Mobile Travel World, Marketing Strategies Detailed in Report

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Chirag Nandaniya
May 25, 2015

As the world continues to revolve around mobile devices, Expedia Media Solutions recently came out with a report entitled “The Mobilized Travel Consumer” that helps travel marketers best direct their efforts in the United States.For one, roughly 172 million people owned a smartphone in the U.S. in 2014, up 22 percent from 2013. On top of that, 93 million people owned a tablet (up 36 percent). Consumers in the U.S. and the U.K. spent more time [...]

Travelport adds parking app

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Chirag Nandaniya
May 22, 2015

Travelport GDS has added Travel Parking Group’s airport parking application, Looking4app, for travel agencies via its point of sale technology Travelport Smartpoint.TPG provides car park reservation and distribution systems for travel agents, airlines and airports with a choice of meet and greet at on and off-site car parks across its global supplier network, with more than 2,000 airport and port parking products currently available. The [...]

IHG and Amadeus to work together to develop GenNext GRS

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Chirag Nandaniya
May 20, 2015

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announced that they will continue its strategic relationship with Amadeus, an international provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel industry, to develop a next-generation Guest Reservation System (GRS) that will revolutionise the technological foundations of the global hospitality industry. Amadeus will use a new cloud-based community model, a first in the hotel sector, and similar to th [...]

Amadeus has launched a new programme intended to support new start-up companies in the travel technology sector

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Chirag Nandaniya
May 16, 2015

The company said its new ‘Amadeus for Startups’ programme is designed to equip travel start-up, with industry leading technology, expertise and consultative support to navigate the complexities of the travel industry and achieve success. The programme has initially been launched in North America. Amadeus recognises that the future of travel lies in the innovations and disruptive ideas being generated within the start-up commu [...]

Bookings Continue to Increase Via Digital Channels

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Chirag Nandaniya
May 13, 2015

As technologies improve, digital booking channels continue to spike in popularity among business and leisure travelers. Hotel bookings from individual business and leisure travelers spiked across a variety of digital channels in the first quarter of 2015, according to data from the TravelClick North American Distribution Review (NADR). That includes bookings made through official hotel websites, online travel agencies (OTAs), and Global Di [...]

The Apple Watch: What Will Be the Wearable’s Impact on the Travel Industry?

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Chirag Nandaniya
May 11, 2015

The travel industry has generally been on top of things when it comes to identifying technological trends and adjusting accordingly. In fact, numerous travel companies have already developed apps that are compatible with the Apple Watch. Some introduced these apps on the very day the wearable was officially launched. The Apple Watch takes off and becomes a mainstay item like the iPhone, being at the forefront of the movement could not only h [...]

Booking.com Announces Support of New Commitments in Europe

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Chirag Nandaniya
May 05, 2015

Booking.com, an operating business of The Priceline Group announced its support of recent decisions by the National Competition Authorities in France, Italy and Sweden to accept amendments to Booking.com's parity commitments in respect of hotels located in those countries. Under the new commitments, Booking.com will abandon its price, availability and booking conditions parity provisions with respect to other online travel agencies. This [...]

UNIGLOBE Travel Partners-Atlanta agency converts to Travelport

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Chirag Nandaniya
May 02, 2015

Travelport , a leading Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $7 trillion global travel and tourism industry, today announced UNIGLOBE Travel Partners-Atlanta, a leading travel management company specializing in corporate travel, has signed a new multi-year contract with Travelport. UNIGLOBE Travel Partners-Atlanta, a former long-time Travelport customer, returned to Travelport att [...]

Thrifty Car Rental launches in Singapore

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Chirag Nandaniya
Apr 30, 2015

Thrifty Car Rental, part of The Hertz Corporation, has expanded its network to Singapore, opening two prominent downtown locations in Ubi Road and Alexandra Road respectively.Thrifty Car Rental started its expansion to Asia last year. The company currently operates in Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines. Thrifty’s expansion to an important business and tourist destination such as Singapore results in more choices for those car rental cus [...]

U.S. travelers weigh in on hotel and travel Smartphone apps

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Chirag Nandaniya
Apr 29, 2015

A new survey conducted by Cornell University's Center for Hospitality Research points to what mobile users expect from hospitality and travel smartphone apps. On the cusp of 2015's travel season, a recent study points to smartphone features that surveyed participants say they currently use or expect to have available from hotel and travel mobile applications. A few of the high-level findings note that guests are particularly interested in [...]

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