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Webjet opens blockchain marketplace to external partners
By Mitra Sorrells
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February 20, 2018
Webjet is expanding its blockchain initiative, Rezchain, to four companies: Thomas Cook, DidaTravel, Mitra Global and Far East Hospitality.
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Q&A: How blockchain is helping Webjet improve efficiency, cut costs for hotel bookings
By Mitra Sorrells
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February 14, 2018
When Microsoft announced in November 2016 that it was working with Australia-based online travel agency Webjet to build a blockchain proof-of-concept solution, the term “blockchain” was still relatively...
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An insider's tale on hotel website conversion rates
By Jean-Louis Boss - Fastbooking
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February 2, 2018
The conversion rate of a hotel website is determined by so many factors that one shouldn’t be fooled into trying to meet an industry average.
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Rental tech providers Hostfully and Orbirental merge
By Kevin May
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January 31, 2018
Two vacation rental technology startups have agreed to combine companies, three years on from their inception in the U.S.
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Video: How a travel startup uses Blockchain as part of a wider service
By Kevin May
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January 23, 2018
For all the talk of Blockchain-led services on the verge of disrupting the travel industry, there still seems to be very few brands putting it at the heart of what they do.
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Research Spotlight: Airbnb looking back and forward
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January 12, 2018
Close to a decade since its foundation and $4.4 billion in funding later, Airbnb is one of the genuinely disruptive brands in the travel industry.
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PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Hotel issues to sharpen
By Dori Stein - Fornova
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December 28, 2017
2018 will be another busy year in the distribution space, as hotels and online travel agencies continue to dance and spar.
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