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Direct now cheaper than agencies for majority of hotel searches

By Kevin May | August 4, 2016

Maybe the regulatory restrictions are starting to get through, or something else - data-crunching has shown that 53% of rates are now cheaper on hotel websites than intermediaries. Checks on over 2... Read More

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Skyscanner brings travel search bot to Skype group chats

By Kevin May | August 3, 2016

Travel search service Skyscanner has created what is one of the first bot-type search tools for mass-market messaging platform Skype. The Microsoft-owned platform has worked with Skyscanner, initia... Read More

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Adobe finds more evidence desktop dominates US travel booking despite mobile growth

By Juliana Shallcross | August 3, 2016

A new study from Adobe shows that the scale of mobile travel search growth over the past few years is not reflected by a similar increase in bookings. The Adobe Mobile Travel Report, released today... Read More

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Icelandair and Travelaer build airline industry's first Facebook Messenger booking bot

By Marisa Garcia | August 3, 2016

Travelaer has linked up with Icelandair to develop the airline industry's first search and booking Facebook Messenger bot. The conversational interface encourages flyers to search for the flights w... Read More

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Pokémon Go activity becomes another way to search for accommodation

By Kevin May | August 3, 2016

It was only a question of time before a travel search service started allowing users to find accommodation based on a property's proximity to Pokémon Go activity. The mobile gaming app's extraordin... Read More

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Startup pitch: Tripshelf's package holiday meta for India has $250K to get going

By Martin Cowen | August 2, 2016

Metasearch or price comparison sites have come a long way since the early days of Kayak, Travelsupermarket, Trivago and the other early adopters. The suppliers' relationship with the price comparis... Read More

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To thrive, DMOs need Synchronized Content Management

By PhocusWire | August 2, 2016

What should destination marketing organizations (DMOs) do to remain relevant despite shifting digital trends? That's the focus of the latest Tnooz Report, How Destination Marketing Organizations Can A... Read More

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Distil Networks, the bot mitigation company, raises $21 million

By Sean O'Neil | August 2, 2016

Distil Networks, a provider of bot detection and mitigation services who says that about 30% of its business is with travel companies, today said it has closed $21 million in Series C financing. Si... Read More

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Sabre posts 20% revenue climb in the first half of 2016

By Sean O'Neil | August 2, 2016

In the first half of 2016, Sabre saw revenues across the group increase by 20.3% to $1.704 billion, compared to the first half of 2015. That level of growth represents a big jump from the approxima... Read More

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IHG claims rewards revamp is shifting growth to direct from OTAs

By Martin Cowen | August 2, 2016

InterContinental Hotel Group's half-yearly results have a couple of asides around its tech and digital performance among the details around signings and pipelines, currency fluctuations and medium-ter... Read More

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CreateTrips ends after founder split, TripElite emerges from ashes

By Kevin May | August 2, 2016

Here is an example that perhaps says something about how easy it is to create a trip planning app, and yet how hard they are to make work. TripElite is a new mobile app that - as many will have hea... Read More

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Independents' day - chain hotels are losing their appeal

By Patrick Landman | August 2, 2016

Reading the industry press over the past couple of months, I could not help but notice all the upheaval and the mergers and acquisitions activity at the big hotels chains. And after Marriott acquired... Read More

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Airbus taps Google's ITA for A380 flight search engine

By Marisa Garcia | August 2, 2016

Airbus has beta-launched IFlyA380.com, a search engine powered by Google's ITA Software which prioritises flights on the A380 superjumbo. The announcement, which came at last month's Farnborough Ai... Read More

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Virgin Galactic receives license for new rocket ship

By Juliana Shallcross | August 1, 2016

After a tough setback in 2014, Virgin Galactic hopes to get one step closer to offering commercial flights into space. The company, owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Aabar Investments... Read More

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Nao boarding - airlines follow hotels with robot trials

By Juliana Shallcross | August 1, 2016

Robots are getting around. The same kind of robot that Hilton Worldwide has been testing as a concierge in one of its hotels also recently helped passengers navigate the Japan Airlines terminal at Tok... Read More

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