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Thomas Cook - more IT, fewer carpets

By Martin Cowen | November 23, 2016

Thomas Cook Group's full-year results show that the business continues to spend significantly more on... Read More

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Ctrip creates travel investment fund with Baidu Capital

By Martin Cowen | November 23, 2016

Jenny Wu, who has been in charge of Ctrip's investments over the past few years as its chief strategy... Read More

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Thomson and Aeromexico latest to join the chatbot army

By Linda Fox | November 23, 2016

Thomson is claiming a first with the launch of its virtual assistant using IBM's Cloud platform and... Read More

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Singing from the same songsheet? Airbnb Trips versus the current chart-toppers

By Martin Cowen | November 22, 2016

The deafening buzz around Airbnb Trips means that established experiential economy brands such as... Read More

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WeSwap raises £2.4 million through crowdfunding

By Linda Fox | November 22, 2016

WeSwap, the currency swapping service, has raised just over £2.4 million through a crowdfunding... Read More

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Gogobot rebrands as Trip.com and plots to outwit the travel behemoths

By Sean O'Neil | November 21, 2016

Travel recommendation platform Gogobot rebranded last week as Trip.com and added several new tools... Read More

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Hafner isn't having it — Kayak's CEO critiques Google, Airbnb, and others

By Sean O'Neil | November 18, 2016

Steve Hafner, co-founder and chief executive of Kayak, is living up to his reputation for being one of... Read More

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AccorHotels starts marketing independent US hotels on its platform

By Sean O'Neil | November 17, 2016

When is a hotel also an intermediary? When it's French giant AccorHotels. The company's distribution... Read More

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MakeMyTrip sees Ibibo as key to capturing offline-to-online shift

By Martin Cowen | November 17, 2016

MakeMyTrip co-founder and India CEO Rajesh Magow believes that its recent merger with Ibibo Group will... Read More

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Expedia signs first global hotel deal for MeetingMarket

By Linda Fox | November 17, 2016

Expedia has signed Best Western Europe as the first global white label partner for its MeetingMarket... Read More

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