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Booking.com thinks its Destination Finder will inspire your next trip

By Sean O'Neil | March 2, 2016

Six years ago, travel brands started trying to turn search upside down by removing the need to have a... Read More

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What Trivago taking 52.3% of Base7Booking implies for hotel tech

By Sean O'Neil | March 1, 2016

Trivago, the Expedia Inc-affiliated metasearch brand, officially said today that it has taken a... Read More

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TripAdvisor's new CFO says quality hotel content is key to instant booking conversion

By Sean O'Neil | February 29, 2016

TripAdvisor’s new chief financial officer Ernst Teunissen has begun his tour of the investor forum... Read More

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Large study of Airbnb hosts hints at who is making the money

By Sean O'Neil | February 29, 2016

There's an ongoing debate about how home-sharing sites like Airbnb are performing, and a new study... Read More

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Think leisure players aren't touching business travel, think again

By Linda Fox | February 29, 2016

The business travel community swings between denying any impact from Airbnb, Uber and the like, to... Read More

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Amadeus 2015 revenues get close to Euro 4 billion

By Martin Cowen | February 26, 2016

The North America and Asia-Pacific regions are the star performers for Amadeus' distribution and IT... Read More

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One out of five bookings of Irish independent hotels are made on phones

By Sean O'Neil | February 25, 2016

NetAffinity has analyzed booking patterns for their Irish and European clients and found that 20.7% of... Read More

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Interview with Amadeus' new head of R&D in the Americas

By Sean O'Neil | February 25, 2016

R&D is the bad conscience of the travel industry. Everyone knows they should be future-proofing by... Read More

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Startup pitch: Hello Scout gives hotel guests a chat-based travel assistant

By Sean O'Neil | February 24, 2016

Hello Scout is a San Francisco startup whose mobile, chat-based travel assistant allows guests at... Read More

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Expedia brings Meeting Market out of the shadows

By Martin Cowen | February 24, 2016

Expedia's under-the-radar site Meeting Market is looking to expand beyond its current German base and... Read More

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