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Qantas becomes latest airline to offer bidding for premium upgrades

By Nick Vivion | February 16, 2015

Qantas has released a new product called Bid Now Upgrades which offers frequent fliers the opportunity... Read More

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Conrad Hotels turns some Instagram images into booking buttons

By Sean O'Neil | February 13, 2015

Travelers have begun to see an industry first of sorts on the social network Instagram. Clicking on a... Read More

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What are the most discussed travel topics on Internet forums? [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Nick Vivion | February 13, 2015

The Internet is a vast and complicated place — especially in the depths of the many travel forums that... Read More

News / Distribution

How the Expedia-Orbitz deal could have happened five years ago

By Kevin May | February 13, 2015

News this week that Expedia has bought rival Orbitz signals a fundamental shift in the world of online... Read More

News / Technology

Emerging markets continue to turn to technology to book travel

By Nick Vivion | February 12, 2015

While emerging markets are taking a bit of a beating as far as growth, the expectations on the travel... Read More

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WEBINAR VIDEO - How to upgrade your travel marketing campaigns to first class

By Kevin May | February 12, 2015

How can travel and hospitality marketers take their campaigns from transactions to relationships that... Read More

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Expedia spent $2.8 billion on marketing in 2014 (four times its investment in tech)

By Kevin May | February 11, 2015

Pumping in $686 million into developing technology sounds like a princely sum for Expedia Inc - but is... Read More

News / Technology

Apple Pay takes to the JetBlue skies in first airline deal

By Nick Vivion | February 10, 2015

In the first deal of its kind, JetBlue will soon begin accepting Apple Pay as a form of in-flight... Read More

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Startup pitch: Kenavo blends multimodal with metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | February 9, 2015

Kenavo is a new metasearch website from France that is taking on the Skyscanners and Kayaks of the... Read More

News / Distribution

Startup pitch: HotelsByDay checks in to during the day stay trend

By Linda Fox | February 9, 2015

HotelsByDay sees opportunity in the micro-stay trend - hotel stays during the day for a minimum of... Read More

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In partnership with Zartico, this video series explores the latest trends and delivers practical... Read More

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