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Airlines only beginning to tap into mobile growth potential

By Marisa Garcia | March 28, 2018

Few airlines are making the most of the bookings and ancillary potential of mobile platforms according to a report. Initiatives by those airlines at the lead show that mobile-first strategies can w... Read More

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Hotelbeds offloads destinations services to TUI for €110M

By Kevin May | March 28, 2018

Hotelbeds has ended its interest in providing incoming services to travel agencies by selling its Destination Management division to TUI for €110 million.... Read More

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Research Spotlight: How voice, chat and social are transforming the traveler experience

By Jill Menze | March 28, 2018

Further evidence voice technology is taking off: Almost half of smartphone-owning online travelers use a voice assistant, new research from Phocuswright shows.... Read More

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TUI buys back Destination Management unit from Hotelbeds Group

By Martin Cowen | March 28, 2018

Hotelbeds Group has sold its Destination Management business unit for €110 million, allowing it to concentrate on its core bedbank business. The buyer is TUI Group, which sold Hotelbeds Group just... Read More

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Nearly half of all airline website traffic comes from bad bots

By Mitra Sorrells | March 27, 2018

Malicious bots steal data and content and wreak havoc on websites, and airlines have the second highest proportion of traffic from these bots according to a new report. ... Read More

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Amadeus to design NDC platform with agency friends

By Kevin May | March 27, 2018

Amadeus has enlisted the help of Flight Centre to assist with the design and implementation of a new NDC-enabled platform for travel agencies.... Read More

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eNett's Jason Hancock exposes the direct and indirect cost of B2B fraud

By Martin Cowen | March 27, 2018

This is the first 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.... Read More

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IBM enters voice assistant market with Watson Assistant for businesses

By Jill Menze | March 27, 2018

IBM is throwing its hat into the voice assistant ring, but with what could be a key differentiator over Amazon and Google.... Read More

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Are these the technologies most wanted by air travelers?

By Marisa Garcia | March 27, 2018

Flight information specialist, OAG, has published the results of a study of the technology preferences of more than 2,000 US travellers which reveals the future travel technologies passengers are most... Read More

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The truth about AI, NLP and ML - human involvement is mandatory

By Sponsored Content | March 27, 2018

This is a viewpoint from Mike Slone, chief experience officer for Travelaer.. The technology revolution today - led by artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing (NLP), machine learn... Read More

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The pirate of online travel – online journey hijacking

By Viewpoints | March 27, 2018

This is a viewpoint from Chemi Katz, co-founder and CEO of Namogoo. . Online journey hijacking is a newly identified revenue thief costing the world’s leading travel brands millions of dollars ever... Read More