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Secret Escapes raises $60 million from Google Ventures and others

By Kevin May | July 25, 2015

Huge round in the bank for flash hotel sale site Secret Escapes - securing $60 million from a list of venture capital heavyweights. The Series C investment brings the total amount raised so far by... Read More

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Aeroflot moves to cut costs, scraps credit card payments via GDSs

By Kevin May | July 24, 2015

Nowhere near on the scale of recent shenanigans involving Lufthansa, but another major carrier is trying to make life difficult for some intermediaries. Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has changed i... Read More

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TripAdvisor adds Hyatt to instant booking, so now 235K hotels are instantly bookable

By Sean O'Neil | July 24, 2015

Since February, TripAdvisor's market cap has soared by about a third to $13.4 billion, despite a dip after second quarter earnings were announced yesterday. NB: This article has been updated since... Read More

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With kids taking so much tech on a trip, travel brands could take advantage

By Kevin May | July 24, 2015

Pretty shocking (perhaps) figures from a study of travellers which reveals that on average a family will pack more than £2,000 ($3,000) worth of technology on a trip. Whilst nothing is going to (or... Read More

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Cleartrip sees benefit of mobile web revamp

By Martin Cowen | July 23, 2015

Indian OTA Cleartrip is still seeing more room nights booked from desktop than mobile, with some interesting patterns emerging between the different mobile platforms. Its Quarterly Insight infograp... Read More

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Tourico puts tech at the heart of China plans

By Viewpoints | July 23, 2015

Tourico believes supporting hotel companies with the right technology is key to scaling up a high-volume, wholesale model in China. NB This is a guest article by Ritesh Gupta, a reporter for China... Read More

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Hello to the man who funds the future

By PhocusWire | July 23, 2015

Marc Andreessen, he of Andreessen Horowitz fame, is 43 years old and six feet five inches tall.... Read More

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TripAdvisor gives high profile spot to paying hotels in new ad test

By Kevin May | July 23, 2015

TripAdvisor is piloting a series of new prominent advertising spots on some of its most important pages on the site. Visitors landing on one of TripAdvisor's city pages, for example, will now see a... Read More

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SITA buys German airport tech firm Delair

By Martin Cowen | July 23, 2015

SITA is continuing to build out its airport IT product range, buying German airport process management specialists Delair Air Traffic Systems for an undisclosed sum. Delair operates what is known a... Read More

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Startup pitch: HundredRooms, Spain's rental metasearch, deploys its Euro 1M

By Sean O'Neil | July 22, 2015

Founded in early 2014, HundredRooms is Spain's first homegrown holiday rental metasearch service. A month ago, it announced that it had received an investment round of Euro 1 million, led by Inver... Read More

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Tourism Australia signs up with Expedia Media Solutions

By Sean O'Neil | July 22, 2015

Tourism Australia has signed a three-year marketing partnership with Expedia Media Solutions to help boost inbound visitors -- primarily Americans and Britons in the first year. The direct marketin... Read More

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MakeMyTrip buys 28% stake in HolidayIQ for $15 million

By Martin Cowen | July 22, 2015

India's leading travel reviews site, HolidayIQ, has sold a 28% stake to MakeMyTrip for $15 million, with "mobile" very much the focus of the resulting strategic partnership. The investment is being... Read More

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Taylor Swift: Can online travel learn from her haggling skill?

By Viewpoints | July 22, 2015

Everyone and anyone who supports fairness in internet commerce should take note of a new hero – or more appropriately a new heroine – and her name is Taylor Swift. NB This is a guest article by Dan... Read More

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ClickTripz buys TheSuitest to add data science to hotel technology

By Kevin May | July 22, 2015

TheSuitest, a hotel search engine that crunches data to give additional information on room options, was acquired by ClickTripz this week. The company was created in 2013 by "hedge-fun coders and r... Read More

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Travel firms need to watch WeChat

By Viewpoints | July 21, 2015

WeChat is introducing a wealth of new features and some of them could be of interest to travel marketers. NB This is a guest article by Ritesh Gupta, a reporter from China Travel News. WeChat's... Read More

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