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WEBINAR REPLAY: Fighting fraud and optimizing user experience in travel

By PhocusWire | August 29, 2018

Protecting against digital fraud is one of the darker elements that travel brands have to understand and handle on a daily basis. Read More

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eDreams Odigeo claims revenue strategy overhaul is working

By Linda Fox | August 29, 2018

Spain-based eDreams Odigeo says the shift in its revenue strategy is working as it reports results for the first quarter of 2018. Read More

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Online travel bookings booming in China, India, driven by millennials

By Mitra Sorrells | August 29, 2018

Digital travel sales in China and India are far outpacing the rest of the world and that is expected to continue for the next several years. Read More

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Fareportal sites add seat photos and descriptions with Routehappy integration

By Mitra Sorrells | August 28, 2018

Fareportal has become the first consumer booking channel to integrate Routehappy’s Universal Product Attributes into its flight seat maps. Read More

News / Startups

Surveying the travel startup landscape, part 4: Exit strategy

By Mitra Sorrells | August 28, 2018

For the final piece in our month-long series on startups, we gathered learnings from three companies that have been purchased in recent years. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: PopulStay uses blockchain for rental bookings, management and security

By Mitra Sorrells | August 27, 2018

PopulStay is a booking and property management platform for vacation rentals that uses blockchain to create a direct connection between hosts and guests and to lower transaction costs. Read More

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QOTW: Something about not moving fast enough

By PhocusWire | August 24, 2018

Quote from Terry Jones, chairman of WayBlazer, in an article on PhocusWire this week. Read More

Opinion / Online

Online travel agency moves harming profitability: What hotels need to know

By Max Starkov - HEBS Digital | August 24, 2018

Two recent events in hotel distribution created a mild media buzz, but unfortunately were ignored by some hoteliers and quickly forgotten by the industry: Expedia’s Add‐On Advantage and Booking.Basic. Read More

Opinion / Online

Revenue and loyalty for vacation rentals in the age of Amazon and Google

By Mike Putman - Custom Travel Solutions | August 23, 2018

The accommodations market has expanded over the past decade, in part due to the growing vacation rental sector. However, nobody quite knows how vacation rentals will fit into the larger travel ecosystem... Read More

News / Startups

Business apartment booking platform Homelike raises $14M, plans global expansion

By Mitra Sorrells | August 23, 2018

Homelike, a marketplace for long-term business apartments, has raised $14 million in a round led by Spark Capital with participation from existing investors Cherry Ventures, Lürssen and Coparion. Read More

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Ctrip adds tours and activities inventory to Trip.com

By Jill Menze | August 21, 2018

Ctrip is bringing tours and activities to more customers by adding its Things to Do product to Trip.com. Read More

News / Startups

Car-share service Getaround nails $300M funding round

By Mitra Sorrells | August 21, 2018

Getaround, a platform that provides instant and keyless carsharing, has secured $300 million in a Series D financing round led by SoftBank, with participation from Toyota Motor Corporation. Read More

Opinion / Technology

WayBlazer postmortem: Why did travel's highest-profile AI company fail?

By Arnie Weissmann - Travel Weekly | August 21, 2018

Among the reasons many of us were surprised last month by the demise of WayBlazer, travel's highest-profile artificial intelligence initiative, was that we had become habituated to the success of... Read More

News / Startups

QOTW: Something about using your super powers

By PhocusWire | August 17, 2018

Quote from Tao Tao, co-founder and COO of GetYourGuide, in an article on PhocusWire this week. Read More

News / Startups

Roomex locks in €8M to fuel product development and market expansion

By Mitra Sorrells | August 17, 2018

Dublin-based Roomex has raised €8 million series A funding to develop its hotel booking platform for small and medium businesses and to expand beyond Ireland and the United Kingdom. Read More

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