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Passport Online adds river cruises, Ola integrates with Google Maps, and more

By PhocusWire | August 21, 2017

This is a roundup of news and announcements related to travel systems in August 2017: Wednesday 23 August: Passport adds river cruises, land vacations to booking platform Passport Online In... Read More

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Skyscanner India not playing the mega-marketing game

By Martin Cowen | August 21, 2017

Skyscanner India's boss Reshmi Roy believes that having a great product and unique features is the best long-term marketing strategy to build up a loyal customer base. Her official job title is "se... Read More

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Startup pitch: Comtravo wants to simplify business travel booking with AI

By Linda Fox | August 21, 2017

Germany-based startup Comtravo says it's not looking to revolutionise business travel, it wants to simplify it. The company, which has just received €8 million in funding, uses Natural Language Pro... Read More

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Despegar files for IPO

By Martin Cowen | August 18, 2017

Despegar has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, with the supporting documents giving a detailed insight into the financial and operational performance of one of Latin America's biggest O... Read More

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Startup pitch: Nightly helps users switch hotels to bring better value to stays

By Linda Fox | August 18, 2017

The idea of mix and match flights has been around for some time and highlighted over the years as one of the ways to access the cheapest options. So, why not do the same for hotels? How often do po... Read More

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Stay Alfred makes Inc. 5000, Klook targets Korea, and more...

By PhocusWire | August 18, 2017

This is a roundup of product news and announcements related to travel marketing in August 2017. Friday 18 August 2017: Stay Alfred makes Inc. 5000 The vacation rental company has made it in... Read More

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Taking a considered route to digital transformation

By Viewpoints | August 18, 2017

This is a viewpoint by James Brooks, account director, CenturyLink EMEA. The travel industry, like many others, is in the middle of a digital revolution. The disruption caused by the dawn of the in... Read More

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Mobile app startups - Cool Cousin, ChillTravel, YouMap

By PhocusWire | August 17, 2017

This is a regular roundup of some of the latest mobile application startup launches in travel covering everything from trip inspiration and planning to virtual assistants. Cool Cousin What is it... Read More

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WordPress for hotels - an effective alternative to increase direct bookings

By Viewpoints | August 17, 2017

This is a viewpoint by Ann Taylor, a Wordpress blogger. If you’re thinking about building a hotel website with a real-time property reservation system, you are probably not even considering that it... Read More

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Travel Republic hones in on customer journey via user insight

By Marisa Garcia | August 17, 2017

Travel Republic has improved the effectiveness of its marketing using insight rom Criteo's User Graph. The Emirates Group-owned intermediary used Criteo’s technology to map customer interactions at... Read More

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Concur looks at spending habits of the Millennial generation

By Michele McDonald | August 16, 2017

Millennials have overtaken Baby Boomers as the largest living generation in the U.S. within the past year, according to Pew Research. Those who buy into the stereotype of the selfish, self-centered... Read More

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Airbnb wants to reinvent every aspect of travel

By Martin Cowen | August 16, 2017

Airbnb cofounder and chief strategy officer Nathan Blecharczyk has told Bloomberg TV Asia that that its future lies in "becoming in a platform for the entire trip." When asked about the vision for... Read More

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Amadeus dismantles the generic APAC traveller

By Martin Cowen | August 16, 2017

Amadeus has issued what it claims is "the most comprehensive research on Asia Pacific (APAC) travellers to date", and concludes that there is no such thing as an Asia Pacific traveller. "The most s... Read More

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Travel marketing needs to be data-driven, not rules-driven

By Viewpoints | August 16, 2017

This is a viewpoint by Claudia Collu, chief commercial officer for MainAd. Collate, compare, convert. Marketers will recognize this as the customer journey for today’s connected users, who have acc... Read More

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Royal Caribbean rolls out new tools in its travel agency booking system

By Michele McDonald | August 15, 2017

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., which operates Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises, added new tools and services to Espresso, its travel agent reservations system:... Read More

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