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Routehappy teams up with ATPCO to unite pricing data with rich content

By Michele McDonald | April 20, 2017

From a fare-filing system that some observers believed could become obsolete in the age of NDC and other innovations, ATPCO is expanding its purview. A new partnership with Routehappy, the company... Read More

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Malaysia Airlines implements global flight tracking

By Marisa Garcia | April 20, 2017

Three years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the airline is claiming a world first with the activation of 100% global tracking of its flights.... Read More

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DreamCheaper raises €1.5 million to boost hotel rebooking platform

By Kevin May | April 20, 2017

DreamCheaper, a service that searches for cheaper hotel rates and rebooks a room on behalf of guests, has brought in a further €1.5 million in funding. The cap-raise brings the total so far investe... Read More

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Peek snaps up troubled tours and activities rival Zozi

By Michele McDonald | April 19, 2017

Peek, a tours and activities platform based in San Francisco, acquired Zozi, a rival that has seen some drama in recent months. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Terms of the transaction... Read More

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Freebird flies with $5 million as it eyes expansion in corporate travel

By Linda Fox | April 19, 2017

Freebird, a startup to help travellers rebook flights following disruption, has received a fresh cash injection of $5 million. The funding comes from General Catalyst and Accomplice which also led... Read More

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The power of packages for hotels

By Sponsored Content | April 19, 2017

Hotels currently have a variety of ways to sell rooms. The halcyon days of basing distribution strategy around the simplistic "direct" and "third-party" options are long gone. Merchant model or net... Read More

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TripAdvisor hits half a billion reviews, talks up CSI capabilities

By Kevin May | April 19, 2017

TripAdvisor is celebrating after reaching a half a billion travel reviews milestone on the site - with nearly 300 hitting the site every minute. The company, now 17 years old, says it has "revoluti... Read More

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AirAsia looks to boost ancillary services through Touristly investment

By Linda Fox | April 19, 2017

AirAsia plans to acquire 50% of Touristly, an online travel planning service for the APAC region. The value of the deal is said to be just over £2 million (Rm11.5 million) and includes an asset inj... Read More

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Google tests search for package travel in Europe

By Kevin May | April 19, 2017

Google is experimenting with metasearch for packaged trips - one of the mainstays of the European travel sector. The search giant insists that it is purely in "test" phase with the service, limitin... Read More

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EMD usage continues rapid growth in US in March

By Michele McDonald | April 18, 2017

Electronic Miscellaneous Documents (EMD) transactions in the US increased a whopping 376% in March, according to data collected by the Airlines Reporting Corp., the company that serves as the billing... Read More

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Yatra survey shows strong demand for summer travel

By Martin Cowen | April 18, 2017

Yatra has surveyed 5,000 Indian travellers about their summer holiday plans and found that more of them prefer booking on desktop than mobile. The established wisdom is that India is an increasingl... Read More

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Online and offline travel booking combination shows resurgence

By Kevin May | April 18, 2017

Research has shown a marked increase in the number of travellers that use both online and offline channels to search and book travel products. A Phocuswright report, following a survey of 2,500 con... Read More

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Brand relevancy in 2020 - how to win the battle in the hotel industry

By Viewpoints | April 18, 2017

The hotel industry is going through a complete metamorphosis and industry stalwarts say it will look very different in just three years from now. NB: This is an analysis by Aditya Sanghi, co-founde... Read More

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WeChat and destinations - hundreds of millions of users but only thousands of views

By Martin Cowen | April 18, 2017

Chinese users of WeChat are more likely to read posts from airlines and cruise companies than destinations according to new research. Dragon Trail Interactive looked at WeChat trends and traffic du... Read More

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SkyTeam enters marine and offshore services market

By Michele McDonald | April 17, 2017

The SkyTeam alliance launched SkyTeam Marine and Offshore to meet the travel needs of the marine and offshore industry. The new product will offer tailored travel solutions for seafarers and offsho... Read More

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