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Is a consolidated world good for travelers?

By Jill Menze | May 29, 2019

At Voyager HQ's Travel Disruption Summit, leading players in the tours and activities space debated if consolidation in travel is good for consumers. Read More

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Ctrip’s Instagram-like platform attracts more than 1M daily users

By Mitra Sorrells | May 29, 2019

Ctrip's new "Trip Moments" content sharing platform is attracting more than one million users every day, and 70% of them are under 30 years old. Read More

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Agent organization accuses IATA of abusing dominant distribution role

May 28, 2019

European agents and operators' body ECTAA has filed an antitrust complaint with the European competition authority. Read More

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Latin America, part 4: Challenges and opportunities in travel distribution

By Mitra Sorrells | May 28, 2019

For the final piece in our series on Latin America, we take a look at the current state and future outlook for distribution in hospitality and air. Read More

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Ctrip sees huge potential in customized travel for growing affluent segment

By Linda Fox | May 24, 2019

Research from Ctrip and COTRI reveals the potential in the growing high-net income traveler segment. Read More

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Tencent leads $250M round into Mafengwo

By Jill Menze | May 24, 2019

Chinese travel platform Mafengwo has raised a $250 million funding round led by Tencent Holdings Ltd, with General Atlantic, Qiming Venture Partners and Yuantai Evergreen Investment Partners also... Read More

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Ctrip sales jump 21% in Q1 to more than $1B

By Mitra Sorrells | May 23, 2019

The online travel agency giant's results are fueled by strong performance in both accommodation and transportation ticketing and growing international business. Read More

News / Technology

Business travelers increasingly seek digital channels

By Linda Fox | May 22, 2019

Research from CWT shows how business travelers are increasingly look to self-service channels such as web and mobile bookings and other travel-related tasks. Read More

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VIDEO: Expedia on being an empire and the future of platforms

By Kevin May | May 22, 2019

The Expedia Group is a sprawling empire of a business, with online travel agencies, corporate travel agencies and investments in metasearch. Read More

News / Startups

Skylark Travel raises $4M to build its high-touch platform for luxury travelers

By Mitra Sorrells | May 22, 2019

Skylark Travel, a hybrid online-offline agency, has raised a $4 million seed round. Read More

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VIDEO: How the travel industry is preparing for Brexit

By Linda Fox | May 21, 2019

Travel and tourism executives discuss Brexit plans during Phocuswright Europe 2019 in Amsterdam. Read More

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Ctrip builds out airline content with Routehappy descriptions

By Linda Fox | May 21, 2019

Ctrip is the latest to partner with ATPCO bringing the Routehappy airline rich content to its websites. Read More

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MakeMyTrip revenue and bookings up more than 25%, operating losses down more

By Mitra Sorrells | May 21, 2019

Operating losses have decreased and revenue and bookings are up for India's largest online travel agency, MakeMyTrip. Read More

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Amazon confirms flight booking launch (but little else known so far)

By Kevin May | May 20, 2019

Amazon gives very little away about its new travel strategy after acknowledging the appearance of flights booking on its India website. Read More

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VIDEO: Rethinking the entry of Google in travel

By Kevin May | May 20, 2019

A series of spiky (angry, even) tweets and comments during conferences over the years - that's been the mainstay of one critic of Google's role in travel. Read More

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