Linda Fox | September 19, 2014
Spottly, a mobile social travel app based around video has raised $850,000 in seed funding. Investors in the Hong Kong-based startup include incubator 500Startups, Cherubic Ventures, Gobi Partners... Read More
How airports are leveraging technology to drive revenue
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How airports are leveraging technology to drive revenue
By Viewpoints | September 19, 2014
Travelers have been embracing technology for years, relying on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices to stay informed on the day-of-travel. Airports, for the most part, have bought in too, and... Read More
Metasearch and spaghetti sauce - a little attention goes a long way
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Metasearch and spaghetti sauce - a little attention goes a long way
By Viewpoints | September 19, 2014
Who remembers Sidestep? This was probably the first metasearch tool I used and a few years before Kayak emerged in 2006 (Kayak acquired Sidestep in 2007). Since then, the ongoing love/hate relationshi... Read More
KLM has a view on the passenger experience in 2020
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KLM has a view on the passenger experience in 2020
By Kevin May | September 19, 2014
One of the issues when predicting how the future might unfold, especially in travel, is that fairly often the trends being identified are already being played out. KLM, considered one of the more p... Read More
SAP to buy Concur for $8.3 billion
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SAP to buy Concur for $8.3 billion
By Sean O'Neil | September 18, 2014
Enterprise software giant SAP will spend $8.3 billion to get its hands on corporate travel-and-expense (T&E) management tech company Concur. The deal values Bellevue, Washington-based Concur at... Read More
Startup pitch: Virgo says "book a hotel, get a free airport ride"
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Startup pitch: Virgo says "book a hotel, get a free airport ride"
By Sean O'Neil | September 18, 2014
No matter what your astrological sign is, Virgo, a new US travel service, has an offer for you: "Book a hotel, get a free ride." The new brand is a pivot for a startup team that, in 2012, built Gue... Read More
Latest analysis of digital media consumption shows mismatch of ad dollars
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Latest analysis of digital media consumption shows mismatch of ad dollars
By Nick Vivion | September 18, 2014
American consumers continue to be engrossed in digital media - especially on social networks - yet advertisers are not matching ad dollars to digital time spent, shows the latest analysis. The data... Read More
HomeAway expands with Expedia, listing over 100k home rentals
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HomeAway expands with Expedia, listing over 100k home rentals
By Nick Vivion | September 18, 2014
UPDATE: HomeAway clarified the commission cost of this new product, and that section has been updated. In a presentation at vacation rental technology confab RezFest, HomeAway CEO Brian Sharples an... Read More
Test and see: how mobile at a global hotel powerhouse is boosting the bottom line
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Test and see: how mobile at a global hotel powerhouse is boosting the bottom line
By Pamela Whitby | September 18, 2014
One thing we hear a lot of in the hospitality industry is that service and customer experience is where it begins and ends. We also hear that hotels have a unique and powerful advantage over OTAs a... Read More
Et voila! TripAdvisor serves up Instant Reservation for restaurants
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Et voila! TripAdvisor serves up Instant Reservation for restaurants
By Sean O'Neil | September 18, 2014
TripAdvisor's mantra is "Speed wins." So it's unsurprising that the user-generated giant has already digested its acquisition of European restaurant booking platform lafourchette, which it purchased i... Read More
Mobile insights from Cleartrip: 40% traffic, 30% transactions
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Mobile insights from Cleartrip: 40% traffic, 30% transactions
By Martin Cowen | September 18, 2014
Timing is everything - Cleartrip has released its first-ever Quarterly Insights on Mobile a few days after what the Indian OTA claims was its "busiest ever week on mobile". Headline figures from it... Read More
Russia tipped for government-backed hotel booking site
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Russia tipped for government-backed hotel booking site
By Martin Cowen | September 18, 2014
Domestic tourism in Russia could benefit from a state-backed online booking portal, although two Russian OTAs have different views about whether this is the best way to persuade Russians to holiday at... Read More
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