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Home rental business buys Hello Scout, gets exclusive access

By Martin Cowen | August 15, 2017

Hello Scout, a San Francisco-based personalisation and text messaging platform for hotels, has been bought by Australian luxury home rentals specialist Luxico which now has "exclusive access" to the t... Read More

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Yatra's big marketing spend leads to more direct and unpaid traffic

By Martin Cowen | August 15, 2017

Nasdaq-listed Indian OTA Yatra has revealed the extent to which marketing costs are driving the landgrab for customers in the country, with its Q1 spend on this line up by nearly 250% compared with th... Read More

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Direct Booking Summit partners with tnooz

By Sponsored Content | August 15, 2017

The Direct Booking Summit 2017 has named tnooz as an official media partner for both its Americas and European events taking place this autumn. This article appears as part of tnooz's sponsored con... Read More

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Emerging technologies – best to be an early or late adopter?

By Viewpoints | August 14, 2017

This is a viewpoint by Ross Fastuca, CIO and cofounder, Travelport Locomote. VR, AR, AI, 3D printers - a bunch of emerging technologies, increasingly expressed as acronyms or in abbreviations, that... Read More

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Packages, meta and mobile lead the way for lastminute group

By Martin Cowen | August 14, 2017

lastminute.com group's first half results reveals some big strategic shifts over the past year, with its dynamic packaging business growing strongly in all markets. The business is listed on the Sw... Read More

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Analyse the digital experience to improve the booking flow

By Viewpoints | August 14, 2017

This is a viewpoint from Jonathan Cherki, CEO of ContentSquare One of the biggest struggles travel brands face in 2017 is understanding their customer. With so many different types of travelers and... Read More

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Fliggy on ice, Seabourn sails and more

By PhocusWire | August 14, 2017

This is a roundup of product news and announcements related to travel distribution in August 2017. Monday 14 August ICE hot for Fliggy Alibaba's travel marketplace Fliggy, formerly known as... Read More

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Airbnb and overtourism - let the statistics have their say

By Martin Cowen | August 11, 2017

Airbnb has released some figures which might please its investors but, on the face of it, do little to appease those who think that the platform is responsible for what is now known as overtourism,... Read More

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Expedia moves beyond distribution with new tools to help hoteliers sell direct

By Michele McDonald | August 10, 2017

Expedia Inc. said its relationship with hotels is moving beyond distribution to focus on hoteliers’ needs for “new product offerings that help our partners reach their goals.” The company is rollin... Read More

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Hey tech CEOs, want better collaboration? Offer your team free lunch

By Nick Vivion | August 10, 2017

This is a viewpoint from Sam Shank, CEO of HotelTonight. A few weeks ago, at a dinner with other tech startup execs, the topic of fostering a great team culture came up. Everyone was throwing out... Read More

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MakeMyTrip records gross bookings of $1 billion for the quarter

By Martin Cowen | August 10, 2017

MakeMyTrip's results for the April-June quarter tell a familiar story of double and triple-digit increases across the board in terms of revenue, room nights and flight segments, with sales and marketi... Read More

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JetBlue banks on proactive customer service with investment in Gladly

By Marisa Garcia | August 10, 2017

JetBlue will centralize all customer communications through a new partnership with Gladly and will also invest in the business through its JetBlue Technology Ventures. Gladly brings together all cu... Read More

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TUI reduces the seasonal swing

By Martin Cowen | August 10, 2017

TUI Group continues to improve its key financial and operational metrics and has returned its first-ever positive nine-month EBITA. Its year runs from October to September and for the first nine mo... Read More

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Interview: Data, the GDS, and metasearch in corporate travel with Carlson Wagonlit CEO Kurt Ekert

By Nick Vivion | August 9, 2017

After taking the helm of Carlson Wagonlit last year, Kurt Ekert has had a busy year. Externally, there have been notable shifts in airline distribution economics, with several high-profile moves by ai... Read More

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TripAdvisor's second-quarter income drops, but non-hotel revenue soars

By Michele McDonald | August 9, 2017

TripAdvisor reported second-quarter net income of $27 million, down 21% from the $34 million reported for second quarter 2016. Total revenue grew 8%, to $424 million. One of the gratifying figur... Read More

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