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Who is the most ambitious CEO in the universe?

By PhocusWire | November 25, 2014

SYSTEMS: Every CEO will always claim they are a least one of the following things - driven, ambitious, innovative, team-player, motivator. But very few give out the impression that are a combination... Read More

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WhichAirline adds Skyscanner API, SpecialGlobe helps special needs families, and more...

By PhocusWire | November 25, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for October 2014. Tuesday 25 November 2014: European flight search service WhichAirline int... Read More

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Priceline maintains focus on reducing friction for local experiences, no plans to become the next Oracle

By Nick Vivion | November 25, 2014

Priceline has been kicking it up into another gear over the past year, locking in acquisitions of OpenTable, Buuteeq, and HotelNinjas in a bid to improve the ultimate traveler experience. The compa... Read More

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Uber and Jetblue are leading a dumbing down of travel

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | November 25, 2014

This is the story of two brands in travel. One respected, one trying to get respect. One is Uber, the other is JetBlue. Both, however, have sadly started down a path that will likely undermine thei... Read More

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The open booking prophecy will be fulfilled by 2020

By Viewpoints | November 25, 2014

Six years doesn’t sounds like much. But in corporate travel, it's a lifetime. NB: This is a viewpoint by Ethan Laub, founder of open booking startup TripScanner. He's an alum of HBS and Wharton, an... Read More

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The Downfall of online travel startups [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | November 25, 2014

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRliRoI1iZw" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/downfall-online-travel.jpg"] It was... Read More

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Roomer closes $5M round, begins reselling hotel reservations on metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | November 25, 2014

Roomer, the secondary market for non-refundable hotel reservations, has received a $5 million Series A equity investment round, led by venture fund Disruptive. Also participating was BRM Group, whi... Read More

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White labels are the place - Booking.com and Dohop are soaring

By Kevin May | November 25, 2014

Booking.com is a rare entity in that it has secured an extension with Ryanair to continue providing accommodation to the carrier's website. The white label deal was first signed in 2009 after a per... Read More

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CarTrawler drives into to a new world outside of car rental

By Kevin May | November 24, 2014

CarTrawler, the Ireland-based car rental technology provider, says it is making a big move "beyond rental" in 2015. From next year, CarTrawler's customers will be able to choose car rental products... Read More

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Ssshhh - five secret ingredients for a successful hackathon

By Viewpoints | November 24, 2014

Our team started participating in hackathons in an exploratory fashion. But over the past four years we have been continuously refining what we believe are the ingredients to succeed when participa... Read More

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Reservations provider Chope acquires queuing service Ticktock

By Nick Vivion | November 24, 2014

Asia's The Chope Group, which specializes in restaurant reservations, has acquired queuing system Ticktock. Chope raised $2.5 million a little under two years ago, and is using this latest roll-up... Read More

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Airbnb expands Weekend Getaways product globally

By Nick Vivion | November 24, 2014

After an initial test in the LA and SF markets, the Weekend Getaways product has been rolled out globally by accommodations behemoth Airbnb. The Getaways product was born out of the desire to promo... Read More

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Not just the US - Amazon probably looking to scale up hotel inventory overseas

By Sean O'Neil | November 24, 2014

Rumors that Amazon might finally be weighing in on the travel industry in a serious way shouldn't be at all surprising. In some respects, Amazon is simply following in the footsteps of fellow web g... Read More

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Dreamlines cruise booking service steams into new Euro 20 million investment round

By Kevin May | November 24, 2014

Online cruise search and booking brand Dreamlines has secured another round of investment from a heavyweight roster of backers. Existing investors Holtzbrinck Ventures, Hasso Plattner Ventures and... Read More

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The global sharing economy in travel - an interactive guide

By Kevin May | November 24, 2014

Such has been the enormous growth in the so-called sharing economy that it's been difficult to keep up. Luckily the folk at LoveHomeSwap have put together a rather handy interactive guide to showca... Read More

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