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AccorHotels touts local services in ongoing diversification strategy

By Linda Fox | March 3, 2017

AccorHotels boss Sebastien Bazin wants to use the 4,100 hotels in the group to provide local services to people living in the surrounding neighbourhoods. He has been looking at the group's capital... Read More

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Sabre's CFO bangs the drum for the joined-up PSS/GDS

By Martin Cowen | March 3, 2017

Sabre's CFO Rick Simonson has outlined the importance of using insights from its passenger reservation and airline IT products to help airlines sell via the direct and indirect channel. Speaking at... Read More

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Hotels mostly post images on Facebook but videos get most engagement

By Kevin May | March 3, 2017

Facebook has become the place-to-be for brands to establish a presence alongside their existing web channels, primarily because it's a two-way street. As we all know, fan pages allow hotels to post... Read More

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Tech initiatives hotels should consider doing right now

By Kevin May | March 2, 2017

Hotels are often reminded of what they should be doing, or encouraged to try new things as the sector gets more competitive than ever. The latest to have a go was Benjamin Habbel, founding CEO of V... Read More

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eDreams sees mobile traffic tipping point in the UK and Italy

By Martin Cowen | March 2, 2017

European OTA eDreams Odigeo says that mobile is now a bigger source of traffic than desktop in the UK and Italy, with the gap closing in almost all the markets it operates in. It found that Italy i... Read More

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Foursquare offers its location superpower to app developers

By Martin Cowen | March 2, 2017

Foursquare is opening up Pilgrim, its proprietary location-based technology, to authorised developers for the first time. In a Medium post, its president Stephen Rosenblatt explained: "By opening... Read More

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Could new mobile biometrics hold the key to global traveller identity?

By Marisa Garcia | March 2, 2017

We’ve been told to expect the end of the passport, replaced by a secure and digital traveller identification. Advancements biometrics—becoming common hardware on smartphones, as presented during th... Read More

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Oktogo goes offline amid speculation over future and angry partners

By Kevin May | March 2, 2017

Strange goings on in Russia, with the fate of online travel agency Oktogo in the balance. The well-backed company's consumer-facing site has been offline this week after a period of claim and count... Read More

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Klook raises $30 million in funding

By Linda Fox | March 1, 2017

Asia-based tours and activities startup Klook has attracted $30 milion in Series B funding. The round is led by Sequoia Capital China with existing investor Matrix Partners which led the startup's... Read More

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Opening a hotel? Give all your distribution to online agencies

By Kevin May | March 1, 2017

Here's a comment that is likely to make the hairs stand on end of many a hotelier and critics of online travel agencies. "If I was starting a hotel from scratch, I'd give all my distribution to OTAs... Read More

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Tuniu talks up its brand as repeat business continues to climb

By Martin Cowen | March 1, 2017

China's online package travel specialist Tuniu handled around seven million tours during 2016, more than 50% higher than the previous year. Its 2016 Q4/FY earnings break down the numbers between or... Read More

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Hotels.ng adds inbound flights to showcase Nigeria to the world

By Martin Cowen | March 1, 2017

Hotels.ng, a hotel booking site for Nigeria, is adding flights to its site as part of its attempts to diversify its offering and broaden its appeal to an international, inbound audience. The flight... Read More

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Finnair pilots NDC tech with Skyscanner

By Linda Fox | February 28, 2017

Finnair is piloting technology with Skyscanner enabling consumers to complete their booking without leaving the metasearch platform. The technology has been developed by Amadeus and is based on IATA'... Read More

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HotelPlanner acquires InternetHotels, mid-scale web agency world tightens

By Kevin May | February 28, 2017

While the big guns of online travel compete over what brand can spend the most on digital ads, developments are still allowed to continue for everyone else. HotelPlanner, a specialist in group trav... Read More

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Rainmaker focuses on hotel tech after making $300 million from sale of housing kit

By Kevin May | February 28, 2017

Rainmaker will devote its attention to hotels and the casino world after trousering a cool $300 million from the sale of its real estate tech to RealPage. The group has operated a dual industry mod... Read More

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