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A hotel tech startup explains why hotel tech can be sexy (to investors)

By Kevin May | September 3, 2015

SnapShot Travel's recent fund-raise of Euro 25 million raised a few eyebrows in the industry. Not because the injection of capital is unwarranted, but it is one of the larger rounds in recent years... Read More

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Ni hao, Hangzhou - THack is going back to China

By PhocusWire | September 3, 2015

We loved it China so much last year, we're bringing our THack roadshow of developer hackathons back for a second time. Produced once again with TravelDaily, THack China will run over the course of... Read More

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A deep dive into metasearch channel management tools for hotels

By Viewpoints | September 3, 2015

Metasearch continues to grow in importance for hotels around the world, and there is a range of tools and software available for hoteliers to manage their metasearch presence. NB: This is a guest a... Read More

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Priceline eats further into restaurants with acquisition of AS Digital

By Kevin May | September 3, 2015

The Priceline Group has made another move into the restaurant booking world with a deal to buy AS Digital. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. AS Digital is an Australia-based provider... Read More

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Avoid these seven hidden costs in hotel marketing technology

By Viewpoints | September 3, 2015

Are you preparing your technology budget for next year? When considering your options, it's important to understand how hidden costs can drive up the total cost of ownership and whittle away the ROI y... Read More

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Apartum bags further funding for European expansion

By Linda Fox | September 3, 2015

Holiday rental comparison site Apartum has announced further seed funding to the tune of Euro 500,000. The latest round for the Barcelona-based startup comes from SeedSyndicates in Madrid, business... Read More

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Meru blindsides upstart Uber with carpooling brand

By Martin Cowen | September 2, 2015

Meru Cabs, one of India's biggest traditional taxi businesses, has embraced the sharing economy and launched CarPool by Meru, integrating its new service into its main brand app. The move has raise... Read More

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Hopper, the cheap flights app, adds instant booking, shifts platform from Hadoop to Spark

By Sean O'Neil | September 2, 2015

At the start of the year, Hopper unveiled an iOS app with data-driven flight predictions. This product, which featured airfare forecasts and ticket price tracking, has gained traction with users. T... Read More

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Amadeus CheckMyTrip to add Olset hotel recommendations

By Sean O'Neil | September 2, 2015

Olset, a hotel booking recommendation startup, is integrating its service with Amadeus CheckMyTrip, an itinerary management solution that give travelers who sign up, or those with an Amadeus reservati... Read More

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Closing the information gap between guests and hotels

By Viewpoints | September 2, 2015

Personalization is a concept that lies at the very heart of the travel industry - the art of making people feel at home. NB This is a guest article by Jeff Hiscox, CEO of Newmarket, an Amadeus com... Read More

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With turbulence tech every cloud (potentially) has a softer landing

By Linda Fox | September 2, 2015

WSI is claiming crowdsourcing from the clouds with its tracking system that automatically detects and relays information on turbulence. The company, a division of the Weather Company, says informat... Read More

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TripAdvisor connects the dots between hotel performance and interaction with guests

By Kevin May | September 2, 2015

TripAdvisor claims it has found a link between how engaged hoteliers are with travellers and the "performance" of a property on the website. Atmosphere Research Group was brought in by TripAdvisor... Read More

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Hotels: Fill your “mobile white space”

By Viewpoints | September 1, 2015

New advances in hotel IT technology are creating a “mobile white space” that is set to transform the way guests interact with hotels. NB: This is a guest article by Viko Bhakta, co-founder/CEO Roo... Read More

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Startup pitch: Bucket expands its text-parsing travel planner for Millennials

By Sean O'Neil | September 1, 2015

Bucket parses free form text from any source (online or from friends on, say, a Facebook page) and from any device to create a personalized trip plan. In August Bucket, a startup in San Francisco,... Read More

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Amadeus acquires online booking engine supplier Pyton

By Kevin May | September 1, 2015

Another acquisition for Amadeus - snapping up Dutch travel technology company Pyton for an undisclosed fee. Pyton is best known for three core products: Waverunner (web booking engine), Elsy Arres... Read More

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