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Ich bin ein Berliner - THack brings travel hackathon roadshow to Germany

By Kevin May | February 20, 2015

Do you have an idea for a digital innovation in travel? Can you code a working mobile or web application in 24 hours that helps travelers discover, enhance or share their journey? Does your origina Read More

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Vayant looks to further growth as Lufthansa takes minority stake

By Linda Fox | July 14, 2014

Vayant Travel Technologies has received undisclosed investment from Deutsche Lufthansa with the airline taking a minority stake in the business. The real-time flight search and pricing platform say Read More

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Orbitz overhauls Business app, B Hotels creates Monscierge, and more

By PhocusWire | March 27, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for March 2014. Thursday 27 March 2014: Orbitz overhauls Business mobile app The revamped Or Read More

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Bring Your Own Device - United Airlines next to stream content to passengers

By Karthick Prabu | March 13, 2014

Effective this April, passengers on United Airlines will be able to access the airline's inflight content via their iOS devices and laptops. However, the service will be initially rolled out only o Read More

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Travel DISTRIBUTION roundup - January 2014

By PhocusWire | January 31, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for January 2014... 31 January 2014: Sabre renews with Turkish Airlines The multi-year Read More

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Brick-by-brick - China starts dismantling wall of air distribution

By Karthick Prabu | January 15, 2014

Possible game-changer alert: the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved the licenses of two foreign GDSs to sell overseas airline tickets in the country. In late 2012, Tnooz rep Read More

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Whatever next? Guiding tourists around a city by remote control!

By Karthick Prabu | October 9, 2013

Tourism Victoria, the official tourism board for Melbourne, has taken destination marketing to a whole new level with its Remote Control Tourist initiative. Google Street View is one of the best th Read More

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Something in this door-to-door search trend - Lufthansa and Booking.com latest to try it out

By Kevin May | August 19, 2013

Rome2Rio, one of just a handful of door-to-door travel search technology providers, appears to be persuading others that it's a shift in user behaviour worth capturing. Read More

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In travel shopping, forget the Customer Is King mantra - caching is the new monarch

By Viewpoints | April 30, 2013

First generation caches were about cutting cost – and travel sellers tolerated low levels of accuracy to make savings. Read More

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Emirates becomes latest airline to tee up activities and inspiration as part of trip search

By Kevin May | April 23, 2013

Over three years on from Lufthansa and two years after British Airways, Emirates is trying to change the way people search for flights, based on what passengers might do in a destination. Read More

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Applying some Googlezon magic dust to airline retailing

By Linda Fox | April 15, 2013

Gather a bunch of airline bosses in a room and ask them what they want from technology – the answer doesn’t seem like rocket science Read More

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Lufthansa picks Vayant to help with dynamic packaging distribution

By Karthick Prabu | April 2, 2013

Landmark deal for Vayant after Lufthansa, one of Europe's largest carriers, selected the tech company's caching system to boost distribution to tour operators and consolidators in Central Europe. Read More

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The Scan: VirtualTourist seeks 8th Wonder, Knok raises, Cleartrip's app and more travel technology news

By PhocusWire | March 28, 2013

Virtual Tourist, Apple-WifiSlam, Cleartrip, United Airlines, Lufthansa, Monarch Airlines, Knok, Comcast Business Hospitality, Hotwire, Dolphin Dynamics, TigerBay, Egencia, Concur and InterContinental... Read More

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Social media is dead - airline marketing in 2013 all about connected travellers and the real world

By Viewpoints | December 28, 2012

Let’s face it - social media is dead. There are over 200 airlines on Twitter today, for example, and the space is cluttered. Read More

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EasyJet goes down the inspiration route for flight search

By Kevin May | October 2, 2012

Whether anyone uses the tools or not in the long run, airlines are at least trying to give customers a different way of looking for flights - with EasyJet unveiling its Inspire Me platform this week. Read More

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