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KLM robot successfully guides passengers around airport

By Kevin May | March 29, 2016

KLM says robotics will play as "increasingly important role in aviation", following a trial at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. The airline started a project to introduce robots to help with gr... Read More

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Visa eyes bigger picture with US China Tourism Year tie-up

By Martin Cowen | March 29, 2016

Global payments giant Visa has become part of the 2016 US China Tourism Year and hopes by working with the Chinese state-run tourism bodies it can get closer to the "electronic payments infrastructure... Read More

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Booking.com app blamed for widespread Apple device crash

By Kevin May | March 29, 2016

Booking.com has found itself at the centre of a major system bug affecting some users of iPhones and iPads. The problem first surfaced late last week when many users started complaining online abou... Read More

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HotelPlanner acquires Hotel Hotline, pushes ticket-plus-hotel packages

By Sean O'Neil | March 29, 2016

HotelPlanner, which specializes in group travel for meetings, sporting events and weddings, will acquire Hotel Hotline, a booking site that says it has served more than 1 million customers since its f... Read More

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Jumio files for bankruptcy and plans to sell to Facebook cofounder

By Sean O'Neil | March 28, 2016

Jumio, which provides identity-verification services to travel companies and other vendors, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Palo Alto-based mobile credentials technology business will cont... Read More

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Hopper raises $16 million (CAN) and reports flights app strength

By Sean O'Neil | March 28, 2016

Travel search startup Hopper has raised $16 million (CAN), in an investment round led by BDC Capital IT Venture Fund. Past investors OMERS Ventures, an investment arm of one of Canada’s largest pen... Read More

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Slack adds flight search functionality via Kayak

By Sean O'Neil | March 25, 2016

Ten days ago we reported on how Slack, a messaging platform for internal company discussions, has begun to open itself to travel-related integrations. As we noted, Tripnary was the first to use Sla... Read More

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JetBlue's VC fund invests in Flyr, the airfare forecaster

By Sean O'Neil | March 25, 2016

It was only last month that US airline JetBlue became the rare airline to set up a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, named JetBlue Technology Ventures. Today it disclosed its first investment, w... Read More

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DerbySoft eyes Ice Portal, DHISCO buzzes with Bug, Rocketrip loyal to HotelsByDay, and more...

By PhocusWire | March 24, 2016

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for March 2016. Thursday 24 March 2016: DerbySoft sees Ice Portal Customers of the DerbySoft... Read More

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Darjeelin flight deal shenanigans are confusing to say the least

By Kevin May | March 24, 2016

France-based startup Darjeelin, a self-styled "crowd-sourced online travel agency", has closed just 18 months after being bought by the Voyages Prive Group. Or, at least, this is what many would ha... Read More

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Apple thinks the future of TV is apps, so where are the travel ones?

By Viewpoints | March 24, 2016

Last September, Apple CEO Tim Cook said: ‘We believe the future of television is apps”. NB: This is a viewpoint by Glenville Morris, director of consulting & digital insights at MTT. Much ha... Read More

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Airlines - don't crowd the inbox

By Martin Cowen | March 24, 2016

Ancillary revenue guru IdeaWorks has taken a detailed look at six airlines' post-booking email marketing efforts and suggests that "simplicity can be a virtue". Last December it made one-way seat-o... Read More

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After emotional obituary, Galavantier pours some life back into the Bucket

By Kevin May | March 23, 2016

There's something to be said for pouring your heart out online when your travel startup hits the deadpool. Bucket, we were all told via the obligatory Medium post from its founder less than a fortn... Read More

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ImmFly raises $2.7 million to fly with on-board apps and entertainment

By Kevin May | March 23, 2016

Mobile travel application and in-flight entertainment specialist ImmFly has secured a $2.7 million (Euro 2.4 million) investment round. Backing the company is Spanish private equity firm Caixa Capi... Read More

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Artificial intelligence-based travel concierge - not hard to break it

By Kevin May | March 23, 2016

Trip planning startup Tripoto recently announced rather grandly that it has created the "world's first AI-based travel concierge". Online virtual assistants in the travel industry are not new by an... Read More

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