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Sabre posts close to 7% revenue climb for first nine months of 2014

By Kevin May | November 11, 2014

Sabre saw revenues across the group increase by 9% in the third quarter of 2014, with the year-to-date coming in at 6.6%. The company's revenues for 2014 so far have reached $1.968 billion, up from... Read More

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Simpler search, single purpose apps and other mobile travel takeaways

By Linda Fox | November 11, 2014

At some point or other, most of us will have heard that mobile is just another channel. Yet many now see it as much more than that. From a Facebook point of view, it has become more of a human beha... Read More

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Conxxe brings experience to global ground transportation land grab

By Kevin May | November 11, 2014

After years operating under the Holiday Taxis brand, Conxxe is the company's push into the burgeoning world of ground transportation on a worldwide scale. The service is being launched this week to c... Read More

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Looking for a metatrend - Euromonitor goes tech-crazy

By Martin Cowen | November 11, 2014

Euromonitor International's annual trends report, released at World Travel Market last week, was more about digital than destinations, highlighting braggies, online rail bookings, transactional instan... Read More

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A key Canaan VC talks travel startup investing

By Sean O'Neil | November 11, 2014

At this year’s PhoCusWright Conference in Los Angeles, the investment firm Canaan Partners is out in force, meeting and greeting. One of its VCs is Brendan Dickinson, who earlier this year became a... Read More

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After unveiling API, Viator to move from curated to open platform

By Sean O'Neil | November 10, 2014

Since 2005, CEO Barrie Seidenberg has led Viator, a tours-and-activities marketplace, that has been relatively selective in the products it lists. She's guided the company to a solid foothold as th... Read More

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Blacklane online car service raises seven-figure Euro investment round

By Kevin May | November 10, 2014

Germany-based ground transportation brand Blacklane has captured a "mid-seven-digit" round of funding from RGIP. The company, which provides private car services in 150 cities around the world, cla... Read More

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Marriott free wifi plan labelled anti-corporate travel

By Kevin May | November 10, 2014

Free wifi for all members of a Marriott loyalty programme should be a cause for celebration, right? Think again. The global hotel chain announced last week that it will provide free wifi to th... Read More

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Airline bookings on mobiles not a big deal for millennials

By Martin Cowen | November 10, 2014

Statistics are often insightful and occasionally confusing, and some of the headline findings in a new study from the World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation fall into the latt... Read More

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Think not how you will experience travel in future but how an 18 year old might

By Linda Fox | November 10, 2014

As you might imagine there was much discussion during World Travel Market last week around existing and future technology such as wearables, augmented reality and virtual reality. While you might b... Read More

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What TripAdvisor's instant booking means for hotels

By Sean O'Neil | November 7, 2014

TripAdvisor's new instant booking function is many things, but being instantly understandable isn't one of them. The technical aspect is straightforward. But the business implications are not. Curr... Read More

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About 10,000 Booking.com customers fell for phishing scams

By Sean O'Neil | November 7, 2014

Third-party hotel reservation service Booking.com says that dozens of email phishing websites are getting ahold of customer details by sending fraudulent but convincing messages to hotels, according t... Read More

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Never fly close to airports: Drone captures Mexico City International [VIDEO]

By Nick Vivion | November 7, 2014

Don't do this at home: Mexican drone multimedia firm PostAndFly flew a drone around Mexico City's International Airport, capturing some astounding footage sure to please any aviation technology enthus... Read More

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Orbitz bets on loyalty as it posts Q3 revenue growth

By Linda Fox | November 7, 2014

Orbitz says it is less a travel agency and increasingly sees itself as a travel rewards company with programs such as Orbitz Rewards and a similar scheme recently launched for ebookers. During an e... Read More

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Seat density tool shows how US airlines managed to post highest margins yet

By Nick Vivion | November 7, 2014

Oliver Wyman's annual Airline Economic Analysis uses a fascinating seat density tool to demonstrate how US-based airlines managed to post their best margins yet. The tool also underlines the essential... Read More

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