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Sabre broadens hospitality offerings with retail push, new lodging APIs
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June 27, 2019
At the Sabre Technology Exchange, the company detailed how hotels can benefit from its Intelligent Retailing platform and announced the launch of Content Services for Lodging....
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TripActions raises again, $250M round going to aggressive growth plan
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June 27, 2019
This latest investment comes less than eight months after TripActions' Series C round last November which brought in $154 million....
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Huangbaoche brings in $50M for guided tour driver platform
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June 27, 2019
The Series C round into the Beijing, China-based company comes just 15 months after another $50 million injection of capital in 2018....
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Hotel C-suite buzz: Disruptive Google, data security and emerging tech
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June 27, 2019
Cybersecurity, emerging technology and Google were some of the topics discussed by a trio of hospitality chiefs at the HITEC conference in Minneapolis....
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The Phocuswright Conference 2019 - speakers announced, secure a registration discount
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June 27, 2019
The boss of one of the online travel brands of the moment, OYO Rooms, makes a welcomes return to Center Stage at The Phocuswright Conference 2019....
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Booking.com CEO Gillian Tans moves aside, Glenn Fogel steps in
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June 26, 2019
The sudden change at the top of Booking.com, announced today, is effective immediately and ends a three-year stint for Tans as CEO....
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Getting out of the way of "innovation" in travel
By Linda Fox
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June 26, 2019
Amazon Web Services believes the travel industry is stuck in silos and an “old way of thinking about IT”, with disparate systems that don’t talk to each other....
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Grab helps with $8M investment in Splyt to expand partnership globally
By Linda Fox
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June 26, 2019
Grab and Splyt say their shared vision is for travelers not to have to download local transportation apps or fall back on hailing taxis....
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VIDEO: A maturing market for tours and activities
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June 26, 2019
Booking.com's entry into the tours and activities sector and TripAdvisor's likewise move to add a software company into its mix certainly caused a stir in 2018....
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Airbnb rebrands top tier to Airbnb Luxe, adds dedicated concierge services
By Mitra Sorrells
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June 25, 2019
Airbnb is renaming its luxury tier of properties as Airbnb Luxe and is providing a dedicated concierge with each booking....
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A tale of two airlines battling disruption with technology
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June 25, 2019
The cost of disruption to airlines is around 8% of revenue, or $60 billion to the industry, every year. Little wonder then they turning to technology to address disruption from weather events to grounded aircraft....
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Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom: “War over the best booking experience is almost over”
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June 25, 2019
Speaking at Expedia Group's first Research Summit, Mark Okerstrom said the next "vector of innovation" happens after bookings are made....
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VIDEO: Understanding the differences in the blockchain
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June 25, 2019
By now most folk should know that there is a distinct difference between the open model of blockchain and distributed ledger technology....
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BeMyGuest raises new round in bid to bolster activity supplier tech
By Kevin May
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June 24, 2019
The Singapore-based company has not disclosed the level of investment but says it is "more than sufficient to support the company through its next growth phase."...
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Travel payments, part 4: Hopes and hurdles for startups
By Mitra Sorrells
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June 24, 2019
In part four of our payments month them we talk to investors and entrepreneurs about the challenges and opportunities for startups in this space....
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