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Startup pitch: Qalendra mines B2B travel data to make forecasts

By Sean O'Neil | September 23, 2015

Qalendra is a travel technology startup based out of Seattle. It mines, fuses, and structures data from many sources to generate long-range predictions and data-driven insights for travel and hospital... Read More

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How to profit from the boom in Chinese outbound travel [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Sean O'Neil | September 23, 2015

No one has better ideas and insights about how to profit from the boom in Chinese outbound travel than the executives who are striving to do it right now. In mid-September, a handful of these execu... Read More

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Hotel bookings via GDSs reach record high

By Kevin May | September 23, 2015

Hospitality reservation system provider TravelClick claims the industry is seeing an all-time record use of Global Distribution Systems for booking hotels. In its annual Global Travel Agent GDS stu... Read More

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Kayak does a Hipmunk, uses heat map search for hotels

By Kevin May | September 23, 2015

A long time ago (okay, three years ago), Kayak co-founder and CEO Steve Hafner (in)famously labelled metasearch newbie Hipmunk as "road kill". Attendees at the 2012 Phocuswright Conference in Phoenix... Read More

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TripAdvisor and Google make the top three hotel search results even more precious

By Sean O'Neil | September 23, 2015

In recent months, TripAdvisor and Google have continued to experiment with how they display hotels in their metasearch services for consumers. Their design changes prompt users to pay even more specia... Read More

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Turning flight disruption into opportunity (and showing TLC) via technology

By Kevin May | September 23, 2015

There are delicate balances to be had all around the travel industry, especially when it comes to dealing with customers. But no more so than when flights are delayed or cancelled and passengers ar... Read More

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For hotels, Google expands direct commission-based bookings [UPDATED]

By Sean O'Neil | September 22, 2015

Today Google announced some changes to how it markets and distributes hotel inventory, making it easier for hotels to list their properties directly on its site -- and to collect leads seamlessly on m... Read More

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RouteHappy announces $3 million in funding, pushes hub for airline partners

By Linda Fox | September 22, 2015

RouteHappy has secured a further three million investment with, this time, PAR Capital Ventures leading the Series B round. Existing investors iNovia Capital, which led a $3.3 million Series A roun... Read More

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An Expedia take on tackling the attention span of a goldfish

By Linda Fox | September 22, 2015

Intense testing and learning has been part of Expedia's strategy for some time with initiatives such as its airline and hotel reviews emerging as part of the process. But this is just one of two pa... Read More

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User experience for travel sites often better on mobile than desktop

By Kevin May | September 22, 2015

Some of the industry's leading brands are now considered to have a stronger user experience on their mobile websites than desktop. The latest wave of consumer benchmarking from UK-based eDigitalRes... Read More

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What beacons and loyalty tracking from Facebook, Wisely, and others give restaurants

By Viewpoints | September 22, 2015

The proliferation of beacons in hospitality has been one of the hot topics of 2015. Airports continue to roll out extensive trials and hotels are testing beacons to check-in frequent travelers and... Read More

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SiteMinder sales chief, Cheapflights juggles management roles, Sabre expands CMO role, and more...

By PhocusWire | September 22, 2015

This is a roundup of news and announcements for people moves in travel, tourism and hospitality for September 2015: Tuesday 22 September 2015: SiteMinder appoints global head of sales Kevin... Read More

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Ibibo sees B2B as a vehicle for better B2C

By Martin Cowen | September 21, 2015

Ibibo Group, the largest online travel business in India in terms of transaction volumes, is building up a portfolio of integrated consumer-facing brands, supported by an innovative approach to B2B to... Read More

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In Europe, Lufthansa will add inflight broadband wifi, starting next summer

By Sean O'Neil | September 21, 2015

Lufthansa plans to offer broadband wifi access on its short and medium-haul flights in Europe, starting in summer 2016 with about 180 planes. The German national carrier is adopting technology that... Read More

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Cruise Critic gets a little help from its friends

By Kevin May | September 21, 2015

UPDATE: Since our story was published, Cruise Critic has now included information about its ownership on the site's About Us page. ORIGINAL: TripAdvisor has owned cruise review and content si... Read More

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