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VIDEO - Cendyn's Tim Sullivan on data, action and impact
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June 19, 2018
Sponsored by Cendyn. In a world where hotels are at the risk of becoming commoditized, it is becoming increasingly clear that differentiation needs to move beyond thread counts, in-room dining opti...
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OTA Insight launches new parity tool for revenue management
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June 19, 2018
Hoteliers have a new tool to help them analyze and optimize distribution costs. ...
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VIDEO: Bedbanks can provide and thrive in a fragmented market
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June 19, 2018
To say Hotelbeds Group has been through a fairly productive few years would be a bit of an understatement....
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Taking friction out of travel booking, Alibaba and Fliggy style
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June 19, 2018
This is an article by Ritesh Gupta for TravelDaily China.It appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. Mobile devices have become the 24/7 consumer companion and groups such Alibaba...
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The changing face of the travel agency business
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June 19, 2018
This is a viewpoint from Brendan Iglehart, founder of altSTATES. Online travel agents (OTAs) have nearly obliterated the travel agency industry that was once responsible for booking tickets and hot...
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Peek pockets $23 million in funding, forms partnership for direct bookings with Google
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June 19, 2018
Peek, the tours and activities platform, has announced a $23 million Series B round of funding. The round was led by Cathay Innovation but also includes the participation of Kayak co-founder Paul E...
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NDC, the airline leaderboard and getting the plumbing in place
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June 18, 2018
It's hard to gauge the current status of IATA's New Distribution Capability, the airline distribution technology standard, and the twists and turns in its journey. Step back from the announcements...
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VIDEO: Travel planning with digital assistants
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June 18, 2018
Digital assistants in travel are not an entirely new form of technology - moreover, just another layer that builds on the shift to digital and, especially, mobile....
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GetYourGuide to run its own branded tours, unveils new tagline
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June 18, 2018
GetYourGuide has announced a new initiative - Project Incredible - which sees the tours and activities provider take control of some of the tours it sells by specifically branding them as GetYourGuide...
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Three ways GCH is using new tech to drive direct hotel bookings
By Pamela Whitby
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June 18, 2018
Daniel Wishnia, a digital marketing consultant at the German group GCH Hotels, could not be more enthusiastic about what new technologies can and are delivering for hotels. “The behaviour of our chil...
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Modern travel marketing, part 3: Email campaigns
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June 18, 2018
The introduction of personal email addresses in the 1990s created an entirely new opportunity for brands to reach consumers quickly and cost-effectively. ...
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VIDEO - Cendyn's Charles Deyo talks personalization at scale
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June 18, 2018
Sponsored by Cendyn. The need for hospitality technology firms to help their hotel clients deliver personalized experiences to guests is becoming ever more business-critical for both parties. Guest...
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Why is door-to-door trip planning so difficult?
By Jill Menze
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June 18, 2018
The click of a button is practically all it takes for consumers to purchase nearly any good or service. The travel industry understood this long ago and counts itself among the first sectors to embrace the power of the web....
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GetYourGuide tries the vertically-integrated strategy in activities race
By Kevin May
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June 18, 2018
GetYourGuide accepts there is a risk involved but claims it wants to "transform the tour experience itself" with the introduction of its own branded products....
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What is working in airline digital merchandising?
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June 15, 2018
In its 2018 Airline Digital Merchandising White Paper, Diggintravel explores the digital merchandising practices that work best for airlines to increase ancillary revenue. The survey of 38 airlines...
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