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NIDA Rooms secures $5.6 million to grow branded hotel platform

By Kevin May | February 21, 2017

NIDA Rooms has secured a $5.6 million capital-raise to bolster its growing budget hotel platform. Backing the company in the Series A round are the Shanda Group and other unnamed investors. It b... Read More

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Concur opens up app centre to UK business travellers

By Linda Fox | February 21, 2017

Concur, the travel and expense system provider, has launched its App Centre in the UK. The App Centre was originally launched in the US back in 2013 as a means to open up the SAP-owned company's "e... Read More

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Travefy acquires travel agent platform TripScope

By Kevin May | February 21, 2017

Travel agent lead-generation platform TripScope has sold to Travefy. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The company launched in January 2014 (TLabs here) as a two-part service: a B2B w... Read More

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How to profit from data - five steps to increase revenue by personalizing travel

By Sponsored Content | February 21, 2017

In travel, marketing and revenue management teams are under tremendous pressure to grow revenues while maintaining low costs. In order to leapfrog the learning curve of the online retail space, many t... Read More

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Mobile ancillaries gaining traction for airlines

By Martin Cowen | February 21, 2017

CarTrawler's latest ancillary revenue collaboration with IdeaWorks focuses on mobile and shows that airlines are coping better with selling seat selection than checked-in baggage. The report looks... Read More

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Travelport says headwinds behind it as it reports best results in five years

By Linda Fox | February 21, 2017

Travelport has turned in its best results in five years as it reports its financial results for Q4 and full-year 2016. Highlights for the year from the distribution giant include a 64% net revenue... Read More

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Robot delivers meals and services to hotel room

By Kevin May | February 20, 2017

A Singapore hotel is to use robots to help with some of the guest services for its rooms. The M Social property has deployed the device known as AURA in a bid to alleviate what the hotel claims is... Read More

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IHG sees mobile traffic overtake desktop

By Martin Cowen | February 20, 2017

InterContinental Hotels Group's 2016 financials show that bookings via its direct channels are up 5% year-on-year. Talking to analysts, CEO Richard Solomons said that "consumers understand the bene... Read More

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Dear, airlines: online marketing works in other ways

By Viewpoints | February 20, 2017

Airlines want to be an intrinsic part of a trip - part of the experience, the saying goes, not just the functional bit that gets you somewhere. But do they leave and breathe that new mantra? NB:... Read More

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Utrip raises $4 million to build out consumer and B2B trip planning service

By Kevin May | February 20, 2017

Travel planning service Utrip has secured a Series A investment round to the tune $4 million from a string of Seattle and Silicon Valley supporters. Plug & Play, Tiempo Capital and Acorn Ventur... Read More

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HotelOga and Savanna Sunrise merge, plot travel tech domination in Africa

By Kevin May | February 20, 2017

Two African companies have joined forces in a bid to create what they claim will be the biggest hospitality tech group on the continent. Savanna Sunrise and HotelOga will merge under undisclosed "s... Read More

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Can the next innovation wave deal with airline disruption?

By Viewpoints | February 20, 2017

Ever since the internet collided with travel, consumers have been using the power of technology and better data to plan, and then save, on their travel. NB: This is a viewpoint by Bala Chandran, co... Read More

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Ryanair to fire screenscaping legal action against Expedia

By Kevin May | February 20, 2017

Ryanair is to embark on another salvo of anti-screenscraper action in the courts, with Expedia the latest intermediary in its crosshairs. The low-cost carrier will not comment on the impending acti... Read More

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The Airbnb effect on hotels - experiences, tech provision and convergence

By Viewpoints | February 17, 2017

In less than a decade the twenty-something founders of Airbnb have gone from selling politics-themed cereal, back in 2007, to raising $850 million on a $30 billion valuation. In short: Airbnb is th... Read More

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Cyber crime in travel - no longer just about the money

By Kevin May | February 17, 2017

ThreatMetrix recently analysed more than a billion web transactions taking place in the travel and entertainment industries. The company's "deep dive" into the pair makes for sobering reading, not... Read More

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