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Social Tables survey of meeting planners and properties reveals best practices
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Social Tables survey of meeting planners and properties reveals best practices
By Sean O'Neil | March 30, 2016
There have been almost no research-backed reports on how hotels can increase their revenue from... Read More
Asia's budget hotel aggregators spread their wings
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Asia's budget hotel aggregators spread their wings
By Martin Cowen | March 29, 2016
Asia's established budget hotel aggregators continue to expand at the same time as new investors pump... Read More
Visa eyes bigger picture with US China Tourism Year tie-up
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Visa eyes bigger picture with US China Tourism Year tie-up
By Martin Cowen | March 29, 2016
Global payments giant Visa has become part of the 2016 US China Tourism Year and hopes by working with... Read More
HotelPlanner acquires Hotel Hotline, pushes ticket-plus-hotel packages
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HotelPlanner acquires Hotel Hotline, pushes ticket-plus-hotel packages
By Sean O'Neil | March 29, 2016
HotelPlanner, which specializes in group travel for meetings, sporting events and weddings, will... Read More
Jumio files for bankruptcy and plans to sell to Facebook cofounder
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Jumio files for bankruptcy and plans to sell to Facebook cofounder
By Sean O'Neil | March 28, 2016
Jumio, which provides identity-verification services to travel companies and other vendors, has filed... Read More
Hopper raises $16 million (CAN) and reports flights app strength
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Hopper raises $16 million (CAN) and reports flights app strength
By Sean O'Neil | March 28, 2016
Travel search startup Hopper has raised $16 million (CAN), in an investment round led by BDC Capital... Read More
Slack adds flight search functionality via Kayak
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Slack adds flight search functionality via Kayak
By Sean O'Neil | March 25, 2016
Ten days ago we reported on how Slack, a messaging platform for internal company discussions, has... Read More
JetBlue's VC fund invests in Flyr, the airfare forecaster
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JetBlue's VC fund invests in Flyr, the airfare forecaster
By Sean O'Neil | March 25, 2016
It was only last month that US airline JetBlue became the rare airline to set up a venture capital... Read More
Airlines - don't crowd the inbox
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Airlines - don't crowd the inbox
By Martin Cowen | March 24, 2016
Ancillary revenue guru IdeaWorks has taken a detailed look at six airlines' post-booking email... Read More
Expedia helps some ill children travel with virtual reality [VIDEO]
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Expedia helps some ill children travel with virtual reality [VIDEO]
By Sean O'Neil | March 23, 2016
Sadly, many young child face cancer treatments that confine them to long hospital stays. But a handful... Read More
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