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US-based Sabre Travel Network, part of Sabre Corp, plans to double its market share in Europe by signing up more online travel agents and corporate travel firms to its system that distributes airline, hotel and car rental prices, Reuters reported. Set up by American Airlines and IBM as a
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel launches?Meet by CWT M&E, an app that it says supports every aspect of meeting planning. The company says Meet by CWT M&E?contains all the information organisers or attendees need to plan or navigate through their meeting. It includes meeting details and
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Marriott Hotels launches VRoom Service, which it claims is a ?first-of-its-kind guest service? that allows guests to order inspiring virtual reality experiences to their rooms. Created in collaboration with Samsung Electronics America, the launch represents the latest in a series of innovations by the Marriott International flagship
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Marriott International and Ant Financial Services Group, an independent financial group and an ecosystem partner of Alibaba Group, announce an agreement to roll out the Alipay payment option, to hotels and resorts under Marriott International?s brands. With this agreement, guests at select Marriott International hotels will be given the
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Travellers to Four Seasons hotels and resorts in Asia Pacific can now check in and check out on the go, as well as access a host of other functions such as ordering in-room dining and requesting items from housekeeping through the ?Hotel Services? feature with the latest release of
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InterContinental Hotels Group and?Indian skills development organisation IL&FS?Skills launched the second IHG Academy branded training centre under their partnership in Kalimpong, West Bengal. The first branded training centre was launched in New Delhi last year. The Kalimpong centre is set to be one of the largest
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Priceline, the world’s second largest online travel services company by bookings after Expedia Inc, said net income fell 10.3 percent to US$517 million from a year earlier. Bookings through the company, which operates its namesake website as well as Booking.com, OpenTable, Kayak and others, rose almost
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Outrigger Resorts recently launched a Chinese-language website to serve as a tailored resource for selected properties. The site, outriggerresorts.cn, is written in Mandarin and is designed to further increase Outrigger?s engagement with Chinese-speaking customers. Outrigger also continues to grow its Chinese presence online by utilizing WeChat
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InterContinental Hotels Group is trialing and selectively rolling out several digitally-driven innovations to provide what it says is a ?more personalised and interactive experience for guests?. The announcement follows?IHG?s signing in April of an agreement with technology-solutions company Amadeus to develop a cloud-based Guest Reservation
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1Sabre?Corporation releases a travel trend report that outlines a clear path to help hoteliers successfully retail to modern travelers. Main points of ?The Future of Hotel Booking ? A Guide to Hotel Retailing??report: * Convert through context ? Whether offering deals or perks at the right moment or providing relevant follow-
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Global luxury brands should take advantage of evolving technological and consumer demands to help boost profits and remain competitive, according to the 2nd annual?Global Powers of Luxury Goods?report issued by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd (DTTL). The report provides an outlook on the global economy; an analysis of merger
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Four Seasons launches a multi-functional, content-rich global app. ?Developed based on guest insights and extensive testing, the Four Seasons App is user-friendly and feature-rich, with the services guests have told us they most desire, such as checking in and out with ease,? says Allen Smith, President