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Outdoorsy Announces $2B Milestone at Goldman Sachs Summit

2022-10-17 by Argophilia Travel News

Outdoorsy

Outdoorsy, the leading experiential outdoor travel company, announced today that it has exceeded $2 billion in total transactions.

Tags: alt-tourism, David Solomon, digital insurance, Goldman Sachs Summit, outdoors, Outdoorsy, Roamly, tech, travel companies, travel tech

How Too Much Reliance On Technology Can Ruin Hospitality for Good

2021-07-18 by Phil Butler

Porto Bay Rio

The COVID-19 pandemic has not changed everything. Hospitality will always be about people, and experiences. The front desk must stay.

Tags: American Hotel & Lodging Association, Binu Mathews, Chip Rogers, concierge, Deloitte, desk clerk, front desk, guest preferences, hospitality trends, HospitalityNet, hotel marketing, hotel tech, Hotrec, IDS Next, Magnani Caruso Dutton, marketing, OpenKey, tech, Vikram Oberoi

TPConnects Certified as Emirates’ Technology Partner

2021-02-22 by Argophilia Travel News

Emirates Airlines

Travel Agents will save the GDS distribution surcharge ranging between USD 14 and 25 per ticket depending on sector length recently announced by Emirates to mitigate the higher cost Emirates incurs through GDS distribution, from 01 July 2021.

Tags: airline news, Emirates, Emirates Airlines, Emirates Gateway, IATA, tech, technology provider, TPConnects, travel tech

Hotelbeds Confirms European Wholesale Sales Team

2018-11-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Joaquin Garcia and Luis Miguel Vazquez

Hotelbeds has announced another update on further senior management appointments for the company. According to the news, Joaquin Garcia is now Regional Director of Wholesale Sales for Northern and Centre Europe,  and Luis Miguel Vazquez is the Regional Director for the South and Eastern Europe. Both will report directly to Sam Turner, the Wholesale Sales and Sourcing Director with […]

Tags: Hotelbeds, OTA's, tech, travel companies, travel startups, travel tech, travel technology, Travel Technology Europe

Sabre Labs Reveals Tech Trends a Dozen Years Out

2016-12-23 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sabre Technologies report

Sabre Labs, a division of Sabre Corporation, has just released research on how the latest technologies that can have a significant impact on the tourism sector. The report unveils the potential for the next twelve years and tells of three major tech trends that will affect the tourism market for 2017.

Tags: Sabre, Sabre Corporation, Sabre Corporation 2017, Sabre Labs, tech, tech trends, travel tech

SnapShot GmbH and University of Surrey Team Up

2016-04-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Next month, analytics startup SnapShot GmbH will team up with the University of Surrey School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, to provide a 2 day course on hotel revenue management. According to the news, the new offering will focus on pricing, marketing and distribution for hotel businesses.

Tags: analytics, hospitality management, hotel tech, Professor Graham Miller, SnapShot, SnapShot GmbH, tech, University of Surrey

The Hotel Business and Critical Mass

2016-03-08 by Phil Butler

Any hotel executive reading this will have arrived here via social media, Google, or as a direct reader via RSS feed. The same reader is probably reading during a commute, on a smart device, or using an iPad for night table reading. Technology has almost overnight, changed our personal and business lives in ways we never could have imaged even 5 years ago.

Tags: hotel tech, hotel trends, Hotel Yearbook, HotelNewsNow, hotels, Hyatt, Skift, tech, WeChat App

Sabre and Azerbaijan Airlines pen new deal

2014-10-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sabre

Travel agents in Azerbaijan now get the benefit of more efficient booking Azerbaijan Airlines via the Sabre global distribution system.

Tags: airlines, Azerbaijan, Sabre, tech

TripAdvisor Adds Tripbod to Acquisition Spree

2014-05-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Tripbod

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

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

EU Announces Tech All Stars 2014

2014-04-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Tech All Stars

The European Commission has launched the 3rd edition of the Tech All Stars Competition for finding Europe’s best startups from EU accelerators, incubators and web camps. This year’s competition invites a dozen of Europe’s best talents to get connected with funding and more.

Tags: startups, tech, Tech All Stars, travel startups, travel tech

European Travel Commission and Amadeus ink strategic partnership

2014-03-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Amadeus Logo

Amadeus, a leading technology partner for the global travel industry, and the European Travel Commission (ETC) signed today a strategic partnership to promote Europe as a tourism destination.

Tags: Amadeus, booking, European Travel Commission, OTA's, tech, UTC

#Travel Tuesday Tips on Travel Tech: Don’t Cry for Expedia

2013-04-30 by Phil Butler

Flintstones app

Reading news in travel technology this morning any interested party might be a bit confused over all the smoke signals going out from online players. The New York Times suggests simply “Fewer, Bigger Travel Sites”, Expedia stocks are down on the one hand, and their mobile app is revamped a superhuman helper on the other. Meanwhile a startup called Bookt LLC takes a shot at Airbnb.com and vacations. I guess the good news is, travel technology is really still alive and doing well.

Tags: Bookt, Expedia, Expedia profits, Google Glass, mobile travel, online travel, OTA's, tech, travel apps, travel tech, vacations, WIHP Hotels

Triposo Mechanized

2012-05-09 by Phil Butler

Triposo: The power of innovation, and???

Triposo, the brainchild travel startup from ex-Googler’s Jon Tirsen and Douwe Osinga, just announced their new iOS app, the story arriving via TechCrunch. So, Argo Travel News decided to take a look under the hood of this fascinating new travel guide/suggestion engine.

Tags: Android, Crunchfund, Douwe Osinga, geolocation, iOS app, iPad, iPhone, Jon Tirsen, Micheal Arrington, mobile maps, Rick Empson, Stay.com, tech, TechCrunch, travel apps, travel tech, travel techology, travel tools, Wikipedia, Wikitravel, World66

How to Find the Loch Ness Monster

2011-12-21 by Guest Author

Loch Ness Monster

Is Nessie out there – or was she? To find out, you’re going to need a hardy seafaring crew, some waterproof technology and a rather large fishing rod…

Tags: activity holidays, days out, gadgets, how to, loch ness monster, paranormal, tech, unexplained

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