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Exit Iberia as Amadeus reports growth across distribution and IT

By Linda Fox | August 1, 2014

Iberia is selling its stake in Amadeus for Euro 578 million, putting an end to the 27-year relationship as one of its airline owners since the distribution company was founded in 1987. Back in 2012... Read More

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Thomas Cook axes brochures in India, but agents still have huge role alongside web

By Karthick Prabu | August 1, 2014

Indian tour operators believe a 100% online or tech-enabled world will not work for local travellers, with face-to-face service still vitally important. First of all, Ashwini Kakkar, executive vice... Read More

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Expedia earnings: Strongest profit in a while -- up 25%

By Sean O'Neil | July 31, 2014

Expedia Inc. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi had reason to smile today, as his company reported a second-quarter profit, due to sustained growth in bookings and advertising. During the quarter ended June 30,... Read More

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The travel sharing economy is having its Napster Moment right now

By Viewpoints | July 31, 2014

Remember 1999? Sure you do. The dotcom bubble was in full effect: come up with any idea, really any idea, and add ".com" to it, and you could raise millions. We now know in hindsight that many of t... Read More

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New US rankings for travel apps: Delta, Uber, and Hotels.com top the lists

By Sean O'Neil | July 31, 2014

Tracking the success of mobile apps remains more of an art than a science. But comparisons and estimates are becoming more plausible thanks to new travel and transportation app indexes from App Ann... Read More

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GetYourGuide raises $25 million as tours and activities take centre stage

By Kevin May | July 31, 2014

Who said tours and activities is a tricky sector? Not TripAdvisor, it seems, nor GetYourGuide after raising $25 million in Series B. The latest injection comes via Spark Capital and Highland Capita... Read More

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The rise of mobile ad spending in the travel industry

By Viewpoints | July 31, 2014

A sea of change is coming to the digital ad spend landscape in the travel industry. NB: This article is written by Mary Russell, a copywriter at PhoCusWright. Desktop spend on the decline Whi... Read More

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Zaiseoul raises $680,000 to entice Chinese tourists to South Korea

By Karthick Prabu | July 31, 2014

K Cube Ventures has pumped $680,000 into Zaiseoul, a South Korea-based travel advice service for Chinese tourists. The Series A investment will be used to expand the brand further into China and he... Read More

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Japan Airlines gets Amadeus Altea, DataArt automates Triometric, and more

By PhocusWire | July 30, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for July 2014. Thursday 31 July 2014: Japan Airlines to implement Amadeus Altea solution The... Read More

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Chinese travel giant CTrip reports torrid growth, but faces a price war

By Sean O'Neil | July 30, 2014

CTrip, the largest Chinese online travel agency by revenue, continues to enjoy growth levels that its Western competitors could only dream of. But the company is also increasingly being bruised by... Read More

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The sharing economy begins assault on business travel

By Nick Vivion | July 30, 2014

The annual Global Business Travel Association Convention is generally the bastion of big business, with legacy companies exhibiting to retain and grow their corporate client lists. Some startups targe... Read More

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Egencia previews predictive search and card-based functionality on iPad

By Nick Vivion | July 30, 2014

Egencia, the travel management brand under the Expedia corporate umbrella, used this year's GBTA event to preview a new product iteration on mobile. The company has set up a small team, headed by T... Read More

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Hotels and packages growing strong for MakeMyTrip as EasyToBook buy kicks in

By Karthick Prabu | July 30, 2014

MakeMyTrip's hotels and packages business revenue now contributes about 82% of the company's revenue. Revenue from the hotel and packages (H & P) business in the quarter ending June 2014 (witho... Read More

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Getting under the hood of why Aerospike technology is good for travel

By Viewpoints | July 30, 2014

Aerospike (the fastest read/write database that operates in-memory, on flash, as a hybrid and on disk as well) is a huge deal in the travel sector. NB: This is part one of a two-part viewpoint from... Read More

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What Facebook and Google can do to break out of their own monopolies

By PhocusWire | July 30, 2014

MARKETING: The dominance that Google and Facebook have over search marketing and social media respectively is, on the one hand, a prime example of two companies executing their core principles to ma... Read More

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