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Beijing – 16 January 2017 1Shiji announced the acquisition of a majority stake in ReviewPro, the leading cloud-based data and analytics provider of Guest Intelligence solutions for hotels. The investment was made by Shiji (Hong Kong) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary. Since signing its first client in September 2009, ReviewPro
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Dallas, Texas – 15 January 2017 1Expedia’s hotel booking service hotels.com launched an own app for Apple TV featuring 600 different activities to choose from across hundreds of destinations. The activities featured range from extreme adventures and shopping destinations, through to relaxing spa retreats and cultural hotspots. Ever considered
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A concierge in the palm of your hand to book a ride, restaurant or takeaway – Hotels.com Concierge features OpenTable, Uber, Groupon and delivery.com – Travelers dream of having a mobile butler to request their morning coffee, a bedtime story, local activities, and their ironing Dallas, Texas – 10 January 2016
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Las Vegas – 10 January 2016 Carnival Corporation announced at CES in Las Vegas the world’s first interactive guest experience platform capable of transforming vacation travel into a highly personalized and elevated level of customized service for millions of guests. The company unveiled the Ocean Medallion, a first-of-its-
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Bellevue, Washington – 09 January 216 1Shares of online travel agent Expedia could climb 25 percent in a year as cashflow per share begins to double following a string of acquisitions, financial newspaper Barron’s reported. Trends in hotels, which are more lucrative than flights, are improving and Expedia is capturing
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McLean, Virginia – 09 January 2016 Hilton Worlwide trusts on Tripadvisor’s instant booking marketplace to gain more online bookings for it’s 789,000 rooms worldwide. Both companies signes a partnership Beginning in early 2017, travelers around the world will be able to make a reservation at any Hilton property
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London – 06 January 2017 As consumers begin to use new technology products received as gifts over the holidays, many will test out the speech recognition or translation capabilities available on their devices. Talking and listening to computers like Apple’s “intelligent assistant” Siri, first introduced in 2011, has been fraught
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Beijing – 21 December 2016 1Sabre has entered into an agreement with HNA Aviation Group to provide its airlines with software that will help create more revenue opportunities, while operating more efficiently. Sabre Airline Solutions will play a key role in helping the airlines navigate the highly complex operating environments that
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Needham, Massachusetts – 21 December 2016 1TripAdvisor signed an agreement to let customers book some hotels from Expedia’s websites directly on TripAdvisor, a key development in the company’s transition from a review site to full-fledged hotel booker. The deal follows a similar one TripAdvisor signed with Priceline last
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Amsterdam, Netherlands – 15 December 2016 1Online promotion and communication is playing an ever-more important role in the way hotels successfully market themselves and secure bookings – although there are many challenges as well. Released exclusively as an e-book, The Hotel Yearbook 2017–Digital Marketing features editorial contributions from 35
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Dusseldorf, Germany – 16 December 2016 1Trivago.com announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 26,110,118 American depositary shares (ADSs) representing Class A shares of its affiliate, travel B.V. at $11.00 per ADS. The Company is selling 18,110,091 ADSs, and certain shareholders of
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Las Vegas – 14 December 2016 Wynn Las Vegas and Amazon announce plans to equip all 4,748 hotel rooms at Wynn Las Vegas with Echo, Amazon’s hands-free voice-controlled speaker. The introduction of this technology into every guest room, beginning this month with installation in suites, will be