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In a test, Google Now trials hotel price drop alerts

By Sean O'Neil | August 2, 2015

In a test, Google has prototyped a service that alerts Android users about drops in a hotel rate in the day or so after a reservation is made. In the test, the alerts were provided via the company'... Read More

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Uber devotes an extra $1 billion to ramp up India operations

By Martin Cowen | July 31, 2015

Uber has confirmed that it has earmarked another $1 billion for the Indian market and is confident that there will be one million Uber rides a day in India within the next six to nine months. The... Read More

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Expedia likes Google instant book, HomeAway, and Chinese affiliate sales

By Sean O'Neil | July 31, 2015

Expedia Inc has released its second quarter earnings. (Here are the topline financial numbers.) CEO Dara Khosrowshahi held a conference call with investors. Below are the highlights of what he sai... Read More

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Amadeus air flies, but hotels and rail stay under the radar

By Martin Cowen | July 31, 2015

Amadeus has reported a strong six months, operationally and financially, with airlines still dominating the business. Topline results for the six months to end-June show overall revenues up 14.2% t... Read More

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MakeMyTrip targets market share, mobile skyrockets, buys again

By Martin Cowen | July 30, 2015

MakeMyTrip has started to prioritise market share and transaction growth, in response to the "unprecedented smartphone penetration" in the Indian market. CEO Deep Kalra told analysts on the company... Read More

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TripFactory raises $10M for its vacation package platform

By Sean O'Neil | July 30, 2015

TripFactory, a vacation package seller, has raised $10 million in Series A funding from Aarin Capital, backed by Manipal Group's Ranjan Pai and T V Mohandas Pai. The startup, founded in 2013 and he... Read More

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Big Data unravels best time to target travellers with marketing [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | July 30, 2015

More fuel for the marketer's engine with some major crunching of numbers to understand the differences in the booking behaviour of travellers. In particular, programmatic marketing specialist Rocke... Read More

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The Billboard Effect is dead, says a study of hotels listed on OTAs

By Sean O'Neil | July 30, 2015

A new study on how US travelers book hotels online contradicts earlier research on the topic. It suggests that a much-touted “billboard effect” for hotels listed on online travel agency (OTA) websites... Read More

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Thomas Cook starts to see tablet/mobile bookings take off

By Martin Cowen | July 30, 2015

Tour operator Thomas Cook has said that one-third of bookings made online from the UK and Netherlands are coming from tablets or mobile devices. In its Q3s released today, it mentioned the benefici... Read More

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Business travellers more connected to ecommerce than general population

By Kevin May | July 30, 2015

Research and analysis from Adara has uncovered some interesting (and perhaps surprising) digital trends surrounding the average business traveller. The study of 1,200 travellers in the US and UK, u... Read More

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Startups - do yourself a favour and don't write business plans

By PhocusWire | July 30, 2015

"Don’t write business plans," warns venture capitalist and angel investor, Dave McClure, of 500 Startups.... Read More

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Sabre analyses new VP, Net Trans shake-up, Amadeus new APAC boss, and more...

By PhocusWire | July 29, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for people moves in tourism and hospitality for July 2015: Wednesday 29 July 2015: Sabre hires data VP Zul Sidi will become vice president... Read More

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Six million products and counting - AllTheRooms adds Couchsurfing

By Martin Cowen | July 29, 2015

Accommodation aggregator AllTheRooms has taken another step towards its ambitious plan to list "every room, everywhere" by integrating Couchsurfing inventory into its search results. AllTheRooms, w... Read More

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Amadeus upgrades Caribbean Airlines, Travelport circles Radius Travel, and more...

By PhocusWire | July 29, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for July 2015. Wednesday 29 July 2015: Amadeus upgrades PSS for Caribbean Airlines The Trini... Read More

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Skyscanner tests bookings on air tickets, claims huge jump in conversions

By Kevin May | July 29, 2015

The trend to give users the chance to make bookings on metasearch engines continues - with Skyscanner confirming it has joined the fray in recent months. The UK-based travel search engine will now... Read More

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