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News / Technology

Chinese web giants come together to make travel "smarter"

By Kevin May | February 19, 2019

Two of China's biggest digital brands - Baidu and Ctrip - are collaborating in a bid to develop "intelligent tourism" in the country. Read More

News / Startups

China, part 3: The state of the travel startup ecosystem

By Mitra Sorrells | February 19, 2019

William Bao Bean of SOSV, Lio Chen of Plug & Play and Margaret Feng of Ctrip's Oasis Lab talk to us about China's startup ecosystem. Read More

News / Online

Four notable trends and stories impacting the airline sector right now

By Phocuswright Research | February 18, 2019

A look at the four most notable trends and stories that are impacting the U.S. airline segment in 2019. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: Digitalization can help remove mafia tag from tours and activities

By PhocusWire | February 15, 2019

Removing manual process (such as cash) and historic (perhaps unfair) relationships between supplier and the concierge as intermediary should ultimately benefit the consumer. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Distributed ledger technology can bring rate parity to hotel distribution

By Nadim El Manawy - Arise Travel | February 15, 2019

We ask if distribution technology in use today has been designed with goals that are out of alignment with hotelier’s best interests Read More

News / Distribution

Hilton maintains focus on direct relationships as growth outstrips agency channel

By Linda Fox | February 14, 2019

Hilton boosted its loyalty program by 14 million members in 2018 and continues to focus on direct relationships. Read More

Opinion / Online

Regulators vs. online travel agencies - a level playing field coming for hotels?

By Sam Weston - 80 Days | February 14, 2019

Breaking down what the recent rulings mean for the web intermediary and hotel ecosystem - and which player can capitalize. Read More

Notated News / Online

Lyft, Amex GBT and more executive moves...

By PhocusWire | February 14, 2019

In today’s wrap-up of news in brief… Lyft poaches from Uber... Kiwi.com creates new role... Amex GBT bets on digital... Read More

News / Online

TripAdvisor credits “reinvigorated” hotel segment, sees growth in experiences and restaurants during 2018

By Mitra Sorrells | February 13, 2019

TripAdvisor reports improved hotel segment profitability and growing experiences and restaurants for 2018 financial results. Read More

News / Distribution

WEBINAR REPLAY! Going beyond NDC: A Q&A with Sabre and partners

By Kevin May | February 12, 2019

Join Sabre and our industry-leading airline and agency partners as we discuss how we’re implementing NDC solutions in our organizations and collaborating across segments and regions to ensure collective... Read More

Opinion / Online

Six dirty truths about tours, activities and attractions

By Douglas Quinby - Arival | February 12, 2019

Avoiding the PR headlines and focusing on what’s real and what really matters to creators and sellers of tours, activities and attractions. Read More

News / Distribution

Secret Escapes buys into Ireland with the acquisition of Empathy Marketing

By Linda Fox | February 11, 2019

Secret Escapes is expanding its presence to Ireland with the acquisition of the company behind Pigsback, TheDiningRoom and LuxuryBreaks. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: China is treading a path of ideas for others to follow

By PhocusWire | February 8, 2019

Hardware and software providers may have been inspired in part by some of their counterparts in the West but China is arguably at the bleeding edge of pulling it all together for the sake of the user. Read More