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Thailand unveils luxury tourism video (with the wrong or the right message?)

By Kevin May | November 18, 2015

Get four impossibly good looking actors, some stunning locations, film them having tremendous fun - it's a well-trodden path for travel marketers. In fact, it's such a standard format for airlines,... Read More

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Hello, Smartband - tech to help when staying at a resort hotel

By Kevin May | November 18, 2015

The next few years are likely to to see the introduction of all kind of so-called smart devices beyond the existing mobile phone. European tour operator TUI Group is getting in on the act with a tr... Read More

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Mobile web beats apps when it comes to hotel bookings

By Martin Cowen | November 18, 2015

A study of 2,000 US smartphone owners has found they are more likely to book a hotel room using the mobile web than an app. Millward Brown Digital produced the report and found that 44% of the samp... Read More

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Ola's $500m Series F confirms global interest in India's taxi goldrush

By Martin Cowen | November 18, 2015

India's biggest taxi app business Ola has closed a $500 million Series F round, with Scotland's Baillee Gifford taking a stake in the business for the first time. China's biggest taxi app business... Read More

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Traveller behaviour when booking with indie hotels online [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | November 18, 2015

Travelnuts has analysed data flowing through its system over a numbers of years to monitor how travellers search and book independent hotels. As a result it has been able to build an interesting pi... Read More

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Hostmaker raises $2 million to help Airbnb owners

By Kevin May | November 18, 2015

Hostmaker, one of a growing number of businesses created to support the Airbnb ecosystem, has secured $2 million in funding. The backers are Avala Capital and DSG Consumer Partners, led by DN Capit... Read More

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Booking.com predicts alternative accommodation could overtake hotel stays

By Kevin May | November 17, 2015

Interesting gaze into the crystal ball from hotel giant Booking.com, with it saying non-hotel bookings will rise to outweigh traditional stays for business travellers in some countries. The analysi... Read More

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No time like the present to get Xmas bookings [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Martin Cowen | November 17, 2015

Around half of the UK Christmas getaway market is still up for grabs, according to travel data and marketing platform Adara. Using transactional data from last year's Christmas period and a real-ti... Read More

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Hipmunk now helps plan trips using its AI

By Sean O'Neil | November 17, 2015

Hipmunk has debuted a trip-planning tool powered by artificial intelligence. Today CEO Adam Goldstein revealed the product, called Hello Hipmunk, at the Phocuswright Conference in Fort Lauderdale.... Read More

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Expedia to take rail seriously, with a little help from SilverRail

By Kevin May | November 17, 2015

Expedia says it will be expanding its rail ticket channel on a global scale thanks to a major agreement signed this week with SilverRail Technologies. The rail distribution platform will power sear... Read More

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MakeMyTrip brings EasyToBook closer to home

By Martin Cowen | November 17, 2015

Indian OTA MakeMyTrip will continue to operate its Amsterdam-based hotels site EasyToBook.com despite moving some functions back to India. In response to emailed questions, MakeMyTrip shared the fo... Read More

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Ixigo metasearch heats up India's branded budget hotels even more

By Martin Cowen | November 16, 2015

India's fascinating innovation with a new sector -- online aggregated budget accommodation -- took another turn today as Ixigo debuted a "curated metasearch" product, branded as "Super Value Hotels".... Read More

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Small teams step up and hack New York City travel

By Gene Quinn | November 16, 2015

New York City was the ultimate playground for 19 travel hacker teams last weekend. And the Big Apple was at its inspirational, accessible and walkable best on two clear and crisp November days.... Read More

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Peek's CEO on building a tours and activities platform

By Sean O'Neil | November 16, 2015

Peek is a San Francisco startup that launched to fanfare at a rooftop party in autumn 2012. It's a tours-and-activities platform with two sides: one aimed at consumers and the other at suppliers. F... Read More

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Marriott buys Starwood for $12.2 billion - more behind the headlines

By Kevin May | November 16, 2015

Marriott has ended weeks of speculation and splashed out $12.2 billion to buy rival hotel group Starwood. The mainstream and business media coverage will no doubt be dominated by the fact the acqui... Read More

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