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OpenKey raises $8 million to open more hotel doors with mobile devices

By Kevin May | November 4, 2016

Hotel keyless door entry technology provider OpenKey has raised $8 million in a Series A investment round. The round was led by Ashford Group of Companies and included participation from fellow inv... Read More

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Ryanair praises regulator for eDreams crackdown, but says more should be done

By Kevin May | November 4, 2016

A UK regulator has forced online travel agency group eDreams Odigeo to improve the display of fares on the websites of eDreams and Opodo. In a ruling announced this week, the Civil Aviation Authori... Read More

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Amadeus touts Navitaire acquisition as group revenue for 2016 hits €3.4 billion

By Kevin May | November 4, 2016

Amadeus saw revenues for the first nine months of 2016 increase by 14% compared to the same period last year, in part due to its deal to buy Navitaire. The company bought Navitaire for $830 million... Read More

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FareHarbor acquires Activity Link Systems, adding to its tours-and-activities growth

By Sean O'Neil | November 3, 2016

FareHarbor, seller of an online booking and reservation management platform, has acquired Activity Link Systems (ALS), a seller of reservation software to the activity industry, particularly in Hawaii... Read More

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Travelport predicts an automated and hi-tech future for travel agencies

By Kevin May | November 3, 2016

Travelport says travel agencies have a future - but one that is likely to see them operate in a vastly different way to how they do now. The comments from the company's president and CEO, Gordon Wi... Read More

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Running the gamut of innovation, corporate travel style

By Linda Fox | November 3, 2016

With a sector so full of policies and process, it's hard to imagine innovation and corporate travel in the same sentence. But, travel executives from the corporate world were recently forced to rea... Read More

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Programmatic native ads show promise for Sojern, Google, and San Francisco Travel [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Sean O'Neil | November 3, 2016

Google has seen the number of user-initiated searches for travel drop for several quarters, according to iProspect, a digital agency. The era of travelers beginning their travel-related search by "... Read More

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TripAdvisor invests in social dining service EatWith

By Kevin May | November 3, 2016

TripAdvisor is putting its money behind EatWith as part of an investment round that will see "social dining" added to restaurant listings. Greylock Partners is joining the undisclosed level of fund... Read More

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China's home rentals sector is hyperactive

By Viewpoints | November 3, 2016

Chinese home rental site Xiaozhu has raised $65 million, completing what is described as a Series C+/Series D round. The news is the latest in a run of deals in China in the home rentals sector an... Read More

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The complete guide to online marketing and strategy for independent hotels (part two)

By Patrick Landman | November 3, 2016

In the first part of our complete guide to online marketing and strategy for hotels, published earlier this week, we talked about brand protection to drive direct sales. Another method that can be use... Read More

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Sabre is stung by Unister bankruptcy but is otherwise optimistic

By Sean O'Neil | November 2, 2016

Investors punished Sabre for missing its quarterly earnings target as estimated by analysts. Its stock price fell 8.7% in value for the day at the US market close, to $24 a share. Sabre blames the... Read More

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Out of nowhere, Alibaba renames Alitrip travel brand to Fliggy

By Kevin May | November 2, 2016

Alibaba seems content to play around with the branding of its fledgling travel service - renaming Alitrip to Fliggy over the course of the past week. The Chinese web giant has plenty of muscle in t... Read More

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Hostels remain outsiders (but staying the course) in chaotic accommodation world

By Kevin May | November 2, 2016

"Alternative accommodation" is a title that has been banded around for a years now, primarily as a tool to separate hotels from everyone else. The umbrella term has come to prominence in particular... Read More

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Airbnb China reveals numbers, taps senior citizens as hosts

By Martin Cowen | November 2, 2016

More than 3.5 million Chinese travellers have used Airbnb outside China, with the number increasing by 500% during 2015. It also said that its Chinese hosts have welcomed nearly one million guest a... Read More

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Startup pitch: Airlines Technology ready with IATA NDC Level 3 status

By Martin Cowen | November 1, 2016

IATA has toned down the rhetoric around its New Distribution Capability (NDC) since the launch in 2012, but some of the messaging still rings true. In his speech at its World Passenger Symposium in... Read More

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