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The Standard becomes another hotel group offering an OTA-like marketplace
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The Standard becomes another hotel group offering an OTA-like marketplace
By Sean O'Neil | September 20, 2016
It was a year ago that AccorHotels began selling independent hotels alongside its own properties on... Read More
Taxi app funding back in business with Grab grabbing $750 million
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Taxi app funding back in business with Grab grabbing $750 million
By Martin Cowen | September 20, 2016
Southeast Asia's ride-hailing platform Grab has completed the region's largest ever consumer tech... Read More
Google debuts Trips, a mobile app to plan travel itineraries faster
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Google debuts Trips, a mobile app to plan travel itineraries faster
By Sean O'Neil | September 19, 2016
Today Google launches its first all-in-one travel app, Google Trips. The free app aims to be a... Read More
Restaurants eating up CPC budgets
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Restaurants eating up CPC budgets
By Martin Cowen | September 16, 2016
SimilarWeb has found that the most-expensive desktop keyword in travel is "restaurants near me",... Read More
Startup pitch: Tripcon offers natural-language metasearch, Tokyo-style
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Startup pitch: Tripcon offers natural-language metasearch, Tokyo-style
By Sean O'Neil | September 16, 2016
Tripcon is a travel metasearch company built to emphasize natural-language queries on mobile devices... Read More
Travelport updates how it describes its growth strategies
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Travelport updates how it describes its growth strategies
By Sean O'Neil | September 16, 2016
Travelport, which went public in 2014, said on Thursday in a financial filing in the US that one of... Read More
Indian travellers getting younger, more spontaneous
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Indian travellers getting younger, more spontaneous
By Martin Cowen | September 15, 2016
MakeMyTrip's look at Indian travel patterns says that 18-35-year-olds are "the driving force behind... Read More
Is the bigger picture a slashed canvas?
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Is the bigger picture a slashed canvas?
By Martin Cowen | September 14, 2016
Sojern's latest European travel trends report highlights some material differences in how travellers... Read More
TripAdvisor offers attractions content for partners
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TripAdvisor offers attractions content for partners
By Linda Fox | September 14, 2016
TripAdvisor and its tours and activities brand Viator are providing an attractions content tool to... Read More
SAP-backed Concur acquires Hipmunk, in exit for the metasearch UX pioneer
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SAP-backed Concur acquires Hipmunk, in exit for the metasearch UX pioneer
By Sean O'Neil | September 13, 2016
Concur, the travel-and-expense software company, has acquired Hipmunk, the travel metasearch brand... Read More
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