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Expedia Travel Study Shows Most Travellers Plan Around Sporting Events

2019-05-23 by Argophilia Travel News

Expedia, Official Travel Partner of UEFA Champions League today presents the results of Destination: Football – An Expedia Group Study on Football Travel Trends examining the traits of football fans across the world and their willingness to travel for the beautiful sport.

Tags: Expedia, Expedia data, expedia travel, expedia.com, sports travel, UEFA Champions League

Senator Elizabeth Warren As the Technocrat Trust Buster

2019-03-16 by Phil Butler

Elizabeth Warren - DonkeyHotey

When Presidential hopeful Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren called for the breakup of U.S. technology companies Google, Apple, and Amazon recently, she was right to do so.

Tags: Amazon, antitrust, Apple, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Expedia, Google, monopoly, Princeline

Winners and Losers of the Crete Hospitality Games

2018-12-12 by Phil Butler

Perivolia outside Chania

Whoever came up with the idiomatic expression “The devil’s in the details,” must have made a bad hotel choice or two in their lives. Since retiring from the travel public relations and marketing game, I notice an uptick in sloppy marketing efforts that are almost completely reliant on Google ads, OTAs, and the big tour operators. For hoteliers here in Greece, the lost opportunity costs of such reliance will eventually tell. It is with this eventuality in mind that I present the following.

Tags: Aquila Atlantis Hotel, Crete resorts, Crete travel, Delena Mountain Resort, Dessole Dolphin Bay Resort, Expedia, Galaxy Hotel Iraklio, Google Maps, Google PageSpeed, Google SERPs, Greece resorts, hotel marketing, Kineticdesign, marketing, mobile websites, Nelios, Nelios Marketing, OTA's, TripAdvisor, websites

Study Shows Travelers Want Travel Assistance from AI Chatbots

2018-11-30 by Argophilia Travel News

Over 75% of Americans surveyes by AI producer Humley, say they rely heavily on chatbots to imrprove the quality of their travel expereinces.

Tags: AI, chatbots, Expedia, hospitality tech, Humley, Humlley, IBM Watson, Kayak, travel assistants, travel tech, virtual assistant

On RezBS and Supporting Local Businesses

2018-10-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Powerboat Adventures

RezBS is breathing new life back into Caribbean excursions by providing seamless booking capabilities for small businesses.

Tags: Bahamas businesses, Bahamas travel, Caribbean businesses, Caribbean travel, Expedia, online booking capabilities, online booking tools, RezBS, Thyme Online, Travelocity

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