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JetBlue Vacations partners with Utrip to harness AI in trip planning

By Michele McDonald | June 13, 2017

JetBlue Vacations has partnered with Utrip, a Seattle-based trip-planning portal that aims to achieve true personalization in designing vacation itineraries. Utrip launched five years ago as a fair... Read More

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We have been wrong about online travel agency-hotel commissions the whole time

By Viewpoints | June 13, 2017

Commissions paid by hotels to intermediaries have risen by more than 7% over the course of the last year. This is according to the 2017 Trends In The Hotel Industry study from CBRE. This is ring... Read More

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Expedia lets hotels highlight local landmarks and experiences

By Linda Fox | June 13, 2017

Expedia Partner Central is enabling hotels to create a list of local experiences and landmarks as part of their listing on the online travel agency sites. The company says EPC Points of Interest he... Read More

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Yonder gets a match through acquisition by Luvbyrd

By Linda Fox | June 13, 2017

Outdoor activity specialist Yonder has been acquired by Luvbyrd founder Mike Keshian. The four year old company helps users find and share outdoor leisure trips such as hiking and fishing. It re... Read More

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Jaguar reveals $25 million Lyft stake

By Martin Cowen | June 12, 2017

Jaguar Land Rover has invested $25 million in Lyft through its InMotionVentures investment arm. The funding was part of Lyft's $600 million Series G round which closed in April. InMotionVentures... Read More

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Hoteliers need to stop digital fragmentation

By Viewpoints | June 12, 2017

We operate in a multi-device, multi-channel and multi-touchpoint digital world, and the hotel planning and booking customer journey is becoming increasingly complex as a result. NB: This is a viewp... Read More

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Time for a revolution in hotel marketing (with data waving the flag)

By Viewpoints | June 12, 2017

Hoteliers today face a number of problems - coming from within their own sector and from on the peripherary. As well as the perennial issue of competing with rival hotels, the growth of private acc... Read More

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StartUp Pitch - LiveLocl on message with app-based content

By Martin Cowen | June 12, 2017

LiveLocl is a guidebook, messaging and content app which helps hotels to give guests a memorable experience by sharing the best that a destination can offer. Before the Q&A with founder Craig S... Read More

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To innovate and survive, airlines need to stop flying buggy whips and beating dead horses

By Marisa Garcia | June 12, 2017

We get it. Airlines want to be cool. They want to be down with the kids. They want to be seen as innovative and revolutionary. We’ve heard this six dozen times in the past three weeks alone. The... Read More

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Ctrip arrives in Manchester (sort of)

By Martin Cowen | June 12, 2017

A Chinese start-up in which Ctrip has a stake is making its first move outside Asia, choosing Manchester and Salford in the UK to kickstart its plans for Europe. Mobike - which has raised $325 mill... Read More

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Open Destinations in deal to buy mobile itinerary app Tineri

By Kevin May | June 12, 2017

Travel tech provider Open Destinations has acquired tour operator itinerary mobile application Tineri. Terms of the deal to purchase a majority stake in the company have not been disclosed. Tine... Read More

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Airlines slow to see attractions as ancillary products

By Kevin May | June 9, 2017

There has been a noticeable drive by some hotels in recent years to position themselves as gateways to the wider destination in which they reside. Chains and independent properties have taken a vie... Read More

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Vinci Airports looks to biometrics to improve the passenger experience

By Marisa Garcia | June 9, 2017

Vinci Airports Extends Technology to Passengers’ Front Door and Beyond Vinci Airports plans to deploy single biometric token trials at some of its airports by the end of this year. The airport ope... Read More

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Indian tours app Guiddoo raises $300,000

By Martin Cowen | June 9, 2017

Indian tours and activities app Guiddoo has raised $300,000 in pre-Series A funding. The business was featured as part of Tnooz's StartUp Pitch series in March 2014, although it has pivoted from it... Read More

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Bleisure - a new travel category to crack

By Sponsored Content | June 8, 2017

You find out the conference you're going to in Vegas ends on a Friday and you decide to extend it through the weekend. Excuse for a long weekend away? That’s right, and you’re part of a travel movemen... Read More

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