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Expedia bets big on tours and activities: Will the industry win?

By Stephen Joyce | December 22, 2015

For the past year or more, Expedia has been working behind the scenes quietly re-engineering the platform that powers its Local Expert brand. At the Expedia Conference earlier this month in Las Veg... Read More

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Gulf Air web services, Lexalytics screens text, Hahn Air and IATA, and more...

By PhocusWire | December 22, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for December 2015. Tuesday 22 December 2015: Gulf Air overhauls web services The Bahrain-bas... Read More

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New MD for OpenJaw, HRG gets Brindle on board, Springer-Miller hires new CEO, and more...

By PhocusWire | December 22, 2015

This is a roundup of news and announcements for PEOPLE moves in travel, tourism and hospitality for December 2015: Tuesday 22 December New MD for OpenJaw GuestLogix has named Riccardo Navarr... Read More

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$20 million Series A for eight-month-old Indian bus platform

By Martin Cowen | December 22, 2015

Commuter buses might not be the most glamorous travel vertical, but that hasn't stopped three high-profile investors funding a $20 million Series A round for Shuttl, an Indian bus operator and aggrega... Read More

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Ctrip vets overseas hotels for Chinese guests, with success

By Viewpoints | December 21, 2015

One of the headwinds facing the Chinese outbound travel sector is the ability of international hotels to address the specific needs of the Chinese traveller. Ctrip, the country's leading OTA, has s... Read More

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Looking back and ahead - vacation rentals in the mainstream

By Viewpoints | December 21, 2015

As we reach 2016, Tnooz is unveiling its customary series of reflections on the year behind us and what the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry might expect looking ahead. And, as always, we'... Read More

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Lyft wants to pick up an uber-large, $1 billion Series D

By Sean O'Neil | December 21, 2015

Transportation network company Lyft aims to raise up to $1 billion in new funding it revealed in a Delaware state filing -- which didn't name investors or state what valuation had been placed on the c... Read More

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Useful IFTTT recipes to inspire travel brands

By Nick Vivion | December 21, 2015

The past decade has seen an enormous shift in the way people travel, a change directly correlated with the rise of the mobile phone as the dominant way of accessing information. As the laptop ceas... Read More

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Flight Centre nabs Student Universe, Ceetiz drives with Hertz, and more...

By PhocusWire | December 21, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for December 2015. Friday 21 December 2015: Flight Centre acquires StudentUniverse Tnooz r... Read More

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Looking back and ahead - the corporate travel (r)evolution

By Viewpoints | December 21, 2015

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Lessons hoteliers can learn from Airbnb

By Viewpoints | December 21, 2015

Travellers have more choice and better rate transparency than ever when it comes to accommodation – thanks to the constant evolution of online distribution platforms – and hoteliers need to pay attent... Read More

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Consolidation in UK tour operator tech as Atcore acquires TigerBay

By Linda Fox | December 21, 2015

Reservation technology specialist Atcore has acquired tour operating system supplier TigerBay with terms of the deal undisclosed. Atcore believes the company is a good fit for it because TigerBay's... Read More

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Six investments in - Amadeus Ventures on home runs and being hands on

By Linda Fox | December 21, 2015

Amadeus Ventures, a fund for early stage travel startups, is about to add a seventh startup to its portfolio, probably in Asia. The two-year old initiative has so far invested in six newbies includ... Read More

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Airlines take off for Adyen

By Martin Cowen | December 21, 2015

Payments technology firm Adyen has ended 2015 with more than 30 airline customers, ten of which have signed during the past year. New signings in 2015 include easyJet, Vueling, and Alitalia in Eur... Read More

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Since Expedia invested, CheckMate has sped up its rollout

By Sean O'Neil | December 21, 2015

Earlier this month, Expedia’s minority investment in hotel technology startup Alice made waves in the industry. But that wasn’t the first business-to-business (B2B) startup in hospitality that the... Read More

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