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Top10 adds Instagram for real-time view of hotels

By Linda Fox | September 22, 2014

Hotel comparison site Top10 is looking to take personalisation to the next level with the integration of Instagram functionality. The service is claiming a first with its incorporation of a live im... Read More

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Onyx Payments acquires Net Trans Services

By Nick Vivion | September 21, 2014

In some consolidation news on the travel payments front, US-based Onyx Payments has acquired Norway's Net Trans Services. The deal's terms were not disclosed, as Onyx bills the purchase as a "strat... Read More

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Concur, SAP, data and the pivoting of corporate travel

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | September 19, 2014

The rumoured bidding war is over - Germany-based SAP emerged as the victor in the battle to acquire Concur. The deal for the US expense management and corporate travel IT company was $8.3 billion,... Read More

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Voyage Prive subsidiary acquires Darjeelin, plans human travel search engine

By Linda Fox | September 19, 2014

Darjeelin, a France-based startup which describes itself as a crowd-sourced travel agency has been acquired by l’Officiel des Vacances, a travel deals site. Darjeelin, which launched almost two yea... Read More

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Spottly raises seed round for video-based social travel app

By Linda Fox | September 19, 2014

Spottly, a mobile social travel app based around video has raised $850,000 in seed funding. Investors in the Hong Kong-based startup include incubator 500Startups, Cherubic Ventures, Gobi Partners... Read More

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How airports are leveraging technology to drive revenue

By Viewpoints | September 19, 2014

Travelers have been embracing technology for years, relying on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices to stay informed on the day-of-travel. Airports, for the most part, have bought in too, and... Read More

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Metasearch and spaghetti sauce - a little attention goes a long way

By Viewpoints | September 19, 2014

Who remembers Sidestep? This was probably the first metasearch tool I used and a few years before Kayak emerged in 2006 (Kayak acquired Sidestep in 2007). Since then, the ongoing love/hate relationshi... Read More

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KLM has a view on the passenger experience in 2020

By Kevin May | September 19, 2014

One of the issues when predicting how the future might unfold, especially in travel, is that fairly often the trends being identified are already being played out. KLM, considered one of the more p... Read More

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SAP to buy Concur for $8.3 billion

By Sean O'Neil | September 18, 2014

Enterprise software giant SAP will spend $8.3 billion to get its hands on corporate travel-and-expense (T&E) management tech company Concur. The deal values Bellevue, Washington-based Concur at... Read More

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Startup pitch: Virgo says "book a hotel, get a free airport ride"

By Sean O'Neil | September 18, 2014

No matter what your astrological sign is, Virgo, a new US travel service, has an offer for you: "Book a hotel, get a free ride." The new brand is a pivot for a startup team that, in 2012, built Gue... Read More

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Latest analysis of digital media consumption shows mismatch of ad dollars

By Nick Vivion | September 18, 2014

American consumers continue to be engrossed in digital media - especially on social networks - yet advertisers are not matching ad dollars to digital time spent, shows the latest analysis. The data... Read More

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HomeAway expands with Expedia, listing over 100k home rentals

By Nick Vivion | September 18, 2014

UPDATE: HomeAway clarified the commission cost of this new product, and that section has been updated. In a presentation at vacation rental technology confab RezFest, HomeAway CEO Brian Sharples an... Read More

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Test and see: how mobile at a global hotel powerhouse is boosting the bottom line

By Pamela Whitby | September 18, 2014

One thing we hear a lot of in the hospitality industry is that service and customer experience is where it begins and ends. We also hear that hotels have a unique and powerful advantage over OTAs a... Read More

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Et voila! TripAdvisor serves up Instant Reservation for restaurants

By Sean O'Neil | September 18, 2014

TripAdvisor's mantra is "Speed wins." So it's unsurprising that the user-generated giant has already digested its acquisition of European restaurant booking platform lafourchette, which it purchased i... Read More

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Mobile insights from Cleartrip: 40% traffic, 30% transactions

By Martin Cowen | September 18, 2014

Timing is everything - Cleartrip has released its first-ever Quarterly Insights on Mobile a few days after what the Indian OTA claims was its "busiest ever week on mobile". Headline figures from it... Read More

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