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Ctrip’s Trip.com adds international car rental service

By Mitra Sorrells | March 7, 2018

Ctrip, China’s largest online travel agency, is bolstering its Trip.com site with the addition of... Read More

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Booking.com wants to "win" private accommodation but won't mimic Airbnb

By Kevin May | March 7, 2018

What a difference a few weeks can make - Airbnb was once a big threat to hotels, yet now all the... Read More

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United Airlines on the future of mobile and tracking performance

By Marisa Garcia | March 7, 2018

Matt Lincoln, manager – Digital Insights and Optimization at United Airlines believes that having a... Read More

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Airbnb names Amazon exec Greg Greeley president of Homes unit

By Jill Menze | March 6, 2018

Following a slew of product updates announced over the past couple weeks, Airbnb has appointed a new... Read More

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Google offloads Zagat to restaurant review site The Infatuation

By Jill Menze | March 5, 2018

Restaurant review mainstay Zagat is changing homes: Google, which has owned Zagat since 2011, has sold... Read More

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Unisys aims to ease the travel experience for pets and their humans

By Michele McDonald | March 5, 2018

Anyone who has ever committed a pet to the cargo hold of a plane knows the anxiety of wondering... Read More

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Dark data - the big data you didn't know to worry about, but should

By Marisa Garcia | March 5, 2018

For anyone still trying to wrap their minds around the volumes of Big Data being left unattended in... Read More

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Startup pitch: Wowanders applies AI to social travel recommendations

By Marisa Garcia | March 5, 2018

Finish technology startup Wowanders is taking a unique spin at social media travel sharing with an AI... Read More

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QOTW: Something about room for the biggest startup in the world

By PhocusWire | March 2, 2018

Quote from Brian Chesky, in a one-to-one interview with PhocusWire this week.... Read More

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Google Flights: the mainstream player everyone feared?

By Kevin May | March 2, 2018

Google doesn't really talk about how well its Flights metasearch engine is shaping up against its... Read More

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