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10 principles we learned from launching 6 airline chatbots in 1 year
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April 6, 2018
This is a viewpoint from Iñaki Úriz, CEO at Caravelo. We built our first chatbot over 4 years ago. Its name is Tato, it lives on Hipchat and its mission is to help our developers by creating bookin...
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Taboola CEO shares the secrets of smart content
By Marisa Garcia
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April 6, 2018
Adam Singolda, founder and CEO at Taboola is a strong believer in the power of storytelling. The trick is delivering the right story to the right audience in the right platform at the right time. That...
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Brazilian bike-sharing startup raises $9M in seed round
By Mitra Sorrells
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April 5, 2018
Brazilian start-up Yellow has raised $9 million in seed round funding to launch the first dockless bike-sharing service in that country. ...
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MakeMyTrip boosts distribution with Flipkart partnership
By Mitra Sorrells
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April 5, 2018
Less than a month after buzz circulated that Amazon could make a move into travel – again – one of its biggest e-commerce competitors is doing just that....
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AccorHotels CDO on the importance of cultural transformation
By Martin Cowen
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April 5, 2018
This is the latest in a series of articles spun out of tnoozLIVE@ITB, recorded live over three days at ITB Berlin this March. More clips and interviews to come here, as well as on our YouTube channel....
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How this marketing campaign uses eye tracking technology to gauge traveler interest
By Mitra Sorrells
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April 5, 2018
All-inclusive luxury brand Palace Resorts wants its guests to experience a worry-free vacation “without lifting a finger,” and now it is using eye tracking technology to translate that concept to a new marketing campaign. ...
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Aeroplan survey of consumers stirs the hornet's nest of data, privacy and politics
By Marisa Garcia
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April 5, 2018
Canadian travel rewards program Aeroplan is in hot water with customers over questions included in a recent consumer survey which were well outside the scope of travel preferences and offended some ac...
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Voyhoy aggregates South America’s fragmented transport industry
By Kerry Medina
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April 5, 2018
Since Voyhoy launched in Chile in 2014, the South American multimodal transport platform with real-time ticket bookings across multiple countries and local payment providers, has garnered more than 10...
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What other travel brands can learn from Expedia Group brand launch
By Marisa Garcia
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April 5, 2018
As initial reactions to Airbnb and Uber’s new logos have shown, rebranding is a tricky business. It may sometimes feel that brands can’t put a foot right with the public when they introduce change. B...
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Does your travel experience drive customer loyalty?
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April 4, 2018
Sponsored by Unisys. Your loyalty program has served you well for decades. But will it continue to do so? New technology and a new generation have changed all the rules. To win in this new game, yo...
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China's Meituan acquires bike-sharing platform Mobike
By Mitra Sorrells
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April 4, 2018
Chinese e-commerce platform Meituan has acquired Mobike, one of the world's largest smart bike-sharing companies. ...
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Expedia Group can sell Air France-KLM flights without surcharge
By Mitra Sorrells
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April 4, 2018
Air France-KLM has agreed to waive surcharges for leisure and corporate customers that book through Expedia Group brands Expedia, Ebookers and Egencia....
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Need an edge in travel marketing? How about a self-flying camera drone? ?
By Nick Vivion
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April 4, 2018
The premise is as old as commerce: marketers always need an edge. Whether with a price promotion, a celebrity or sweepstakes, brand marketers are always looking for newsworthy ways to capture consu...
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Skyscanner adds no-fee train booking feature to app
By Mitra Sorrells
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April 4, 2018
Travelers in the United Kingdom can now use Skyscanner’s iOS app to compare and book train tickets. ...
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Airline dotcoms beware - the bad bot army is on the march
By Marisa Garcia
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April 4, 2018
The travel industry, and airlines in particular, have a war on their hands as they try to advance in e-commerce. Bad actors who run bot armies across the world are exploiting airline websites and mobi...
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