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Ryanair wants to sell flights on other airlines on its site [UPDATED]
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Ryanair wants to sell flights on other airlines on its site [UPDATED]
By Martin Cowen | July 28, 2015
Ryanair, which recently adopted a (relatively) more customer-friendly approach, is also changing its... Read More
Investors pour $16M into Tripping, a vacation rental search engine
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Investors pour $16M into Tripping, a vacation rental search engine
By Sean O'Neil | July 28, 2015
Tripping.com has raised $16 million in Series B financing. The company also hit an inventory record of... Read More
Ibibo ramps up global bus GDS plans via Malaysia/Singapore
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Ibibo ramps up global bus GDS plans via Malaysia/Singapore
By Martin Cowen | July 27, 2015
Indian travel group Ibibo has stepped up its ambitions to operate a global, GDS-type product for... Read More
Lufthansa debuts direct corporate booking, first via Concur
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Lufthansa debuts direct corporate booking, first via Concur
By Sean O'Neil | July 27, 2015
Lufthansa, the German national carrier, has signed a deal to open a direct connect with Concur, the... Read More
Concur partners with Lyft and HotelTonight
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Concur partners with Lyft and HotelTonight
By Sean O'Neil | July 27, 2015
Concur, a division of SAP that makes software that tracks business expenses, said today it has signed... Read More
TripAdvisor adds Hyatt to instant booking, so now 235K hotels are instantly bookable
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TripAdvisor adds Hyatt to instant booking, so now 235K hotels are instantly bookable
By Sean O'Neil | July 24, 2015
Since February, TripAdvisor's market cap has soared by about a third to $13.4 billion, despite a dip... Read More
Cleartrip sees benefit of mobile web revamp
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Cleartrip sees benefit of mobile web revamp
By Martin Cowen | July 23, 2015
Indian OTA Cleartrip is still seeing more room nights booked from desktop than mobile, with some... Read More
SITA buys German airport tech firm Delair
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SITA buys German airport tech firm Delair
By Martin Cowen | July 23, 2015
SITA is continuing to build out its airport IT product range, buying German airport process management... Read More
Startup pitch: HundredRooms, Spain's rental metasearch, deploys its Euro 1M
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Startup pitch: HundredRooms, Spain's rental metasearch, deploys its Euro 1M
By Sean O'Neil | July 22, 2015
Founded in early 2014, HundredRooms is Spain's first homegrown holiday rental metasearch service. A... Read More
Tourism Australia signs up with Expedia Media Solutions
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Tourism Australia signs up with Expedia Media Solutions
By Sean O'Neil | July 22, 2015
Tourism Australia has signed a three-year marketing partnership with Expedia Media Solutions to help... Read More
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