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Niido - Airbnb-powered apartment complex - gets $200M investment
By Jill Menze
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December 18, 2017
It might be possible for Airbnb and landlords to play nice after all, at least evidenced by Brookfield Property Partners’ plan to invest as much as $200 million in the Niido Powered by Airbnb communities....
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OTA Insight brings in $20M round for hospitality tech
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December 18, 2017
Hospitality data intelligence provider OTA Insight has secured a major funding round - $20 million - in a bid to grow the company faster on a global basis....
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PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Search and Hotel Tech
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December 18, 2017
With 2018 around the corner, Phocuswright and PhocusWire are presenting snapshots of the 12 trends we think will be significant next year across six installments....
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PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Startups
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December 18, 2017
The notion that business-to-business travel startups have a far higher chance of succeeding than consumer-facing businesses is nothing new....
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There's nothing cheap about loyalty: Are hotel reward programs still relevant in 2018?
By Simone Puorto
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December 18, 2017
"There's nothing cheap about loyalty", poetically asserts Ryan Bingham, the main character of the Walter Kirn novel Up in the Air during a dissertation about the perks and perils of Hilton and Maplewo...
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British Airways tightens screw on NDC channel use
By Kevin May
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December 18, 2017
British Airways could potentially be seen as the most aggressive carrier in the drive to push NDC-enabled ticketing....
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How 'cross-industry innovation can strengthen your approach to emerging technology
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December 18, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Dan Fitzgerald, CPO at Traveldoo. After a thought-provoking few days at the annual GBTA Europe conference in Frankfurt, I‘ve taken some time to reflect and consider the mai...
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Q&A Lottery - Expedia Media Solutions, TourRadar, Rezgo, Crafted Comms
By Kevin May
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December 15, 2017
Regular viewers of the PundIT Show will know about our QandA Lottery - a quick game that we sometimes play at the end of episodes....
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QOTW: Something to do with travel marketing and kitchens
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December 15, 2017
Quote from Jim Price, vice president sales in the travel division at PebblePost....
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PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Travel Moment and Customer-Centricity
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December 15, 2017
With 2018 around the corner, Phocuswright and PhocusWire are presenting snapshots of the 12 trends we think will be significant next year across six installments....
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Google tweaks flights and hotels, introduces attractions and car rental
By Jill Menze
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December 15, 2017
Google has delivered several more knocks to its travel booking competitors with the launch of new features in its Flights, Trips and hotels search functions....
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Three techniques used to grow our traffic to over two million users per month
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December 15, 2017
This is a viewpoint from Luc Guilhamon, co-founder and vice president of marketing at Viajala. In a previous column, I shared how Viajala, a Latin American flight and hotel metasearch company I co-...
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Infographic: Polish data science startup shares travel fraud findings
By Martin Cowen
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December 15, 2017
Nethone, an AI-based anti-fraud specialist based in Poland, has revealed some patterns and behaviours of fraudsters revealed by its analysis of data related to travel products. The business claims...
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Nordic Choice Hotels ends 2017 on a blockchain
By Pamela Whitby
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December 15, 2017
In what is being claimed as a hotel industry first, Nordic Choice Hotels will “explore new ways of distributing inventory” using an open-source blockchain distribution platform developed by Winding Tr...
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Travelport proclaims first GDS to reach next NDC level
By Jill Menze
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December 14, 2017
Yesterday Travelport became the first GDS to obtain Level 3 status under IATA’s New Distribution Capability initiative....
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