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Beyond Pricing bags $42.5M to develop pricing tech for short-term rentals
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September 26, 2019
Beyond Pricing - one of PhocusWire’s Hot 25 Startups for 2019 - has raised a $42.5 million Series A round, far outpacing its previous funding total of $3.5 million....
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TravelBank creates "SuperItinerary" to capture bookings, spending and ancillaries in one place
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 26, 2019
TravelBank's new SuperItinerary tracks appointments and bookings, trip spending and ancillary offers in one app....
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VIDEO: Pegasus Airlines on mobile, distribution ambitions and tech as a differentiator
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September 26, 2019
PhocusWire talked to Pegasus Airlines CEO Mehmet Nane about customer centricity, distribution and mobile at the World Aviation Festival 2019 in London....
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BlaBlaCar expands multimodal service with acquisition of Busfor
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September 25, 2019
The France-based carpooling platform says the acquisition will expand its inventory of third-party bus operators in a region where members total more than 25 million....
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VIDEO: IBM on airlines needing to maximize how they use data
By Kevin May
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September 25, 2019
Airlines are sitting on mountains of data, but they - as passenger requirements and technology improve - are perhaps not getting the most out of it....
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Q&A: Booking.com's Ripsy Bandourian on evolving functionality for business travelers
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September 25, 2019
Booking.com for Business was unveiled in early 2015 after the accommodation giant observed that about one in five bookings were for business travel....
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Corporate travel distribution is broken - now some blame the GDSs
By Jill Menze
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September 25, 2019
What precisely does airline distribution for business travel look like? Based on a fiery exchange at The Beat Live in New York last week, the answer is up for grabs and some familiar tech providers are not helping....
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WEBINAR REPLAY! Strong Customer Authentication for travel: are we there yet?
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September 24, 2019
There is still a lack of clarity regarding SCA implementation and use cases in the travel industry. We outline everything that you need to know....
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Can DMOs do better than Google in the trip inspiration stage?
By Linda Fox
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September 24, 2019
Tourism professionals see a future role in providing inspirational content in the trip planning stages and think Google will find it hard to do given the local flavor required....
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What blockchain in corporate travel could mean for GDSs, TMCs
By Jill Menze
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September 24, 2019
At The Beat Live in New York, Mezi's Johnny Thorsen and Blockskye's Brook Armstrong discussed blockchain's role in the corporate travel market....
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Thomas Cook's digital strategy - great ideas that came too late
By Kevin May
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September 23, 2019
Years after when a serious strategy should have been considered, Thomas Cook finally hired its first chief digital officer in the shape of Marco Ryan. He was in the job less than 12 months....
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Destination marketing, part 3: On the road to smart, "real-time" tourism
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 23, 2019
For the third piece in this month's series, we look at how technology is enabling DMOs to serve visitors when they are in-destination....
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TAKE A SURVEY and let your voice be heard on gender equity in travel
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September 23, 2019
Take 10 minutes to share your experiences and opinions on gender equity in travel and receive free Phocuswright research in return....
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Thomas Cook collapses after investors pull the plug on survival package
By Kevin May
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September 22, 2019
Plenty of factors have led to the tour operating giant's demise, including its failure, at crucial times, to grasp the complexities of IT and the wider digital world....
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HRS acquires Conichi to build new payment-focused division
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 20, 2019
HRS has acquired Conichi as part of its strategy to build a global payment solution....
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