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Travel startups find a place to grow at Travelport Labs accelerator

By Sponsored Content | December 14, 2016

Just a year old and Travelport Labs accelerator already has kicked-off its third cohort at... Read More

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DNA analysis, 3D makers and neurotech to make for future hotel stays

By Linda Fox | December 13, 2016

With the help of Institute for Global Futures, Hotels.com has come up a forecast of what the hotel of... Read More

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TripAdvisor leads $5.2 million round in travel data specialist Traxo

By Kevin May | December 13, 2016

Traxo has landed another sizeble investment round - this time a Series B injection led... Read More

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Sabre wants agents to sell (literally) everything but the kitchen sink to travellers

By Kevin May | December 13, 2016

The world of ancillaries has gone up a gear with the introduction of, well, everything for travel... Read More

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Airbnb demand increasingly hitting hotels, not online travel agencies

By Kevin May | December 12, 2016

Use of Airbnb is growing faster than industry commentators predicted, with hotels the main losers in... Read More

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Hacking startup marketing - lessons from a year of pitch competitions

By Viewpoints | December 12, 2016

Last year, my co-founder and I launched Hello Scout to help hotels get more TripAdvisor reviews via an... Read More

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Top of the tech pops - Blockchain, voice, bots and virtual reality finds their way

By Kevin May | December 12, 2016

Many of the digital forces that have impacted on the travel industry in recent years have come from... Read More

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New Year pledge: improve the visuals on your hotel website

By Viewpoints | December 9, 2016

High quality hotel visuals increase bookings - that should be enough of an incentive for hotel... Read More

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Expedia tracks bleisure travelers and finds activities drive decisions

By Sean O'Neil | December 8, 2016

Expedia Media Solutions, the advertising arm of the technology giant, released a new study on... Read More

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Create loyalty in travel by tracking the competition

By Viewpoints | December 8, 2016

If you’re looking for customer loyalty, you won’t find much of it in the travel industry. NB: This is... Read More

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