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Marketers need to understand decision-making of travellers

By Viewpoints | February 7, 2017

Regardless of industry, it’s frighteningly easy to lose perspective on the role your company plays (or doesn’t) in people’s lives; as marketers, we often have an outsized view of how important our bra... Read More

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Ground transportation narrows again - Groundlink sells to Marcou Transportation

By Kevin May | February 6, 2017

Another noteworthy move in the ground transportation sector this week as Marcou Transportation Group buys two parts of the ecosystem to bolster its position. GroundLink and Limo Anywhere will both... Read More

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Lola raises yet again - $10 million from Uber and Qunar backers

By Kevin May | February 6, 2017

GV and Tenaya Capital have joined the latest Series B round for on-demand travel service Lola, bringing the total in that investment to $25 million. The initial announcement of a $15 million round... Read More

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Travel marketing is messy (and getting messier)

By Viewpoints | February 6, 2017

In 1999 my family took a trip to Florida. This trip was dreamt of through TV ads, planned through pamphlets and documented through rolls of film. NB: This is a viewpoint by Ryan Ruud, a digital mar... Read More

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Booking.com to invest €2 million in green-friendly travel startups

By Kevin May | February 6, 2017

Booking.com has joined the travel startup accelerator trend by launching its own programme with a total fund of €2 million. The Priceline Group's own effort comes with a twist: it will only help an... Read More

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Ryanair sticks to customer experience strategy as profit declines

By Linda Fox | February 5, 2017

Ryanair will extend its holiday packages service to additional markets over the next few months. Ryanair Holidays, which launched in December in Ireland, Germany and the UK, has had its teething pr... Read More

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Accor boosts rental position with Travel Keys acquisition

By Kevin May | February 5, 2017

Travel Keys, a modest player in the vacation rental sector, is to join the portfolio of alternative accommodation services at AccorHotels. "Exclusive negotiations" are underway for Accor to buy the... Read More

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Travel industry warning: stop fearing Artificial Intelligence (embrace it instead)

By Viewpoints | February 3, 2017

Google is increasingly relying on machine learning to order search results, increasing concerns among travel brands about how they’ll continue to be ranked. Sure, Google’s use of machine learning m... Read More

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Yatra numbers show scale of marketing spend gap with MakeMyTrip

By Martin Cowen | February 3, 2017

Yatra.com's first quarterly earnings release since joining Nasdaq in December shows a 20%+ increase in booking volumes from its air and hotels business. In the Oct-Dec period, Yatra handled 1.8 mil... Read More

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Mobile app startups - Credntia, OMitra, TheHopper

By PhocusWire | February 3, 2017

This is a regular roundup of some of the latest mobile application startup launches in travel covering everything from trip inspiration and planning to virtual assistants. Credntia What is it?... Read More

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When principles trump price and convenience (updated)

By Pamela Whitby | February 2, 2017

As Uber CEO Travis Kalanick settles down for some shuteye ahead of Donald Trump’s first business advisory group meeting in Washington tomorrow (Friday), there may be a couple of things that are keepin... Read More

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The appliance of science in travel - using sentiment created by images

By Viewpoints | February 2, 2017

Online travel agencies have databases full of hotel content, ordered so that they can serve their customers with the best offering that has the highest likelihood of a conversion. The state of tech... Read More

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Personalisation in travel search: inspiration, the momondo way

By Sponsored Content | February 2, 2017

Momondo has always sought to differentiate itself with not only better metasearch but also more inspiring metasearch. This is a distinctly personal topic for us, as well as a broader discussion point... Read More

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Hotel in-room tech raises a glass to automatic wine

By Kevin May | February 2, 2017

The hi-tech guest experience in hotel rooms has so far been limited mainly to just a handful of items. Guests can automatically open or close the curtains, watch TV on their bathroom mirrors, strea... Read More

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Getting DNA unwrapped for a more personal travel experience

By Linda Fox | February 2, 2017

With a different take on personalisation, DNA Unwrapped is combining genetic makeup with ancestry information to provide travellers with an authentic experience. The offshoot of cultural travel spe... Read More

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