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Does the Expedia billboard effect still exist for hotels?
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Does the Expedia billboard effect still exist for hotels?
By Sean O'Neil | May 22, 2014
In 2009, Chris Anderson, an associate professor at Cornell University, published a study about Expedia... Read More
Read the proposed US rules to require agencies to disclose airline ancillary fees
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Read the proposed US rules to require agencies to disclose airline ancillary fees
By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014
US carriers would be required to disclose any ancillary fees, such as charges for checked baggage or... Read More
Delta takes its PSS and flight data systems back from Travelport
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Delta takes its PSS and flight data systems back from Travelport
By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014
To cut its costs, Delta Air Lines is re-acquiring data, intellectual property rights, and staffing to... Read More
Airbnb to turn over over anonymized records to New York authorities
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Airbnb to turn over over anonymized records to New York authorities
By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014
In an announcement today, Airbnb, the peer-to-peer short-term housing rental network, agreed to a... Read More
DOT tentatively okays IATA Resolution 787, anticipating New Distribution Capability
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DOT tentatively okays IATA Resolution 787, anticipating New Distribution Capability
By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014
The US Department of Transportation today finally gave its approval to a global framework for a... Read More
Wanderu adds Greyhound, and US bus metasearch finally revs up
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Wanderu adds Greyhound, and US bus metasearch finally revs up
By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2014
The rubber may have finally hit the road for bus metasearch in North America. Wanderu, which is like... Read More
Consumer mobile trends - browsing, booking and barriers
News / Technology
Consumer mobile trends - browsing, booking and barriers
By Linda Fox | May 21, 2014
Following on from mobile behaviour studies for the US, Expedia Media Solutions has put together some... Read More
Italians probe the practices of TripAdvisor, Expedia and Booking.com
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Italians probe the practices of TripAdvisor, Expedia and Booking.com
By Sean O'Neil | May 20, 2014
Italy's antitrust and competition authority is investigating TripAdvisor to see if the user-generated... Read More
Royal Caribbean to install metamorphic venues on its megaships cruising in China
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Royal Caribbean to install metamorphic venues on its megaships cruising in China
By Sean O'Neil | May 20, 2014
Global cruise lines are in a race of one-upmanship to build ever more outrageously extravagant ships.... Read More
Tripping, a metasearch site for rental lodging, nabs funding led by Recruit Holdings
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Tripping, a metasearch site for rental lodging, nabs funding led by Recruit Holdings
By Sean O'Neil | May 20, 2014
Though Tripping, a one-time social travel site, has begun to make a name for itself in metasearch for... Read More
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The company recently launched AI token spend management to help finance and technical teams understand... Read More
Startup Stage: Tripician uses AI to build verified, collaborative travel itineraries
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Startup Stage: Tripician uses AI to build verified, collaborative travel itineraries
The startup combines AI-powered trip planning with live place verification, feasibility checks and... Read More