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Podcast: SIMPLENIGHT's Mark Halberstein on the evolving the distribution landscape

By Nick Vivion | February 7, 2018

In the latest Travel is Your Business podcast, I fly solo in an interview with Mark Halberstein, CEO... Read More

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Blockchain the enabler of new non-air standards project

By Martin Cowen | February 7, 2018

Travel Ledger is a new initiative which is aiming to oversee a new B2B industry standard for settling... Read More

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Google updates UX to make flight and hotel bookings easier on mobile

By Nick Vivion | February 6, 2018

With experts emphasizing the importance of UX, and consumers responding to well-designed products,... Read More

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BCD Travel sets out tech playbook, creates marketplace for third parties

By Linda Fox | February 6, 2018

BCD Travel has developed a platform for corporate travellers and bookers to access third party... Read More

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Not building walls - Airbnb forms tourism ties with Africa, El Salvador, Haiti

By Linda Fox | February 6, 2018

When Donald Trump reportedly had a few choice words to describe a number of destinations recently,... Read More

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Why Marriott and Accenture collaborated on Known Traveler Digital Identity - but can it become reality?

By Nick Vivion | February 6, 2018

The coverage was global and across industries: the Known Traveler Digital Identification program... Read More

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OYO commits to exclusive inventory, sees strong repeat booking rates

By Martin Cowen | February 5, 2018

Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of OYO, was in London recently and sat down with tnooz to talk about... Read More

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Vacation rentals vs hotels? HomeAway VP of Data Science keynote at HEDNA 2018

By Nick Vivion | February 2, 2018

There was a bit of an interloper at this year's HEDNA North America conference: vacation rental... Read More

Google Flights AI update WayBlazer reaction

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Google Flights can now predict flight delays before airlines

By Mitra Sorrells | February 1, 2018

Google’s latest updates to its Flights search engine combine artificial intelligence and data analysis... Read More

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Obama CTO says 'Big Data is BS' in keynote to hoteliers and vendors at HEDNA 2018

By Nick Vivion | February 1, 2018

As far as setting the tone for HEDNA's conference in Austin, TX, Harper Reed offered quite the frame... Read More

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