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VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 8

By Kevin May | November 27, 2017

With almost three days of activity on-stage and lots of gossip in the hallways, our three guests have plenty to summarise from The Phocuswright Conference.... Read More

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Travelport settles consumers' class action antitrust lawsuit against GDS companies

By Michele McDonald | November 27, 2017

Travelport reached a settlement agreement in an antitrust lawsuit charging the three western GDS companies with conspiring to avoid competing with each other. Sabre and Amadeus remain defendants in... Read More

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Airbnb to focus on "end-to-end" travel experiences

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 27, 2017

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia says that his company wants to get involved in end-to-end travel experiences.... Read More

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Zoomaway's new cryptocurrency strategies

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 27, 2017

As cryptocurrency use rises, Zoomaway meets the challenge with its new blockchain strategies.... Read More

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Startup pitch: Swayy wants to help hotels manage influencers

By Linda Fox | November 27, 2017

Swayy wants to take the pain out of running influencer marketing campaigns, especially for independent hotels. The startup says influencers are now part of the marketing mix, or should be, but that... Read More

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Lufthansa on the importance of working with Fliggy and other channels in China

By Sponsored Content | November 27, 2017

This is a viewpoint from China Travel Daily.This article appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. What does it mean to run a flagship store on Alibaba’s Fliggy.com? If we asses... Read More

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Emotional breakdown - how Air Canada uses AI to improve customer relationships

By Marisa Garcia | November 27, 2017

Air Canada has lately been making bold leaps forward on mobile and artificial intelligence with applications aimed to refine the airline’s customer relationships. tnooz spoke with Mark Nasr, Air Ca... Read More

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Sweating the assets - how hotels are using their space in new ways

By Rosalind Mullen | November 27, 2017

The hospitality industry is increasingly looking for innovative technology to adapt its inventory and distribution systems and - in colloquial terms - sweat its assets. Several initiatives are gath... Read More

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VIDEO: State of the digital travel world

By Kevin May | November 24, 2017

From the power of (some) online travel agencies, to who wins in the world of mobile travel services.... Read More

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Tech giants enlisted for hotel room of the future

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 24, 2017

The IoT Guestroom Lab is part of Marriott's commitment to global sustainability.... Read More

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Exploring the future of guest services

By Marisa Garcia | November 24, 2017

Hilton has opened an Innovation Gallery - an incubator and showcase for development where the company will explore the future of hospitality and the guest experience. The gallery, located next to Hil... Read More