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Logitravel turns over half a billion euros, carries 2.5m pax

By Martin Cowen | February 20, 2015

Majorca-based OTA Logitravel Group is confident that it can become a leading international player, with plans to expand its UK business and launch into Mexico this year. In 2014 it turned over €514... Read More

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AMEX targets corporate employee disruption, FastBooking wins Forte Village, and more...

By PhocusWire | February 20, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for February 2015. Friday 20 February 2015: AMEX launches disruption management platform AX... Read More

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Webjet in the market for more B2B buys

By Martin Cowen | February 19, 2015

Webjet has seen a strong performance from its Australian and New Zealand OTA business and a better-than-expected start to its global B2B operations, although its Zuji brand in Hong Kong and Singapore... Read More

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Startup pitch: Tripmule is competitive lead generation for travel agents

By Nick Vivion | February 19, 2015

Tripmule has positioned itself as a direct lead generation tool for travel agents. Interested travelers land on the site and submit a request for replies related to a specific trip, including the date... Read More

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Why the future of tour operating could rest with the smartphone

By Kevin May | February 19, 2015

The tour operator industry has faced a number of challenges over the past five years. NB: This is an analysis by Ashish Sahasrabuddhe, co-founder of FlexiTech Solutions. As the global financial... Read More

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Breathometer ties in Uber and last-minute hotel stays for drunks

By Nick Vivion | February 19, 2015

Breathometer is a connected device that calculates blood alcohol content from a small round whistle-like tool. Simply blow into the breathometer and the app shares BAC and pinpoints a time in which th... Read More

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Is dark social destroying your travel marketing strategy?

By Nick Vivion | February 19, 2015

Dark social is digital sharing of content that's untraceable using traditional tracking methods. For example, when someone copies a URL and pastes it into a chat message or other direct communicati... Read More

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Priceline reported a solid 2014, on the strength of mobile, Asia

By Sean O'Neil | February 19, 2015

Priceline Group had a better-than-expected 2014, with gross travel bookings of $50.3 billion, up from almost $40 billion a year ago. Gross profit for the year was $7.6 billion, up by a third from the... Read More

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Triptease captures $2 million to woo direct bookings for hotels

By Kevin May | February 19, 2015

Hotel marketing service Triptease has raised $2 million in seed funding from Episode 1 Ventures and Notion Capital. The support from outside investors is the first in the company's history since it... Read More

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Stayzilla.com secures $15 million to add non-hotel rooms

By Martin Cowen | February 19, 2015

Indian alternative-accommodation site Stayzilla.com will use its $15 million Series B funding to increase the number of bookable properties to 50,000 by the end of year. Currently it has more 20,00... Read More

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HolidayIQ works with Indian govt on offline mobile guides

By Martin Cowen | February 18, 2015

HolidayIQ.com has launched a series of offline mobile travel guides, in conjunction with the Indian tourism ministry, covering more than 1,300 destinations in India. Each guide needs to be download... Read More

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FlightStream offers a scintillating view of worldwide flight patterns

By Nick Vivion | February 18, 2015

This one's for the avgeeks out there: FlightStream has compiled a shiny, twinkling visualization of worldwide flight patterns. By tracking the filed plans of flights between airports worldwide, the... Read More

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BookingPal takes $5 million from Thayer and Amadeus for vacation rental distribution push

By Kevin May | February 18, 2015

More capital into the coffers of BookingPal following a Series B investment to the tune of $5 million led by Thayer Ventures. Joining Thayer in the round are PAR Capital Ventures and Amadeus Ventur... Read More

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Sabre posts earning gains for 2014, right on track

By Sean O'Neil | February 18, 2015

Many people doubt the strength of global distribution systems to survive in an era of change. Sabre Holdings's chief executive, Tom Klein, is not among them. No surprise why. For full year 2014, th... Read More

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Airlines: think Amazon, think digital data, think revenue

By Viewpoints | February 18, 2015

Airlines are now capable of collecting and analyzing more and more traveler data including mobile app and social media behavior, session history from in-flight connectivity, travel history, and previo... Read More

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