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Rome2rio ramps up direct booking options
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Rome2rio ramps up direct booking options
By Martin Cowen | May 15, 2017
Multi-modal search engine Rome2rio is now taking bookings for National Express and Renfe directly on... Read More
Booking.com dominates leads for hotels in key European markets
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Booking.com dominates leads for hotels in key European markets
By Kevin May | May 12, 2017
Interesting data released from hotel switch eRevMax this week that shows the dominance of Booking.com... Read More
Personalisation and metasearch: in summary
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Personalisation and metasearch: in summary
By Sponsored Content | May 12, 2017
Metasearch is an intuitive product that generates a foundation of trust through its inherent... Read More
Expedia buys majority stake in SilverRail
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Expedia buys majority stake in SilverRail
By Kevin May | May 11, 2017
Rail distribution platform SilverRail Technologies is now majority owned by Expedia Inc. Terms have... Read More
Facebook Reactions - a year of wow and haha for travel and tourism?
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Facebook Reactions - a year of wow and haha for travel and tourism?
By Nick Vivion | May 11, 2017
Facebook Reactions has just celebrated its first birthday - a reason if any to share a love... Read More
Latest tech-driven era in travel needs a new type of rock star leader
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Latest tech-driven era in travel needs a new type of rock star leader
By Alex Bainbridge | May 11, 2017
I have been in online travel (and offline, before that) long enough to experience a number of distinct... Read More
OnTheBeach getting better at online marketing
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OnTheBeach getting better at online marketing
By Martin Cowen | May 11, 2017
London-listed OnTheBeach has lifted revenues and pretax profit in six months to end-March, with... Read More
Death on the high CPCs - hotels getting killed by last-click attribution
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Death on the high CPCs - hotels getting killed by last-click attribution
By Viewpoints | May 10, 2017
Marketing success today in the hotel sector can be measured using many diverse metrics. That's what... Read More
OnTheBeach buys Sunshine.co.uk for £12 million
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OnTheBeach buys Sunshine.co.uk for £12 million
By Martin Cowen | May 10, 2017
London-listed beach holidays specialist OnTheBeach has bought the "highly complementary"... Read More
Priceline Group bookings soar by a quarter to hit $20 billion in three months
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Priceline Group bookings soar by a quarter to hit $20 billion in three months
By Kevin May | May 9, 2017
The Priceline Group has seen gross bookings across the group for the first quarter of 2017 hit a... Read More
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