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VIDEO: Booking.com on its buy or partner strategy for experiences

By Kevin May | June 10, 2019

Booking.com's semi-official entry into the tours and activities sector was notable for many things -... Read More

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Travel payments, part 2: Balancing friction and risk in fighting fraud

By Mitra Sorrells | June 10, 2019

For part two in our series on travel payments, we explore issues related to fraud and how machine... Read More

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Sounding Off: It's all about making consumers' lives easier

By PhocusWire | June 7, 2019

It's not quite "one app to rule them all" but ultra-simplicity is perhaps where the travel app... Read More

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Marketing might be the answer for corporate travel booking tool adoption

By Linda Fox | June 7, 2019

Challenges remain for corporate booking tools, which are having to evolve fast to keep up.... Read More

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EasyGuide launches tours and activities shop, uses handy easyJet branding

By Linda Fox | June 6, 2019

The airline’s founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has invested a minority stake in easyGuide, which... Read More

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Google shuts Trips app, everything migrates to broader Google Travel platform

By Kevin May | June 6, 2019

The search giant quietly updated the app's help page this week to reveal support for the product will... Read More

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VIDEO: Why women's leadership should be a priority for all travel technology companies

By Jill Menze | June 6, 2019

As part of Phocuswright's Women's Leadership Initiative, a panel joined us in the studio to discuss... Read More

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VIDEO: Amadeus on an exciting evolution for online travel agencies

By PhocusWire | June 5, 2019

Online travel agencies hold an important position in the ecosystem of search and buying travel... Read More

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Avis courts bleisure travelers with new payment-splitting option

By Mitra Sorrells | June 5, 2019

Avis Car Rental's new "Split My Bill" features makes it easier for travelers to divide business and... Read More

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Corporate Traveller claims there is demand for business trips in Bitcoin

By Linda Fox | June 3, 2019

U.K. travel management company Corporate Traveller says customers, particularly in fintech, want to... Read More

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