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The Hospitality Industry’s COVID-19 Ultimatum: Evolve or Die

2020-04-21 by Phil Butler

Virtual wedding

Tourism and hospitality are facing deconstruct. Here’s an encapsulization of the coming battle for survival in a key global industry.

Tags: Adrian Bejan, Booking.com, Brian Solis, capitalism, consumerism, COVID-19, Digital Darwinism, Drew Hansen, Franziska Altenrath, global tourism, hospitality industry, Hospitality Net, Jan Hein Simons, Jonathan Day, MRP Hotels, OTA, OTA's, Revinate, socialism, technology, TUI, TUTAKA, Willy Legrand

dnata Invests in AI by Aquiring Majority Stake in bd4travel

2018-11-30 by Argophilia Travel News

dnata

One of the world’s biggest air services providers, dnata has announced having acquired a majority stake in bd4travel (Big Data for Travel).

Tags: AI, air services, arilines, artificial intelligence, bd4travel, data, dnata, dta, OTA, OTA's, passenger data, travel data, Travel Trends

TripAdvisor Adds Tripbod to Acquisition Spree

2014-05-06 by Liliana Steffens

Tripbod

Tripbod, a travel community that lets travelers connect with local experts, has been acquired by TripAdvisor.

Tags: OTA, tech, travel tech, TripAdvisor, TripBod

Travelocity Introduces Free Concierge Services

2013-01-16 by Mike Wheatley

In a move that’s sure to tempt travelers who appreciate everything being handed to them on a plate, Travelocity has become the first OTA to offer free concierge services to its customers.

Tags: concierge service, concierge services, dynamic flight + hotel vacation, free concierge service, free concierge services, OTA, Travelocity

MyTSOnline Takes Top UTA Honors

2012-12-20 by Liliana Steffens

MyTSOnline

The United Travel Association has just named Travel Services (MyTSOnline) the top travel agency for the US. The member’s only service offers deep discounted prices for travel, hotels, condos, rental cars, and even cruises.

Tags: condo rental, OTA, private vacations, travel agents, travel club, vacation, vacation club

Digital Marketing System buuteeq Looking Up

2012-08-19 by Phil Butler

Web, mobile, social

News from budding marketing marvel buuteeq suggests their dital marketing system (DMS) for independent hotels is gaining momentum. Powering online reservartions online, on mobile, and via social media, the startup launched back in 2011 is now engaging hoteliers across 15 countries.

Tags: booking, booking engine, buuteeq, Convert, distribution, DMS, Grafetee, hotel marketing, marketing, mobile bookings, OTA, Robert Scoble, Stay.com, Teovi, WIHP Hotels

The Curious Case of Room Key

2012-05-10 by Phil Butler

Room Key takes off, sort of.

A news release yesterday via Business Wire tells of conglomerate hotel booking site Room Key’s coming out of Beta status. What’s curious about this news is not so much the fluffy nature of it, but claims of millions having flocked to the startup to book their hotel rooms. At least this is the feel of the announcement. A bit of one of those “non-event” specialties creative PR agencies excel at perhaps? What’s the real story?

Tags: Business Wire, Hilton, Hilton Hotels, Hyatt, IHG, John Davis, Marriott, OTA, OTA's, Porter Novelli, Shani Wright, TripAdvisor, Trust International, user ratings, Wyndham, Wyndham Worldwide

Oktogo Outlines Vision for Russian Travel Sector

2012-03-23 by Mike Wheatley

In yet another sign that year 2012 is going to be a very encouraging one for up-and-coming travel brands, Russian OTA Oktogo.ru has just announced a new dose of financing to the tune of $10 million, which it says it will use to revolutionize Russia’s travel sector.

Tags: Marina Kolesnik, Oktogo, Oktogo.ru, online booking agency, OTA, Russia travel, Russian online travel, Russian travel sector, VTB Capital

1000 More Hotels Join Global Hotel Exchange

2012-01-31 by Delia Gavrilescu

GHX logo

In online travel agency (OTA) news, the California Lodging Industry Association (CLIA) and the Independent Lodging Industry Association (ILIA) have added a thousand plus independent hotels to upstart booking platform Global Hotels Exchange (GHX). Even prior to the official launch of GHX, it appears many hotel owners and support organizations are willing to flock to the new channel.

