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Unisys aims to ease the travel experience for pets and their humans
By Michele McDonald
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March 5, 2018
Anyone who has ever committed a pet to the cargo hold of a plane knows the anxiety of wondering whether MollyPup or Princess Kitty is doing all right down there. Now, thanks to artificial intellige...
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Redeam gets $7.7M from travel execs and brands to push activity ticket tech
By Mitra Sorrells
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March 5, 2018
Redeam's digital ticketing technology addresses a genuine need in the tours and activities market, and it just got a boost with $7.7 million raised in Series A funding....
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Voice tech in travel, part 1: Brand adoption
By Mitra Sorrells
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March 5, 2018
The days of typing search terms into a browser or clicking through drop-down menus may be fading. Rising in their place is a much more natural interface: voice....
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Dark data - the big data you didn't know to worry about, but should
By Marisa Garcia
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March 5, 2018
For anyone still trying to wrap their minds around the volumes of Big Data being left unattended in their systems which might help improve offers and personalization, we have a new thing to lose sleep...
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Culture Trip goes where others fear to tread - OTA land
By Kevin May
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March 5, 2018
Travel content sites have in recent years avoided go all-in with booking services - but Culture Trip is one that is going to buck the trend and try the online travel agency model....
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tnoozLIVE@TTE: Travelport's Simon Ferguson on voice, traveller engagement and human contact
By Linda Fox
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March 5, 2018
This is the first 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 event, plea...
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Startup pitch: Wowanders applies AI to social travel recommendations
By Marisa Garcia
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March 5, 2018
Finish technology startup Wowanders is taking a unique spin at social media travel sharing with an AI powered mobile travel diary app which automatically compiles travel moments based on location and...
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Redeam raises $7.7 million funding to further tours automation push
By Linda Fox
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March 5, 2018
Redeam, which helps tours and attractions distributors automate the ticket process, has raised $7.7 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Vertical Venture Partners, with participation f...
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QOTW: Something about room for the biggest startup in the world
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March 2, 2018
Quote from Brian Chesky, in a one-to-one interview with PhocusWire this week....
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Google Flights: the mainstream player everyone feared?
By Kevin May
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March 2, 2018
Google doesn't really talk about how well its Flights metasearch engine is shaping up against its powerful competitors - but external data providers can help shine a light....
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Which stakeholders stand to benefit the most - and least - from Airbnb's quest for a billion guests?
By Nick Vivion
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March 2, 2018
With last week’s rapid-fire announcements, Airbnb has joined the ranks of ‘companies that freak the industry out,’ such as Google. Just observe reactions to Google’s latest move in travel: Google is c...
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Low-commission OTA Hotel Bonanza racks up 10,000 hotel listings
By Mitra Sorrells
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March 2, 2018
Hotel Bonanza is a new online travel agency trying to disrupt the hold large companies such as Booking.com and Expedia have on the market, by charging hotels a lower commission and offering consumers discounted rates. ...
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Podcast: Knock Knock City's Selin Sonmez on offering a new type of product in travel
By Nick Vivion
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March 2, 2018
Lugging luggage around an unfamiliar city is one of travel's less enjoyable moments. Especially with a nighttime flight, bags can quickly dampen the spirit of one last day in a place. And when the day...
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Artificial intelligence in space: CIMON says HAL is not all that
By Marisa Garcia
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March 2, 2018
Those whose first introduction to artificial intelligence was the disembodied voice and menacing red cyclops eye of HAL in the Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, w...
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Hotels share ideas to meet the hi-tech and demanding guest
By Kevin May
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March 1, 2018
Hoteliers may fear the continued automation and digitisation of the sector but are accepting that they should embrace elements of it rather than resisting change in its entirety....
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