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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Startup pitch: Hotel Room Alerts surfaces hotel availability via text and e-mail

By Nick Vivion | September 17, 2014

The problem is familiar to many business travelers: every hotel near the convention's location is sold out, and the only way to secure a last-minute opening is to re-search regularly. Hotel Room A... Read More

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Better decisions through travel big data - a DMO story

By Viewpoints | September 17, 2014

Big data is a fashionable concept and Europe is just at the beginning of this phenomenon, could travel data be the next “online marketing” of the industry? If you compare the interest over time of... Read More

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Travel bookings by mobile on the rise in share and value

By Linda Fox | September 17, 2014

Some interesting findings in a report on the increased use of mobile devices for planning and buying travel from performance advertising company Criteo. The 2014 Travel Flash Report highlights worl... Read More

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Startup pitch: Travel inspiration site Villy sets forth with Harvard and MIT pedigree

By Sean O'Neil | September 16, 2014

Another day, another travel-inspiration startup debuts. But today's new site -- Villy -- stands out from other travel-planning tools by being located at the Harvard Innovation Lab in Boston. Villy... Read More

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