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Startup pitch: SlingShot helps travellers to pimp their points

By Martin Cowen | September 22, 2016

There's a lot of interest in loyalty and frequent flier schemes at the moment, and rewards points in... Read More

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Travel loses its edge as moment marketing picks up elsewhere

By Kevin May | September 22, 2016

Less than a year ago, travel and tourism brands were deemed to be leading the way when it comes to... Read More

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Expedia pushes hotel B2B services with revenue management launch

By Kevin May | September 21, 2016

Expedia Inc wants to boost its efforts on the hotel technology side of operations - unveiling a... Read More

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Plateno opens platform to European hotels wanting access to China outbound

By Martin Cowen | September 21, 2016

Chinese hotel group Plateno is helping European hotels access Chinese outbound travellers through its... Read More

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HotelBeds and What Now create app to give hotels revenue from activities

By Kevin May | September 20, 2016

HotelBeds Group will use a partnership with travel startup What Now to push mobile apps and... Read More

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Ancillary revenue study features GDS agreements

By Martin Cowen | September 20, 2016

The CarTrawler Ancillary Revenue Yearbook by IdeaWorks Company has been released in full and includes,... Read More

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GTA acquires hotel distribution and destination management provider MTS Globe

By Kevin May | September 20, 2016

Hotel distributor GTA has expanded network of services with the acquisition of fellow provider MTS... Read More

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Taxi app funding back in business with Grab grabbing $750 million

By Martin Cowen | September 20, 2016

Southeast Asia's ride-hailing platform Grab has completed the region's largest ever consumer tech... Read More

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Programmatic advertising disappoints some DMOs

By Viewpoints | September 19, 2016

If you’re a destination marketing organization (DMO) serving up targeted online ads via programmatic... Read More

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Airbnb acquires Trip4Real in locals-doing-activities push

By Kevin May | September 19, 2016

Airbnb's mantra that everyone should somehow "travel like a local" has seen it snap up Spanish... Read More

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