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Airlines should consider these critical trends (or fall behind)
Opinion / Technology
Airlines should consider these critical trends (or fall behind)
By Dave O'Flanaghan - Boxever | January 25, 2018
We are witnessing a "coming of age" for airlines and their associated approaches to MarTech. Read More
JetBlue AI CruisingStore
News / Technology
JetBlue modernizes cruise booking platform with AI
By Mitra Sorrells | January 25, 2018
Personalization has become the holy grail for travel companies looking to meet the needs of their customers – in part because consumers have been accustomed to a customized shopping experience across... Read More
What hotels really want from reservation systems
News / Distribution
What hotels really want from reservation systems
By Jill Menze | January 25, 2018
The sustained quest for personalization underlies decisions being made all across the travel industry - including how hotels choose to approach their central reservation systems (CRSs). Read More
eDreams ODIGEO, EasyJet, Ixigo and more news briefs today...
Notated News / Technology
eDreams ODIGEO, EasyJet, Ixigo and more news briefs today...
By PhocusWire | January 25, 2018
eDreams ODIGEO launches advertising site… EasyJet boosts startup accelerator… Ixigo adds AR for trains... Amadeus integrates FairFly… Tech players unveil blockchain for reviews… Read More
What’s driving decision-making for U.S. and Canadian travelers
News / Online
What’s driving decision-making for U.S. and Canadian travelers
By Mitra Sorrells | January 24, 2018
Another point for Google when it comes to travel planning, with travelers across North America citing search engines as their top source of inspiration, according to a new survey from Expedia Media... Read More
DHISCO CHINAonline partnership 2
News / Distribution
Travel distribution partnership connects 500K+ hotels to Chinese travelers
By Mitra Sorrells | January 23, 2018
DHISCO,  a Dallas-based company that connects hotels with online travel agencies, global distribution systems, metasearch engines and other partners, has signed a partnership with... Read More
Video: How a travel startup uses Blockchain as part of a wider service
News / Technology
Video: How a travel startup uses Blockchain as part of a wider service
By Kevin May | January 23, 2018
For all the talk of Blockchain-led services on the verge of disrupting the travel industry, there still seems to be very few brands putting it at the heart of what they do. Read More
travljp content marketing
News / Online
How content truly is king for a travel search site
By Mitra Sorrells | January 23, 2018
Travel.jp, Japan’s largest travel search site, is drawing eyebrow-raising numbers to its articles and reviews that would make most media companies envious.   Read More
Travelport expands merchandising tool to more than 250 airlines
News / Distribution
Travelport expands merchandising tool to more than 250 airlines
By Mitra Sorrells | January 22, 2018
More than 250 airlines are now using Travelport’s Rich Content and Branding merchandising tool to market branded fares and ancillaries.   Read More
Research Spotlight: US online travel market overview
News / Online
Research Spotlight: US online travel market overview
By PhocusWire | January 22, 2018
Though economic and geopolitical events impacted the travel industry in 2016 - growth approached just 1%, with the corporate sector in particular struggling - the pace picked back up for 2017. Read More
Wrapup January 22 2018
Notated News / Technology
HomeToGo, TrustYou and more news briefs today...
By PhocusWire | January 22, 2018
HomeToGo connects with Tripz.com… TrustYou launches all-in-one guest feedback platform… Uplift aims to end jet lag… Travolutionary adds suppliers… Jump Bikes expands service… Read More
QOTW: Something about being big and getting bigger
News / Online
QOTW: Something about being big and getting bigger
By PhocusWire | January 19, 2018
Quote from Glenn Fogel, CEO of the Priceline Group. Read More
Airbnb and the road toward a long-awaited IPO
News / Online
Airbnb and the road toward a long-awaited IPO
By Jill Menze | January 19, 2018
Two bold predictions on the Airbnb front claim that the home-share giant will finally list on the stock market this year and that by 2020, more than half of its revenue will come from services it’s not... Read More
Solo travel search tool
News / Online
New search tool curates packages, pricing for solo travelers
By Mitra Sorrells | January 19, 2018
 Aiming to eliminate the aggravation of too many search results, a new patent-pending software is designed to help solo travelers find what they are looking for quickly and easily.   Read More
Hotel tech in 2018: Tools and technologies to remove friction and deliver value
News / Technology
Hotel tech in 2018: Tools and technologies to remove friction and deliver value
By Arthur Chapin - Expedia | January 18, 2018
Simply keeping up with the expectations of tech-savvy consumers is no longer an option. Exceeding those expectations is imperative and an opportunity for hotels to focus on what truly matters to... Read More