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American Express and Airbnb announce a first-of-its-kind tech integration that enables US Card Members to quickly and seamlessly sign up for Airbnb and book stays at close to two million listings around the globe. Card Members can create an Airbnb account with their existing americanexpress.com user
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TripAdvisor launches its app for Apple TV ? the first time the firm has developed a custom app for television. The TripAdvisor Apple TV app is designed to ?inspire wanderlust highlighting TripAdvisor content, such as photos of TripAdvisor?Travelers? Choice award-winning destinations and points of interest.? The app displays photos
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Cachet Hotel Group launches its technology platform Cachet World, which features a search and booking engine for boutique and lifestyle hotels as well as high-end residences worldwide. Key features include: * Social Community: User-generated reviews, photos, videos and stories by global travellers and experts who are interested in the
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Hilton Worldwide announces an upgrade to LightStay, its in-house corporate responsibility measurement platform, across the company?s more than 4,440 properties globally. The company says that, with new features and enhancements, this next generation of LightStay now serves as the ?comprehensive, one-solution platform for all environmental, operational
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Marriott International?s podcast series, The Wandernaut Show, gives listeners ?an opportunity to scratch beyond the surface of the world at work.? The show features light-hearted conversations that tackle topics related to workplace dynamics. In recent episodes,?David Rodriguez, Marriott?s executive vice president and global chief human resources
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Priceline?s Booking.com customers will now be able to directly book hotel rooms on travel review website operator TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor shares jumped 24 percent to US$82.85 and Priceline fell two percent to US$1,317.69 immediately after the announcement, Reuters reported. TripAdvisor introduced an instant booking
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Wyndham Worldwide reaches its carbon emissions goal six years ahead of schedule, achieving a 20 percent reduction in carbon emissions (measured on a per square foot basis) and well surpassing its goal. The reduction is equivalent to saving more than 14 million gallons of gasoline. ?This is a huge achievement
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Hilton Worldwide?announces a major electric-vehicle charging programme, which will be available at 50 US hotels by the end of the year with plans to rapidly expand to 100 US hotels by the end of 2016. ?By teaming with leading organisations like Tesla and GE to add more electric
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Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Company have increased their stake in Twitter Inc to become the firm?s second-largest shareholder. They raised their holdings over the past six weeks to 34,948,975 shares, more than five percent of Twitter?s common stock, Alwaleed
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Element Hotels ? Starwood?s ?reimagined hotel experience designed for today?s healthy and active traveller? ? launches ?Walk the World with Element Hotels, Powered by Fitbit?. It?s described as a ?virtual walk? around the world that encourages travellers across the globe to maintain a healthy lifestyle while on the road
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AccorHotels chooses online reputation management firm TrustYou to power its new Voice of the Guest (VOG) platform. The TrustYou platform provides the group?s hoteliers with a ?crystal-clear snapshot? of their hotel?s online reputation from the web as well as from guest satisfaction surveys. VOG centralises all customer
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Travel agents are reporting a record use of Global Distribution Systems (GDS) to make hotel reservations, according to a study by TravelClick and market research firm Phoenix Marketing International. The 2015 Global Travel Agent GDS of more than 900 travel agents located throughout 48 countries surveyed travel agents who use