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Tailoring the user experience: Personalization, customization or individualization?
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May 9, 2019
Three fundamental approaches are employed to tailor the user experience based on both explicit traveler preferences and inferred signals derived from past performance....
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Hostfully brings in $1M in seed funding as it looks to grow team
By Linda Fox
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May 8, 2019
The round was led by Precursor Ventures with MergeLane, Wharton Alumni Angels, Blue Startups and Disruption Ventures also participating....
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TripAdvisor sees experiences and restaurant revenue up as investment continues in new areas
By Linda Fox
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May 8, 2019
TripAdvisor reports a slight decrease in revenue for Q1 2019 while revenue for its experiences and restaurants units is up almost a third....
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Amadeus closes in on €1.5B in revenue during Q1 of 2019
By Kevin May
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May 8, 2019
Amadeus secured revenue of over €1.4 billion in the first quarter of this year, following an increase of 15% over the same period in 2018. EBITDA up by 11%, too....
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Culture Trip says online travel agency "bet" is close
By Linda Fox
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May 7, 2019
The company raised $80 million last year and brought in former-Expedia U.K. managing director Andy Washington to help launch the OTA....
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Why Europe is a microcosm of wider trends in online travel
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May 7, 2019
Three broad trends illustrate the prowess of the region in the current online travel scene - but, equally, demonstrate how fragile the growth of the sector can be when one particular brand or market holds the reins of power....
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Tourlane quickly adds $47M, plans international expansion and product development
By Linda Fox
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May 7, 2019
The business offers customers the expertise of travel agents combined with online booking - and it's now raised a total of $81 million in funding....
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Booking.com opts for partner route to expand tours and activities
By Kevin May
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May 6, 2019
A year after buying FareHarbor to spearhead its move into tours and activities, Booking.com is adopting an additional approach and working directly with rival software vendors....
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Letters from WiT Seoul: Travel fuels happiness, growth in aviation
By Siew Hoon Yeoh - WebInTravel
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May 6, 2019
Here are the key takeaways from the fourth WiT Seoul 2019....
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Latin America, part 1: Mobile, social drive travel forward despite lingering challenges
By Mitra Sorrells
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May 6, 2019
For the first piece in our series on Latin America, we explore some of the region's characteristics impacting the travel industry....
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Sounding Off: Is tech innovation enough to fix business travel?
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May 3, 2019
Investors are (finally) backing the business travel sector with big bucks - but perhaps the processes that govern it are not as broken as many believe....
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Flight Centre leisure and business arms test Amadeus user interface for NDC content
By Linda Fox
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May 3, 2019
FCM Travel Solutions and its sister leisure brand Flight Centre are testing a user interface for NDC content from Amadeus....
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Q1 growth slows for vacation rentals as Expedia Group realigns business for long-term
By Mitra Sorrells
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May 2, 2019
Expedia Group bookings were up 8% in the first quarter of 2019, but only 5% in its vacation rental businesses, now consolidated under the Vrbo brand....
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Booking Holdings boosts restaurant arm with acquisition of Venga
By Linda Fox
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May 2, 2019
Venga, a guest management platform for restaurants and other businesses, will be aligned with the Booking Holdings-owned OpenTable brand....
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Datalex CEO Aidan Brogan quits as financial probe continues
By Kevin May
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May 2, 2019
Troubled airline retail technology specialist Datalex installs temporary boss after the sudden resignation of the CEO....
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