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Hotels websites creak along, face Google search penalty

By Kevin May | March 3, 2016

Lower star rated hotels run faster than their counterparts at the higher end of the quality spectrum,... Read More

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Booking.com thinks its Destination Finder will inspire your next trip

By Sean O'Neil | March 2, 2016

Six years ago, travel brands started trying to turn search upside down by removing the need to have a... Read More

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Robots in hotels will work with humans, not replace them

By Sponsored Content | March 2, 2016

A hotel employee welcomes you in a friendly manner in your own language, hands you the key and informs... Read More

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VIDEO: Expedia offers a peek at mid-funnel behavior

By PhocusWire | March 1, 2016

When exploring travel planning, consumers have a plethora of tools and sites at their fingertips – so... Read More

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What Trivago taking 52.3% of Base7Booking implies for hotel tech

By Sean O'Neil | March 1, 2016

Trivago, the Expedia Inc-affiliated metasearch brand, officially said today that it has taken a... Read More

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Digital state of the travel nation

By Kevin May | February 25, 2016

Econsultancy and Adobe spent a few months last summer trying to understand the requirements and... Read More

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Best Western CEO has concerns over Airbnb (but doesn't mind selling rooms on it)

By Kevin May | February 23, 2016

Back in July 2015, Best Western CEO and president David Kong started writing a blog known as "It's... Read More

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HomeAway tweaks its rental commissions, adds traveler fee

By Sean O'Neil | February 19, 2016

This week HomeAway, the vacation rental platform, began rolling out a traveler fee to its US websites... Read More

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In 2015, TripAdvisor grew its vacation rental listings 18%, to 770,000

By PhocusWire | February 19, 2016

TripAdvisor is quiet about its vacation rental businesses, at least relative to the noise its... Read More

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Qyer users respond positively to French connections

By Martin Cowen | February 18, 2016

Destination consultancy Resonance has tried a different approach to analysing the Chinese outbound... Read More

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