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Egencia bleisure study says employees worry what the boss will think
By Linda Fox
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March 22, 2018
Imagine a time when mixing some leisure with business travel is part of the policy. Egencia, the corporate travel arm of Expedia, has carried out some research showing a fifth of business traveller...
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Metasearch power plays: What hoteliers need to know about staying competitive
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March 22, 2018
This is a viewpoint from Tim Davis, CEO of Pace Dimensions. . Most hoteliers understand how metasearch advertising influences the deals visible to consumers. Bid too low and your listing won’t show...
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Esplorio’s newest feature opens the platform for public viewing
By Kerry Medina
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March 22, 2018
When Esplorio first launched its app just over two years ago, the London-based startup offered a means of digitizing the proverbial travel journal. No longer do travelers have to compile their favo...
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7 revealing insights on data-driven marketing from Cambridge Analytica at ITB
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March 21, 2018
Tnooz had been slated to do an interview with Cambridge Analytica's Chief Data Officer Dr. Alexander Tayler during this year's tnoozLIVE@ITB program. Yet the scheduled time slot came and went without...
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Bd4travel talks about personalisation, adopting test and learn and traveller intent
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March 21, 2018
This is the continuation of a series of articles spun out of tnoozLIVE@TTE, recorded live at the TTE event Olympia, London. More clips to come! To learn more about how to bring tnoozLIVE@ to your even...
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Make hay while the Google Flights sun doesn't shine
By Martin Cowen
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March 21, 2018
IdeaWorks' latest take on ancillaries analyses the apps of 15 low-cost carriers and finds that assigned seating is the most common feature built into the booking flow. But perhaps the most interest...
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Amazon’s multifaceted – and likely inevitable – path into travel
By Mitra Sorrells
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March 21, 2018
It’s becoming clear that it’s no longer a question of “if” but rather of “when” and "how” Amazon will try to disrupt the travel industry.... again....
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Hotelscombined targets corporate travel with new metasearch strategy
By Kevin May
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March 21, 2018
Self-proclaimed "quiet achiever" of the travel metasearch engines, Hotelscombined, is shifting gears slightly with a new strategy to enter the world of corporate travel....
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Augmented reality doesn't have to be just a marketing gimmick
By Marisa Garcia
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March 21, 2018
KLM has been experimenting with Augmented Reality and how it might be applied to the customer journey. At the Passenger Terminal Expo in Stockholm, Stijn Bannier, KLM, product manager mobile shared...
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Finnair and Travelaer collaborate on stopover booking platform
By Marisa Garcia
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March 21, 2018
As Northern Europe becomes a critical bridge to Asia and beyond to the Americas, Finnair is following the lead of Icelandic airlines and collaborating with the tourism board to promote stopovers in Fi...
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Expedia data breach affects 880,000 Orbitz customers, extends to Travelocity Partner Network
By Jill Menze
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March 20, 2018
Expedia Inc has disclosed evidence of a security breach that impacted approximately 880,000 Orbitz customers as well as Travelocity Partner Network....
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In a week of major data breaches, Orbitz represents the travel sector
By Michele McDonald
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March 20, 2018
It was already one of the worst weeks for revelations of data breaches. In what may be the mother of all invasions of privacy, Facebook revealed that a UK analytics firm scraped the data of 50 mill...
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The state of the computer reservation system nation
By Kevin May
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March 20, 2018
A major new study has shown how hotel chains are using technology to capture bookings, at the same time as illustrating how they want the ecosystem to evolve....
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No one seems biometrically opposed but it's still going to take time
By Linda Fox
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March 20, 2018
Biometric technology and its use for identity checks is evolving fast for a growing number of the world's airports and airlines. A study from aviation technology specialist SITA says using the techno...
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Amadeus and Lufthansa launch biometric boarding at LAX, plan US expansion
By Mitra Sorrells
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March 20, 2018
Amadeus has developed facial recognition technology in partnership with Lufthansa that is now being used by the airline for boarding at Los Angeles International Airport. ...
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