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Expedia pushes hotel B2B services with revenue management launch
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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
Plateno opens platform to European hotels wanting access to China outbound
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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
HotelBeds and What Now create app to give hotels revenue from activities
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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
Ancillary revenue study features GDS agreements
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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
GTA acquires hotel distribution and destination management provider MTS Globe
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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
Taxi app funding back in business with Grab grabbing $750 million
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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
Programmatic advertising disappoints some DMOs
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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
Airbnb acquires Trip4Real in locals-doing-activities push
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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
Travel marketing is more frustrating than ever
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Travel marketing is more frustrating than ever
By Viewpoints | September 16, 2016
Digital marketing is a great way to burn lots of cash, now more so than ever. NB This is a viewpoint... Read More
Restaurants eating up CPC budgets
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Restaurants eating up CPC budgets
By Martin Cowen | September 16, 2016
SimilarWeb has found that the most-expensive desktop keyword in travel is "restaurants near me",... Read More
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