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Avvio's AI booking engine powers new chatbot skill for hotel direct
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Avvio's AI booking engine powers new chatbot skill for hotel direct
By Martin Cowen | February 9, 2018
Avvio has launched a conversational and transactional social media chatbot which integrates with its... Read More
Expedia earnings: Cloud migration, supply expansion, and HomeAway
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Expedia earnings: Cloud migration, supply expansion, and HomeAway
By Nick Vivion | February 8, 2018
Earnings calls generally get interesting towards the end. While it's useful to hear how a business is... Read More
Trivago tackles the fluctuations of concentration
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Trivago tackles the fluctuations of concentration
By Martin Cowen | February 8, 2018
Hotel meta Trivago has filed its first full-year accounts as a Nasdaq-listed company, revealing a... Read More
Podcast: SIMPLENIGHT's Mark Halberstein on the evolving the distribution landscape
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Podcast: SIMPLENIGHT's Mark Halberstein on the evolving the distribution landscape
By Nick Vivion | February 7, 2018
In the latest Travel is Your Business podcast, I fly solo in an interview with Mark Halberstein, CEO... Read More
Blockchain the enabler of new non-air standards project
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Blockchain the enabler of new non-air standards project
By Martin Cowen | February 7, 2018
Travel Ledger is a new initiative which is aiming to oversee a new B2B industry standard for settling... Read More
Google updates UX to make flight and hotel bookings easier on mobile
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Google updates UX to make flight and hotel bookings easier on mobile
By Nick Vivion | February 6, 2018
With experts emphasizing the importance of UX, and consumers responding to well-designed products,... Read More
BCD Travel sets out tech playbook, creates marketplace for third parties
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BCD Travel sets out tech playbook, creates marketplace for third parties
By Linda Fox | February 6, 2018
BCD Travel has developed a platform for corporate travellers and bookers to access third party... Read More
Not building walls - Airbnb forms tourism ties with Africa, El Salvador, Haiti
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Not building walls - Airbnb forms tourism ties with Africa, El Salvador, Haiti
By Linda Fox | February 6, 2018
When Donald Trump reportedly had a few choice words to describe a number of destinations recently,... Read More
Why Marriott and Accenture collaborated on Known Traveler Digital Identity - but can it become reality?
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Why Marriott and Accenture collaborated on Known Traveler Digital Identity - but can it become reality?
By Nick Vivion | February 6, 2018
The coverage was global and across industries: the Known Traveler Digital Identification program... Read More
OYO commits to exclusive inventory, sees strong repeat booking rates
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OYO commits to exclusive inventory, sees strong repeat booking rates
By Martin Cowen | February 5, 2018
Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of OYO, was in London recently and sat down with tnooz to talk about... Read More
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