Tags: booking platforms, CLIA, GHX, Global Hotel Exchange, hospitality, hotel booking, hotel bookings, hotel news, hotels, ILIA, Magnuson Hotels, online travel, OTA, OTA's, Tom Magnuson

Selling Soap, Seats, & Other Hospitality Services In 2012

2011-12-28 by Phil Butler

Online travel

An article on Tnooz last Friday peaked our interest, Xotels boss Patrick Landman offering up key variables in what will become the biggest online trade war ever. When Google, all the big corporate OTAs, and key independent online travel entities lock horns for a final round, a few will not be left standing.

Tags: airlines, American Airlines, Bookings, Delta, Expedia, GDS, GHX, Global Hotel Exchange, Google, Google Flight Search, Google hotel finder, hotel bookings, hotel finder, hotels, Magnuson, Magnuson Hotels, Orbitz, OTA, rate parity, rooms, Sabre, seats, Tom Magnuson

Magnuson’s GHX Adopted by 1000’s Already

2011-12-10 by Liliana Steffens

In news from PRWeb London, via Digital Journal, Thomas Magnuson’s Global Hotel Exchange (GHX) announced today thousands of hotels adopting the not even released new online travel agency (OTA).

Tags: booking platform, GHX, Global Hotel Exchange, hotel bookings, hoteliers, Magnuson Hotels, market conditions, OTA, OTA's, PRWeb, Sponsor News, Thomas Magnuson, Tom Magnuson

US Travel Market Growth Predicted to Stall Next Year

2011-11-19 by Mike Wheatley

US travel industry

Travel markets in the US have shown a marked improvement this year and are set to recover all the ground lost during the recession which began back in 2007, yet we shouldn’t get too excited as this growth is about to hit a brick wall, reports Travel Weekly.

Tags: Douglas Quinby, EU economics, Fiona Jeffery, hotels, online leisure/unmanaged business travel, OTA, OTA's, PhoCusWright report, rate parity, sustainable travel, Tom Magnuson, travel market growth, US online travel market, US travel, US travel industry, US travel market, WTM

Global Hotel Exchange Utilizes RateTiger Effect

2011-11-11 by Rigas Pantos

GHX

On Tuesday, an new, independent OTA announced a strategical alignment with RateTiger. Global Hotel Exchange, a cost free distrubution channel for hotels to launch in January, will leverage the power of global hospitality technology provider Rate Tager and eRevMax.

Tags: Expedia, GHX, hotel booking, hotels, intellectual properties, IP law, Magnuson Hotels, Orbitz, OTA, Rate Tiger, securities, Tom Magnuson, UK hotels, US hotels, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Orbitz Future Hinges on Travelport Debt

2011-09-23 by Phil Butler

Travelport, will it make 41?

In news from Chicago, the state court of appeals there upheld an earlier decision forcing American Airlines (AMR) to allow Orbitz to sell tickets for its flights. Orbritz, the US’s second largest online ticket seller, has for months been embroiled in dispute with AMR.

Tags: airlines, American Airlines, AMR case, AMR stock, ExpenseAnywhere, Orbitz, Orbitz for Business, Orbitz stock, OTA, stocks, tickets, travel, Travelport

Travel Agents and the Status Quo of Extinction

2011-08-31 by Phil Butler

Tui and other travel agencies had better wake up

President Obama’s projection about travel agents, and the potential for them becoming obscolete brought on a firestorm of criticism from who else? The ASTA of course. The American Society of Travel Agents took great offense and injury at comments that. Comments that. Were effectively accurate, that’s what.

Tags: Anton Bogdanovych, Argophilia Albania, Argophilia Travel, ASTA, Barack Obama, Expedia, Google Travel, hotel finder, Information Technology University of Technology Sydney, online bookings, Orbitz, OTA, Second Life, the travel economy, tourism, travel agents

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