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Travel firms battling on the front line of fraud

By Viewpoints | July 7, 2015

Modern travel is exceptional - aircraft with wifi, bullet trains that average 200+ mph, boutique hotels that cater to every whim of weary travelers. NB: This is a guest article by Jason Tan, CEO of... Read More

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Travelport nails China coup with Alitrip link-up

By Martin Cowen | July 6, 2015

Alibaba Group's standalone travel business Alitrip has signed "a content and data partnership agreement" with Travelport. The deal has a number of strands. In terms of content, there is an option f... Read More

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Could equity be a new way for your travel startup to drive early adoption?

By Nick Vivion | July 6, 2015

The evolution of the JOBS Act in the United States has led to an emerging group of startups angling to connect everyday investors to equity in the Next Big Thing — or in our case, the Next Big Travel... Read More

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Priceline Group books $60 million stake in with Hotel Urbano

By Nick Vivion | July 6, 2015

The Priceline Group has taken a minority stake in Hotel Urbano, investing $60 million to expand its footprint in the Brazil market. The setup is similar to the way that Booking.com powers eDreams a... Read More

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The new world of Push APIs make travel sales a pushover

By Viewpoints | July 6, 2015

Quick – what does API stand for? Come on, you can remember - it's not long ago you went to tech school. If the first thought that popped into your head was Application Programming Interface, give y... Read More

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Rethinking staff compensation and equity in a startup

By PhocusWire | July 6, 2015

When Molly Graham joined Facebook, the company already had 400 employees, but there was no official performance or compensation system in place.... Read More

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Has Lufthansa gone mad? Penalising customers is the wrong way

By Viewpoints | July 6, 2015

Think about this for a minute. How many travel apps does the consumer really want on their mobile phone? One. Look at your own phone, how many weather apps do you have? How many email apps? How many c... Read More

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Wanda enters Chinese OTA sector with $500m+ LY.com investment

By Martin Cowen | July 5, 2015

China's online travel market continues to attract not only eye-watering levels of investment but also new entrants, with LY.com getting RMB3.2 billion ( $515 million) from Wanda Group. Wanda is a c... Read More

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Why startup accelerators need an overhaul

By PhocusWire | July 3, 2015

There are plenty of great startup accelerators that have track records in supporting entrepreneurs.... Read More

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Amadeus claims Lufthansa has lost the trust of the industry

By Kevin May | July 3, 2015

Amadeus has slammed Lufthansa for its "aggressive and unilateral" decision to impose a tax on tickets sold via global distribution systems. The attack comes in a letter obtained by Tnooz to Amadeus... Read More

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As tech and apps drive growth, time to argue the case for daytime hotel stays

By Viewpoints | July 3, 2015

With more than 673,000 hotel rooms available in the UK alone, is the hotel industry capitalising on all of its assets - namely the large numbers of rooms sitting idle during the day? NB: This is a... Read More

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Sharing snaps online in jeopardy as EU considers copyright changes

By Linda Fox | July 3, 2015

In what seems a mad move, the EU is considering amending copyright laws which could make the online sharing of travel snaps and video footage illegal. In countries such as the Germany, Spain and th... Read More

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The state of online travel in Asia [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Martin Cowen | July 2, 2015

eRevMax has produced an infographic highlighting what is sees as the most important factors impacting travel in Asia-Pacific. The data is sourced from: emarketer, EyeForTravel, Lenovo, Phocuswright... Read More

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OTA lobby report preceded US airline antitrust inquiry, House of Cards-style

By Sean O'Neil | July 2, 2015

Last month, before a US watchdog began an antitrust investigation against some airlines, the Travel Technology Association (TTA), a lobbying group, published a much-cited report on airline market powe... Read More

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RoadTrippers brings its own collaborative trip planning tool to road trips

By Nick Vivion | July 2, 2015

It must be the week of the travel planning — just as Hipmunk announced a trip planning feature, RoadTrippers is now offering groups a way to collaborative plan trips on its platform. As one of the... Read More

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