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Developers: Join us for a travel hackathon in Berlin!

By Sean O'Neil | November 8, 2016

We're gearing up for our second travel hackathon in Germany this year. THack Berlin 2016 will be back at the beautiful betahaus co-working space the first weekend of December. We'll provide APIs... Read More

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Startup pitch: Roomstorm is literally a travel disruption startup

By Sean O'Neil | November 8, 2016

Many startups claim to be experts at disrupting the travel industry, but Roomstorm is one of the rare startups focusing on helping the industry handle old-fashioned disruption in flight and hotel oper... Read More

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Booking.com creates platform for travel agents

By Kevin May | November 8, 2016

Booking.com has officially opened up its service for offline travel agencies to search and book accommodation on behalf of travellers. The Priceline Group-owned brand has launched Booking.com For T... Read More

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Getting brands closer to travellers through chat and virtual reality

By Linda Fox | November 8, 2016

Travel agents need to look to new technologies, such as chat services and virtual reality, to meet the needs of customers. The WTM Global Trends Report, put together with Euromonitor International,... Read More

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Hotels face a crucial moment for social messaging and chat tools

By Sean O'Neil | November 8, 2016

Messaging is exploding as an engagement channel at hotels. Within the past year, hotel brands and technology suppliers big and small have made headlines for their experiments with various messaging ch... Read More

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Priceline Group makes move into ground transportation with Rideways launch

By Kevin May | November 8, 2016

Ground transportation is in the cross hairs of the Priceline Group as it starts rolling out a new brand known as Rideways. The service has been developed quietly within the RentalCars division of t... Read More

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Airbnb yet to be hit with Brits but growing impact on industry

By Linda Fox | November 8, 2016

The British haven't quite got the Airbnb bug yet according to research released today. A study on usage shows only 12% of travellers say they have used the peer-to-peer accommodation platform. T... Read More

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Priceline Group rises on solid financial fundamentals

By Sean O'Neil | November 7, 2016

Hedge funds have long had a crush on Priceline Group. In autumn 2015, they ran up its stock price to above $1,400 a share, after the company signed an semi-exclusive deal with TripAdvisor to partic... Read More

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As group hotel bookings shift online, HotelPlanner sees opportunity

By Sean O'Neil | November 7, 2016

HotelPlanner.com would like you to pay attention to group travel, one of the last travel sectors to adapt to online distribution. About one out of every 20 group bookings in the US goes through its... Read More

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DerbySoft targets independent hotels, after years of serving globals

By Sean O'Neil | November 7, 2016

It is check-in time for many hotels in search of a technology upgrade. That's the bet of DerbySoft, a seller of distribution connectivity software, launching its first tool for the independent hotelie... Read More

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Tripadvisor's Instant Booking and Book on Google: compare and contrast

By Viewpoints | November 7, 2016

This past year, Google and TripAdvisor revolutionised the travel industry by launching Book on Google and Instant Booking respectively. Comparing one with the other will help us understand them both.... Read More

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A reality check for airlines and the direct channel

By Linda Fox | November 7, 2016

Look beyond websites to the digital behaviour of 16 year olds for clues to where mobile travel booking is headed. The mobile travel industry has been gathering momentum for two or three years yet m... Read More

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Large increase in business travellers found using Airbnb

By Kevin May | November 7, 2016

The number of organisations using room and home-sharing service Airbnb has increased by a third - and the amount being spent is even higher. Research by Concur, looking at company travel expenses f... Read More

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Startup Pitch: MyFriendsRoom uses personal networks for vacation rentals

By Kevin May | November 6, 2016

As we all know, Airbnb has illustrated the enormous appetite that exists for the house/room-sharing concept in the travel industry. But there are many consumers that have concerns about a model tha... Read More

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MG Group opens the throttle in Indonesia with new investment

By Sean O'Neil | November 6, 2016

Indonesia's "bedbank" brand MG Group has received equity investment from Northstar Group, the Southeast-Asia-focused private equity fund. The terms have not been disclosed. While this is equity in... Read More

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