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Paris – 4 October 2017 – AccorHotels has today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Gekko, a major player in the business travel hotel reservation segment. This transaction is in line with the strategy aimed at strengthening AccorHotels’ leadership across the entire customer experience by enhancing the range of
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Bethesda, Maryland – 29 September 2017 – Marriott International is to improve technical services for guests relations. AI-powered chatbots on Facebook Messenger and Slack, and Aloft’s ChatBotlr, should simplify travel. 1 Aloft’s ChatBotlr Recently, Aloft Hotels, the innovation incubator for savvy global travellers, launched the first ChatBotlr, a new
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Southlake, Texas – 28 September 2017 – Sabre Corporation announced the development of the new 1, a technology solution that will integrate multiple sources of content including the Sabre global distribution system (GDS) and non-GDS sources such as aggregators, re-distributors, agency-sourced hotel content and other sources as identified. Planned
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Buenos Aires, Argentine – 21 September 2017 – Online travel company 1 met its goal of raising US$332 million in the first overseas initial public offering for an Argentine company in more than 16 months. 1 The Buenos Aires-based online booking company, which operates under the Despegar brand in most
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Bellevue, Washington – 19 September 2017 – Travel booking giant Expedia’s new chief executive officer Mark Okerstrom plans to extend the company’s global reach, Bloomberg reported. 1 Mark Okerstrom It already has websites in more than 35 languages, makes at least 40 percent of its revenue outside the US and
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Berlin, Germany – 19 September 2017 – Clear room and rate type descriptions are extremely important for the booking process. For Travel Management Companies (TMCs) and corporate travelers, it is even more important to find the negotiated rates that the company has agreed on during the RFP (Request for Proposal) process, Friederike
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Stamford, Connecticut – 8 September 2017 – Kayak launches the ability to book hotels via Alexa on the Echo Show. Last month, Kayak was among the first to enable voice booking for hotels with a 1. Now, users of the Kayak skill for Amazon Alexa on Echo Show will not only hear
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Shanghai – 7 September 2017 – Reuters issued a brief report saying Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Development’s hotel management unit signed cooperation agreements with a Shanghai-based e-commerce firm, regarding hotel reservation and system service business. No further details were given. 1
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San Francisco – 7 September 2017 – Startup company Hotel Tonight, betting that superior mobile technology will give it an edge, is expanding its hotel-booking offerings and going toe-to-toe with the big online travel companies, Reuters reported. 1 Hotel Tonight early next month will allow users to reserve a
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Chicago – 5 September 2017 – United Airlines announces today a new option for customer to check in and learn flights without the touch of a finger. The new 1 for Amazon Alexa allows customers to use their Alexa-enabled devices, such as the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot, to
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New York City – 21 August 2017 – Latin American online travel provider 1 has filed to raise up to US$100 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. 1 The company, which operates in more than 20 countries, offers bookings for hotels, airlines, attractions and car
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London – 6 August 2017 – If you’ve found yourself asking this over the last year or so, you’re not alone. Metasearch sites are growing at a phenomenal rate, with recent research suggesting that they are now the most important advertising channel for hotels – outstripping even Google AdWords when it