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Oktogo nets a further $2 million from Poland's MCI

By Linda Fox | February 9, 2016

Russia-based online travel specialist Oktogo has received a further $2m in funding from existing investor MCI Management. Oktogo chief Marina Kolesnik confirmed the funding to Tnooz and said it wou... Read More

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Jovago parent picks up Euro 75 million

By Martin Cowen | February 9, 2016

Africa is often overlooked in tech investment conversations, but that could be about to change after insurance giant Axa agreed to spend Euro 75 million on an 8% stake in Africa Internet Group, owner... Read More

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These startups strive to be the sharing economy stars of meeting spaces

By Rob Lovitt | February 8, 2016

Underused assets: They’re what drive the sharing economy. If you have a spare bedroom (or empty vacation home), Airbnb makes it easy to rent it out. If your car’s sitting in the garage, Turo and Getar... Read More

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How to use gamification to design memorable travel experiences

By Viewpoints | February 8, 2016

The travel industry is at a point where market differentiation has become more crucial than ever. Sounds obvious, but why? NB: This is an analysis by Roman Egger and Paul Bulencea, authors of Ga... Read More

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Interview with APEX's new CEO on airline passenger tech trends

By Benét Wilson | February 8, 2016

Last September, Joe Leader became chief executive of the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX). He has viewed the association, which works with executives at airlines worldwide and other... Read More

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Part One of Two: How a trip planning startup can succeed

By Viewpoints | February 8, 2016

A lot has been said and written in the past few weeks about “trip (or travel) planning” as a startup idea, mostly negative. I am writing this piece to offer a different take. NB: This is the first... Read More

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How a car rental giant is trying to work with (rather than against) Google

By Kevin May | February 8, 2016

Google does not currently have a dedicated car rental service (similar to hotels and flights), so providers are forced to rely on tweaking their existing ways of working with it. The fact that car... Read More

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Just in time for the Super Bowl, San Francisco launches trip planning service

By Kevin May | February 5, 2016

To the rest of the planet the Super Bowl in the US might just be a glorified Cannes Lions Advertising Festival, with a bit of sport thrown in - but to host cities, it's a big deal. So to coincide w... Read More

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Is TripAdvisor an OTA for hotels? Discuss...

By Viewpoints | February 5, 2016

TripAdvisor's launch and ongoing global roll-out of its Instant Booking product poses the question "Is TripAdvisor now an OTA?" NB: This is a viewpoint by Pablo Delgado, CEO of Mirai. Despite its in... Read More

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They would, wouldn't they? [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Martin Cowen | February 5, 2016

Hotels which are clean get better reviews and can charge higher rates, says a survey by a hotel cleaning business. P&G Professional is "the B2B and away from home division of Procter & Gamb... Read More

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Expedia wants you to visit a Swedish castle (before you actually go)

By Kevin May | February 5, 2016

Expedia has teamed up with the Department of Culture in Malmo in Sweden, to create a Streetview-style tour of one of the region's most prestigious landmarks. But rather than copying some of the usu... Read More

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Lufthansa casts doubt on claims of fall after introduction of GDS surcharge

By Kevin May | February 4, 2016

UPDATE: A Lufthansa official says: “These figures only represent the volume of bookings made though the GTMC channels and do not take account of increases in the bookings through other avenues. Th... Read More

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Travel buyers say Lufthansa could handle DCC transition better

By Sean O'Neil | February 4, 2016

It's been a half-year since the contentious decision of Lufthansa to add a Euro 16 fee to tickets booked through third-party channels, but there seems to be much still to do to win over travel buyers.... Read More

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Airline passengers on wifi, in-flight entertainment and on-board activities

By Kevin May | February 4, 2016

A study by the Airline Passenger Experience Association has indicated the lengths carriers may have to go to in order to satisfy their tech-hungry customers. The organisation asked almost 3,500 reg... Read More

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Sabre to sell American seat upgrades via NDC-based standards

By Sean O'Neil | February 4, 2016

Sabre, the global distribution system (GDS), said today that it had begun to sell American Airlines' upgraded seat products using technology based on the New Distribution Capability (NDC) standards.... Read More

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