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Concur's Fusion event kicks off with TripLink and IBM announcements

By Nick Vivion | May 6, 2014

Concur's annual customer event Fusion is going on this week in New Orleans. In addition to the table8 funding news, the company has announced a new partnership and an expanded direct connectivity feat Read More

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White Lodging releases more about credit card data breach, including affected hotels

By Nick Vivion | February 4, 2014

There's an update to the far-reaching credit card data breach story that Tnooz covered yesterday. The operator, White Lodging, confirms that they did in fact have a significant security breach for man Read More

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MakeMyTrip reports 40% revenue from non-air, mobile channel also grows

By Karthick Prabu | February 3, 2014

India-based OTA MakeMyTrip has reported a revenue less service costs of $28.5 million for the third quarter of 2013, an increase of 42.1% year-on-year. The NASDAQ-listed company said the quarter wa Read More

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Latest credit card data breach revealed, affecting a national multi-brand hotel operator

By Nick Vivion | February 3, 2014

National hotel franchisor White Lodging has been beset by a credit card data breach, with fraud stretching for more than 9 months, the KrebsOnSecurity blog has revealed. Brian Krebs, who is the pre Read More

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Hotel giants fall victim to spam attack on Google

By Linda Fox | January 15, 2014

Google has confirmed it is working to fix an attack on big brand hotels including Marriott and Hilton, which sees links to their websites redirected to a third party. The search giant declined to m Read More

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Hotel tech provider SiteMinder secures $30M in capital from Facebook investor

By Kevin May | January 14, 2014

SiteMinder has started off 2014 with a shot across the bows of its hotel distribution rivals by winning a mighty $30 million investment from Technology Crossover Ventures. The Sydney, Australia-bas Read More

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Marriott website leads other hotel brands for usage and awareness

By Karthick Prabu | December 8, 2013

A hotel's website is a key and indispensable sales channel. So how do some of the leading chains on the planet perform in terms of customer experience and acquisition? Qubit, website conversion ser Read More

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Travel DEVICES roundup - Google, SITA, AirNZ, Singapore, Marriott, United, Hotels.com

By PhocusWire | December 6, 2013

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality on Friday 6 December 2013... Google allows users to save flights and find them on all devices Flight Read More

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Profiling the next generation of travelers

By Nick Vivion | September 20, 2013

Research on the habits and trends among Millennials - those roughly aged 18-30 - continues relentlessly, as companies strive to understand how best to serve their needs. Why is this important? Well Read More

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Google Wallet comes to iPhone, and travel companies sign up for mobile payments

By Sean O'Neil | September 19, 2013

Two announcements today about Google Wallet suggest travelers may soon start paying for things at US destinations with their mobile devices. Google Wallet -- an app that lets users send money from Read More

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TripAdvisor grabs tenth of all traffic to hotel-related sites - Top US travel websites, July 2013

By PhocusWire | August 8, 2013

TripAdvisor's dominance in the world of online hotel activity is illustrated once again with data showing it is capturing one tenth of traffic to accommodation sites in the US. Read More

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Need some help collecting hotel reward points? There's a social-led game for that at Marriott

By Karthick Prabu | August 8, 2013

In an effort to promote Marriott Rewards program, Marriott has launched an iOS travel game that users can play and win upto 1 million reward points. Read More

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DEVICES - Product news, launches and more - July 2013

By PhocusWire | July 31, 2013

Thomas Cook and Toggle Mobile team up to offer free incoming calls while abroad Read More

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Marriott adds additional touchpoint with stylized trip sharing tool Tripographer

By Nick Vivion | July 29, 2013

Marriott Hotels has been on the warpath lately, working tirelessly to refresh and reinvent their brand. Now the company has released an additional touch point in the travel lifecycle. Read More