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Low-commission OTA Hotel Bonanza racks up 10,000 hotel listings

By Mitra Sorrells | March 2, 2018

Hotel Bonanza is a new online travel agency trying to disrupt the hold large companies such as Booking.com and Expedia have on the market, by charging hotels a lower commission and offering consumers... Read More

News / Technology

Google's new Hangouts Chat launches with Kayak chatbot

By Mitra Sorrells | March 1, 2018

Google has released Hangouts Chat – a collaboration tool widely called Google’s competitor to Slack – and Kayak is one of several companies that have built bots that are integrated with the Chat... Read More

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News / Distribution

Booking Holdings reveals $12.7B revenue, goes lukewarm on Airbnb threat

By Mitra Sorrells | February 28, 2018

Booking Holdings – the new name for what was Priceline Group – showed significant growth across all sectors in 2017, with most key metrics up around 20%. Read More

Opinion / Technology

The democratization of travel and the future of airline innovation

By Kevin Krone - Uplift | February 28, 2018

The airline business exists to bring people together. An important part of the industry’s mandate should be democratizing the process of air travel, making new experiences and destinations affordable... Read More

News / Startups

Tours tech provider BookingKit closes Series B funding round

By Jill Menze | February 28, 2018

German tours and activities startup BookingKit has secured a Series B funding round understood to tally at around $4 million. Read More

News / Online

Emirates Vacations puts AI-powered chatbot directly into ads

By Mitra Sorrells | February 27, 2018

Travel brands have been using chatbots for some time, on their websites and through Facebook Messenger, to engage customers with a conversational interface. Read More

Interview / Online

In The Big Chair - Brian Chesky of Airbnb

By Jill Menze | February 27, 2018

The three co-founders started Airbnb with an air mattress in their apartment. Now, the 36-year-old CEO oversees a travel company worth $31 billion. Read More

News / Startups

Triple buys travel experiences competitor Local Guddy

By Mitra Sorrells | February 26, 2018

Triple, a digital marketplace that connects travelers with local hosts for activities and experiences, has acquired competitor Local Guddy. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read More

News / Technology

Travel managers told to check data and hold fire on booking hotels

By Kevin May | February 26, 2018

Travel managers are missing out on getting heavily reduced rates on hotels because they are not examining pricing trends in their marketplaces. Read More

News / Startups

KKday raises $10.5M to expand tours and activities platform

By Mitra Sorrells | February 23, 2018

Taiwan-based experiences distributor KKday has secured $10.5 million in funding to expand its service that helps travelers find local tours and activities around the world. Read More

News / Technology

Travel management cos must embrace high-tech while maintaining high-touch services

By Mitra Sorrells | February 22, 2018

The role of travel management companies is evolving, driven by the rise of new technology and the changing demands of business travelers. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Travelport, Egencia, Yapta and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | February 22, 2018

In today's wrap-up of news in brief: Travelport adds NDC-enabled content… Egencia expands rebooking services… RedAwning debuts voice assistant… Yapta partners with Amadeus… Read More

Opinion / Technology

Travel opportunities - and distribution challenges - in the blockchain

By Sara Pavan - Amadeus | February 22, 2018

In 48 BCE, the historic city of Alexandria was destroyed by Caesar’s army, including its world-famous library. Today, if a library was destroyed, its records would live on in other libraries and on the... Read More

News / Online

Traxo launches marketplace to manage corporate travel data

By Mitra Sorrells | February 21, 2018

Corporate travel managers looking to uncover off-channel bookings now have an additional tool to streamline the process. Read More

Interview / Online

In The Big Chair - Steve Milo of VTrips

By Jill Menze | February 20, 2018

The founder and CEO of VTrips, Steve Milo has learned every aspect of the vacation rental industry, starting when he bought his first vacation home 15 years ago. Read More

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