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Exploring the rise of Mega Online Travel Retailers

NB: This is an article from Amadeus Online travel shoppers are often oblivious to which site they use to make a purchase, whether it is a metasearch or an OTA […]

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Airbnb Trips presents airlines with a digital ancillary revenue masterclass

For any airline concerned about keeping control of their relationships with their customers and leveraging digital channels to boost ancillary revenues, the launch of Airbnb’s “Trips” should serve as a wake-up […]

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Why mobile micro-moments and dayparting are the trends to watch in 2017

As 2016 draws to a close, there has been one movement that has surpassed them all during the last 12 months – mobile. There are more than 128 million Google […]

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How travel has sown the seeds of its own disruption

Disruption in travel is likely to be born from within it, according to a founder of Intent Media and a former senior executive of Travelocity which previously owned lastminute.com Richard […]

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Airbnb out to be Wechat of travel – do everything with one app

By the time Lady Gaga appeared on stage on Saturday night as a surprise closing act for Airbnb Open, a three-day festival in downtown Los Angeles celebrating the brand’s values […]

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Google Online Travel Adventure Upsets Its Biggest Advertisers

At the largest online travel conference last week, industry executive Steve Hafner was asked an unusual question: What’s the first word that comes to mind when you think about Google? “Annoying,” […]

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Consumption of digital travel content sees double-digit growth

A new study explores how the interaction between travel booking websites and other influential online and offline touchpoints can impact the purchase journey for American, British and Canadian travelers. The […]

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Expedia aims to enable Hotels in meetings and events

Online travel agent Expedia says it wants to be an “enabler” of the travel industry, and has branched out into meetings and events. The global travel giant has struck a […]

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Into a brave new world for Online Travel Agents and beyond

The pace of technical change in online travel is about to speed up and take many players by surprise, according to one of travel’s largest global technology suppliers, Amadeus. Driven […]

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WTM 2016: The big digital trends that got visitors chatting

Thousands of exhibitors and attendees descended on London’s ExCel exhibition centre this week for World Travel Market 2016. Bell Pottinger conducted online analysis throughout the three-day event to identify which […]

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