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News / Online
VIDEO: What the heck happened to online travel stocks?
By Kevin May | November 22, 2017
It was obvious to anyone who was there that the mood changed considerably about half way through the event. Read More
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News / Online
Chinese in One App To Rule Them All strategy
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 21, 2017
Fresh from a massive $4 billion funding round in October, Meituan-Dianping is using the concept of an all encompassing lifestyle app to take on the world. Read More
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Interview / Distribution
In The Big Chair - Jim Davidson of Farelogix
By Kevin May | November 21, 2017
With a career spanning roles at OAG and Amadeus, the outspoken Jim Davidson is perhaps the ideal person to be spearheading a company now embedded in its role of trying to force changes in airline... Read More
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News / Startups
VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 6
By Kevin May | November 20, 2017
Redeam was the talk of the show - at least the first half of it - at The Phocuswright Conference 2017. Read More
Hitlist on travel trends, mobile apps, Google
News / Online
Hitlist on travel trends, mobile apps, Google
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 20, 2017
Gillian Morris, founder and CEO of Hitlist, talks about travel trends, Google's metasearch reign and mobile apps. Read More
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News / Online
Where are Google's travel search ambitions?
By Kevin May | November 17, 2017
It’s beginning to feel like a different era when Google bought ITA Software in 2010 for $700 million. Read More
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News / Startups
VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 5
By Kevin May | November 16, 2017
Fresh from selling Trip.com to Ctrip, Travis Katz joins the PundIT Show with two other luminaries to discuss various matters of state. Read More
In The Big Chair - Sean Menke of Sabre
Interview / Distribution
In The Big Chair - Sean Menke of Sabre
By Kevin May | November 16, 2017
  The new boss has been in the job less than a year - but with a wealth of experience in the world of airlines and elsewhere, he knows what needs to be done in areas as varied as NDC, AI and... Read More
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Opinion / Online
Time for travel search engines to up their game
By Gilad Berenstein - Utrip | November 15, 2017
With the advent of search engines like Google and Yahoo! almost two decades ago, accessing information became incredibly easy. Read More
Why is travel tech so risky, according to investors?
News / Online
Why is travel tech so risky, according to investors?
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 14, 2017
During a roundtable discussion at The Phocuswright Conference, ConnexPay CEO Bob Kaufman made a bold statement: travel companies run the same investment risks as adult entertainment.  Read More
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News / Technology
VIDEO: English, Gerstner and Hafner - Next Big Thing
By Kevin May | November 14, 2017
A petri dish of testosterone? Three of the leading lights of online travel of the past decade or so gaze into their crystal balls? Read More
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News / Distribution
Where does online travel retailing stand today?
By Ritesh Gupta - China Travel News | November 14, 2017
A major key performance indicator for airlines is about how they monetise their web and mobile traffic. Read More
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News / Online
Airbnb usage slowing, OTAs should seize opportunity
By Kevin May | November 13, 2017
Adoption of Airbnb has started to flatten sooner than some analysts have expected, with online travel agencies tipped as likely beneficiaries. Read More
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News / Online
Travelers will embrace personalization and AI for a better travel experience
By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 13, 2017
Google claims that the "friction in travel" makes it ideal for new technology and artificial intelligence-led services to come in and make improvements. Read More
Accor axes independent hotel web strategy
News / Online
Accor axes independent hotel web strategy
By Kevin May | November 10, 2017
It lasted less than two and a half years - Accor's ambitious attempt to create a marketplace for independent hotels is officially at an end. Read More
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