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Travel advisory update - the latest fraud techniques

By Viewpoints | August 8, 2016

The fall season ushers in a time of year filled with new beginnings, holidays and tradition. But it is also a time when fraudsters look to make their move. NB This is a viewpoint by Don Bush, vice... Read More

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Why SAS Lab wants to get under passengers’ skin

By Marisa Garcia | August 8, 2016

SAS Lab, the innovation hub from the Scandinavian airline, has big ambitions to improve the travel process by getting under passengers’ skin. As Massimo Pascotto, who heads up the division explains... Read More

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Traveller satisfaction tops the corporate travel wishlist

By Viewpoints | August 8, 2016

If GBTA 2016 was an international sporting event, the big winners from the Denver conference were business travellers themselves. NB: This is a viewpoint by Michael Gulmann and Jean Noel Lau Keng L... Read More

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Flight booking study shows potential missed opportunity for airlines

By Linda Fox | August 8, 2016

Yieldr has been crunching some numbers to reveal online flight booking behaviour. The company, which recently relaunched as a marketing technology service for airlines, says it has analysed seven m... Read More

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UK investors are not on the beach just yet

By Martin Cowen | August 8, 2016

OnTheBeach is the latest brand to be caught up in the relatively frenzied burst of activity taking place in the UK's mid-market travel sector. The LSE-listed online travel agency, which handles on... Read More

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Rio 2016 hotel searches inevitably high, conversions very low

By Kevin May | August 5, 2016

There is not a lot of surprise in the data coming out of HotelsCombined that says hotel searches for Brazil have jumped 91% in the months ahead of the Olympic Games. The year-on-year increase for U... Read More

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Lawmakers and tech align as taxi apps prepare for Rio 2016

By Viewpoints | August 5, 2016

A few weeks ago Brazil's Municipal Transportation Secretary gave the go-ahead for three approved and selected on-demand transportation apps to legally conduct their operations in the city of Rio de Ja... Read More

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French duo secure funding for eco-friendly app-bookable Seine taxi service

By Juliana Shallcross | August 5, 2016

SeaBubbles, a flying water taxi concept developed by two French entrepreneurs, has raised half a million euros and is now eying a partnership with Uber. The vehicle is a battery-powered oval-shaped... Read More

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Cruise.co.uk docks with new private equity owner in £52 million deal

By Kevin May | August 5, 2016

Cruise.co.uk has a new backer in the form of Bridgepoint Development Capital, after three years with fellow private equity company Risk Capital. The switch of the majority stake in the UK-based cru... Read More

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Defining moment for advocate and influencer marketing

By Martin Cowen | August 5, 2016

UK digital agency Qube Media has prepared a detailed report into the theory and practice of influencer and advocate marketing, two buzzwords which have come to the fore over the past couple of years.... Read More

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Priceline heralds Booking.com's one million reservations in a single day

By Juliana Shallcross | August 4, 2016

The Priceline Group's second-quarter results beat expectations, despite recent terrorist attacks and political instability in Europe, as well as competition from major hotel chains and their direct bo... Read More

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Travelport sees revenue climb, highlights OTA benefits and ancillary evolution

By Kevin May | August 4, 2016

Travelport has seen its overall revenue increase by 9% in the second quarter of 2016, with overall growth for the year so far at 8%. The travel technology company hit $606 million in revenue for th... Read More

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The state of online travel agency bookings in charts

By Kevin May | August 4, 2016

Whilst bots and other future-tech items get many of the headlines in 2016, there is undoubtedly a war of words out there between the intermediaries and hotels. The latest salvo (coming the same day... Read More

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Google goes guerilla with Rio content site - no Olympic Rings to be seen

By Marisa Garcia | August 4, 2016

Google's in-house creative agency The Zoo has added new features to its "All of Brazil Plays" to coincide with a significant global sporting event taking place in Rio de Janeiro over the next few week... Read More

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Be afraid - TripAdvisor is playing the long game with Instant Booking

By Martin Cowen | August 4, 2016

TripAdvisor's second-quarter results highlight how it plans to improve its Instant Booking product now that the global roll-out is complete and more than half a million properties can be booked this w... Read More

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