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Why some travel companies thrive in China

By Viewpoints | August 26, 2015

It's well-known in the tech industry that breaking into China is no easy feat. NB This is a guest article by Alistair Hann, chief technology officer for Skyscanner. Many companies have tried and Read More

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Skyscanner bags global flight deal for MSN consumer platform

By Kevin May | August 4, 2015

Big league stuff for Skyscanner potentially, with it securing a deal to provide flight search to MSN in all of the Microsoft-run brand's global markets. Due to be announced later this week, the UK- Read More

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Skyscanner tests bookings on air tickets, claims huge jump in conversions

By Kevin May | July 29, 2015

The trend to give users the chance to make bookings on metasearch engines continues - with Skyscanner confirming it has joined the fray in recent months. The UK-based travel search engine will now Read More

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Air travel data - size doesn't matter but trends do

By Viewpoints | July 20, 2015

The "scientific method" isn’t dead, it’s just being ignored. This process - to test a hypothesis based on previous observations - remains relevant in the digital era of massive data. NB This is an Read More

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CEO Q&A: Skyscanner talks about its joint venture with Yahoo Japan

By Sean O'Neil | July 15, 2015

Skyscanner, the travel metasearch startup, and Yahoo Japan, a web portal, are planning to launch Skyscanner Japan. Yahoo Japan opted for Skyscanner's metasearch instead of home-grown Travel.jp or P Read More

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Despite recession, Brazil may see digital travel boom

By Sean O'Neil | July 10, 2015

It seems like a paradox. Brazil faces "its worst recession in 25 years", reports Bloomberg News. But Brazil will also see digital travel sales grow 14% this year, to $12 billion, according to a for Read More

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The new world of Push APIs make travel sales a pushover

By Viewpoints | July 6, 2015

Quick – what does API stand for? Come on, you can remember - it's not long ago you went to tech school. If the first thought that popped into your head was Application Programming Interface, give y Read More

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Goodbye, deals - Cheapflights switches to metasearch after 19 years

By Kevin May | June 24, 2015

Cheapflights was one of the pioneers of online travel - arriving on the scene courtesy of an idea from an ex-journalist, no less, in 1996. John Hatt's strategy was simple and effective. Rather than Read More

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How and why travel metasearch will have to evolve

By Kevin May | May 22, 2015

Thank goodness that travel metasearch has grown up over recent years. That is not to say that its inhabitants were childish (ahem), but its acceptance by the rest of the industry as a valuable part Read More

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Developers in the Emerald Isle - craic the code at THack Dublin

By Kevin May | May 6, 2015

Developers in the Republic of Ireland are getting their first chance to participate in an open travel hackathon over the weekend of May 9-10 2015. The latest stop on the Tnooz THack roadshow will t Read More

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Lonely Planet links up latest guidebook with companion app in multimedia play

By Nick Vivion | April 30, 2015

There hasn't been much news out of Lonely Planet since being acquired in 2013. Recently, however, the brand has begun to once again come alive. After switching strategies to make Skyscanner its def Read More

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Some lessons learned from user testing hotel websites

By Martin Cowen | April 16, 2015

To highlight how user-testing can be useful in finding opportunities to improve, three of the most popular sites in hospitality were submitted for a Peek User Testing program. NB: This is an analys Read More

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Could this formula really be the key to the perfect flight?

By Nick Vivion | April 9, 2015

Skyscanner has put together some media bait and we're biting: could its formula really help calculate the odds of a perfect flight? The company thinks so, as it has created a flight score formula t Read More

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A data analyst at Skyscanner shares career advice

By Sean O'Neil | March 30, 2015

The global travel industry is being re-built from the inside thanks to thousands of data analysts, computer scientists, and product engineers who are in their twenties and thirties. But you could a Read More

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Expedia eyes South America, invests $270 million in Decolar online travel agency

By Kevin May | March 10, 2015

More strategic moves by Expedia Inc as it invests $270 million in South American online travel agencies Decolar and Despegar. The investment will give Expedia a minority stake of about 20% in the D Read More

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