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Skyscanner CEO: Anatomy of the $1.75 billion Ctrip deal

By Viewpoints | December 8, 2016

Ctrip bought Skyscanner for $1.75 billion in November, in what will undoubtedly be one of the biggest acquisitions to be announced in travel tech during 2016. Such deals do not come together withou... Read More

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Trivago planned IPO has analysts purring

By Kevin May | December 8, 2016

Analysts appear to be toasting the prospect of trading on Trivago with fairly hefty glasses Mulled Wine, ahead of its recently announced decision to IPO. The Germany-based hotel search engine inten... Read More

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Offline-to-online still to happen for TUI Germany

By Martin Cowen | December 8, 2016

European travel giant TUI Group continues to increase the proportion of holiday bookings made online in all its major markets other than Germany. In the year to end-Sept16, 43% of bookings across t... Read More

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Eviivo receives £3.5 million funding to drive growth

By Linda Fox | December 8, 2016

Eviivo has received a cash injection of £3.5 million through Barclays' venture debt fund. The company, which helps small hotels and other accommodation players market themselves online through onli... Read More

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Cheapflights creates drag-and-drop banner ads for event and flight search

By Kevin May | December 8, 2016

Consumer-facing brands have always needed to make their display advertising as engaging as possible - with the goal, obviously, of selling more stuff. But for ultra competitive travel brands, such... Read More

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The what, why and how of blockchain in travel

By Viewpoints | December 7, 2016

Blockchain technology is in its infancy, but it’s clear that it will change many industries in radical ways. The most brilliant minds of our time are trying to understand all the implications, but it... Read More

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Mobile in travel: brave new world

By Sponsored Content | December 7, 2016

Mobile is having an impact on the travel industry around the globe, and while there are some constants across geographies, there are also material differences between what the customer demands and how... Read More

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Loco2 adds euro payments, plans international presence

By Martin Cowen | December 7, 2016

Pan-European rail booking service Loco2 can now accept payment in euros after satisfying some demanding "commercial, regulatory and technical" requirements in France. Co-founder and CEO Jamie Andr... Read More

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Startup Pitch: MyTripCar wants to bring honest back to car rental

By Kevin May | December 7, 2016

MyTripCar says it is not just another car rental comparison site - with transparency around pricing its main message to potential customers. The Spain-based company has been backed by its own count... Read More

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EL AL and JetBlue name first five startups for accelerator

By Linda Fox | December 7, 2016

EL AL and JetBlue venture arms have unveiled the first five startups that will go through the Navigator accelerator program. Navigator was created earlier this year via the EL AL investment arm, Cock... Read More

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Volkswagen gets serious about ride hailing and car pooling

By Martin Cowen | December 6, 2016

Volkswagen has launched a standalone business called "MOAI" and is looking at a ride hailing apps and car pooling as a way to capture revenue from what it describes as mobility services. MOAI was l... Read More

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Amadeus introduces the Chinese traveller 2.0

By Sponsored Content | December 6, 2016

If you asked me to describe a typical Chinese traveller ten years ago, I could have done it in less than five minutes. Back then, most travellers in China could be placed neatly in just two or three c... Read More

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Number-crunching reveals best time to book on Airbnb

By Kevin May | December 6, 2016

Many online travel agencies and search engines claim to know when is the best time to book a flight (with the answer often varying wildly). If nothing else (forget about the accuracy of such foreca... Read More

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On The Beach on the up

By Martin Cowen | December 6, 2016

"Marketing efficiencies" and its "bespoke bid management capability" have helped UK-based online travel agent On The Beach to a pretax profit for the year to end-Sept16 of £16.9 million, turning round... Read More

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Startup pitch: Tagible wants to drive online conversion through rich content

By Linda Fox | December 6, 2016

Tagible aggregates rich content including photos, 360 images, reviews and video from across the web for hotels, destinations, tours and activities companies to integrate it into their websites. The... Read More

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