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By Viewpoints | December 18, 2014

If we want to improve our positioning on Booking.com as rapidly as possible in order to increase sales, it is obvious what needs to be done. Increase commissions! This maximizes the profits of B Read More

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Priceline's Booking.com eases rate parity after European pressure

By Nick Vivion | December 16, 2014

After pressure on Booking.com from regulators in Sweden, France and Italy, the OTA has offered to soften the long-maligned rate parity clause in contracts with hotels. The replacements will be dubb Read More

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Startup pitch: StayFaster helps hotels protect the (loyalty) crown jewels

By Linda Fox | December 16, 2014

The dual angst of the impact of online travel agencies on hotel companies as well as the challenge of finding suitable vacations for families spurred StayFaster's founders to develop the startup. T Read More

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Why do consumers prefer booking with online travel agencies?

By Viewpoints | December 10, 2014

Many hotels are experiencing a notable increase in bookings coming from online travel agencies, most notably those from Booking.com. At the same time, direct bookings, those generated from a hotels Read More

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Why the guest experience is the essential weapon for hotels

By Pamela Whitby | December 4, 2014

With growing competition in the supply chain and hotels increasingly under the cosh, if nothing else they need to keep focused on delivering a great service. NB: This is a report by Pamela Whitby, Read More

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The rise of mobile to drive bookings of in-destination services

By Viewpoints | December 3, 2014

Mobile devices are now outperforming PCs in terms of both product sales and broadband subscriptions. As a result, mobile is going to play an increasingly central role in the travel industry in the Read More

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Priceline maintains focus on reducing friction for local experiences, no plans to become the next Oracle

By Nick Vivion | November 25, 2014

Priceline has been kicking it up into another gear over the past year, locking in acquisitions of OpenTable, Buuteeq, and HotelNinjas in a bid to improve the ultimate traveler experience. The compa Read More

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Brand versus product: the rise of the travel meta brand

By Viewpoints | November 19, 2014

Sorry brand marketers, the travel industry has moved on. It is no longer sufficient to spend millions of pounds advertising your airline or hotel chain on TV or radio… or even online. Not only a Read More

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Looking for a metatrend - Euromonitor goes tech-crazy

By Martin Cowen | November 11, 2014

Euromonitor International's annual trends report, released at World Travel Market last week, was more about digital than destinations, highlighting braggies, online rail bookings, transactional instan Read More

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Avvio grabs $5.5 million investment from Calculus Capital

By Kevin May | November 5, 2014

Hotel booking engine and web design provider Avvio has scored a $5.5 million injection of capital from Calculus Capital. The company, which as offices in Ireland and the UK, also creates online mar Read More

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Travel startups: avoid the hawks and target the untapped opportunities instead

By Kevin May | October 26, 2014

The problem with going for the so-called untapped opportunities is that they don't remain undiscovered gems of business for very long. But that's the point of any startup ecosystem - seize the mome Read More

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eHi's $25m investment in taxi app revealed

By Martin Cowen | October 22, 2014

Hat-tips galore to the Asian tech media for unearthing another taxi app investment - eHi spent $25m this April buying an 8.4% stake in Kuaidi Dache. The investment was mentioned in eHi's 300-plus-p Read More

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Web bots, scrapers and the new threat they pose to travel brands

By Viewpoints | October 20, 2014

When it comes to web bots and scrapers, travel sites are some of the most vulnerable websites on the net. How can you protect your travel site? NB: This is an analysis by Courtney Cleaves, director Read More

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Why the competition between Expedia and Priceline continues to burn brightly

By Viewpoints | October 7, 2014

While online travel retail sales are continuing their steady growth globally, consolidation is increasing among online travel agencies. Both Expedia and Priceline are strengthening their positions Read More

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The slowly evolving Airbnb - is it a distribution or hospitality company?

By Viewpoints | October 3, 2014

In the latter half of 2013, Airbnb began making more direct comparisons between itself and the hotel industry. Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder and chief technology officer, told the Telegraph in Nov Read More

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