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Baidu's China insurance JV wants to cover online travel purchases
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Baidu's China insurance JV wants to cover online travel purchases
By Martin Cowen | November 26, 2015
Baidu's central role in a new Chinese digital insurance joint venture has a direct connection with... Read More
The before and after of an independent hotel website
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The before and after of an independent hotel website
By Linda Fox | November 26, 2015
Seems like there has been a bit of surge of developments for independent hotels recently, recognising... Read More
Diary of a hotel company in digital transformation
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Diary of a hotel company in digital transformation
By Linda Fox | November 26, 2015
In a fast-changing distribution landscape, who'd run a hotel these days, much less the multi-branded... Read More
Alibaba's Alitrip has a distinctive travel model
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Alibaba's Alitrip has a distinctive travel model
By Sean O'Neil | November 25, 2015
A little more than a year ago, Alibaba, a giant Chinese e-commerce company, rebranded its travel... Read More
Qunar brings its mobile dominance to the Ctrip party
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Qunar brings its mobile dominance to the Ctrip party
By Martin Cowen | November 25, 2015
Mobile revenues for Qunar  in the July-September period accounted for around three-quarters of its... Read More
HNA Group spends another $450 million, buys into Brazil's Azul Airlines
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HNA Group spends another $450 million, buys into Brazil's Azul Airlines
By Martin Cowen | November 25, 2015
A European holiday park operator, a Chinese package tours specialist and now a South American airline... Read More
Booking.com tells hotels it's not a zero-sum game
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Booking.com tells hotels it's not a zero-sum game
By Sean O'Neil | November 25, 2015
Pepijn Rijvers knows more than most about Booking.com's meteoric rise. Last April, Rijvers became CMO... Read More
eDreams Odigeo strategy begins to pay off
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eDreams Odigeo strategy begins to pay off
By Linda Fox | November 24, 2015
eDreams Odigeo says it continues to make progress against the strategy it identified in June which... Read More
Group tours lead the way for Tuniu
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Group tours lead the way for Tuniu
By Martin Cowen | November 24, 2015
Tuniu.com's packaging business is seeing triple-digit volume growth with organized tours more popular... Read More
Those Google stages of travel applied to mobile
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Those Google stages of travel applied to mobile
By Linda Fox | November 24, 2015
Google has been increasingly pushing micro-moments  in recent months - those times when consumers turn... Read More
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Tour operators question OTA rankings as AI changes travel discovery
Some tours and activities operators are reporting sharp declines in bookings through OTAs, even as... Read More
Cloudbeds to launch direct-booking integration with Meta's Muse
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Cloudbeds to launch direct-booking integration with Meta's Muse
The API integration is set to roll out to Cloudbeds' U.S. hotel customers in the first quarter of... Read More