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How does a large company like Sabre innovate? Lots of coffee
How does a large company like Sabre get the innovation vibe going? All-nighters with lots of caffeine flowing. Sabre ran one of its global HackDays last week in which teams of developers, coders or...
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Humans drool, technology rules, or vice versa?
Technologies such as global distribution systems, reservation platforms, accounting software, CRM, CMS, and other hardware and software innovations have helped reduce the workload and increase the...
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There is no innovation in travel, only creativity
Seemingly crushing news for startups and event organisers trading on the word “innovation” with an industry veteran claiming there is no such thing in the sector. A former-CEO of Asian GDS Abacus and a...
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Online travel, private equity and Opodo — Will it be an Orbitz or a Booking.com?
Will innovation and marketing take a back seat at European online travel agency Opodo, now that it has been acquired by AXA Private Equity and Permira Funds? If historical trends hold true, then the...
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Startups: Five tips for understanding the whole travel ecosystem
NB: This is a guest article by John Grant, executive vice president, airport strategy & marketing at ASM Ltd., a UBM Aviation company. The recent PhoCusWright Conference did not disappoint in...
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Open call to all travel companies: Simplify your APIs!
First things first, as chair of the OpenTravel Alliance, I am a staunch supporter of open APIs and standards in travel. So, inevitably, I was certainly happy to see a large number of presenters at this...
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Making technology progress relevant in travel – dead easy, dead slow or just...
Technology folks all have great ideas for the next coolest thing. But for traditional companies, particularly those in travel, very few of these ideas see the light of day. Yet, (and strangely...
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Google and Dr Evil? Surely no connection [IMAGE]
A little humour can go a long way at travel technology conference so cue all round mirth when this image came up. It came via Skyscanner sales and marketing boss Frank Skivington speaking at the Travel...
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Airlines need to take-off not face lengthy delays with innovation
NB: This is a guest post by Raphael Bejar, chief executive of Airsavings. For an industry accustomed to terms like “headwinds”, “drag” and “holding patterns”, you’d think innovation sluggishness or...
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How to innovate: Lessons learned the hard way by Travelocity founder Terry Jones
Terry Jones, founder of Travelocity and current chairman of Kayak, has self-published a book this month: ON Innovation, Turning on Innovation in Your Culture, Teams and Organization. The book...
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A rough guide to eight big travel industry battles
Travel industry conference season is upon us once again. The distribution cohort has gone from Singapore to London, is now in Scottsdale, Ariz., and in the new year will be heading off to Berlin then...
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Travelport squeezes more juice out of customer feedback
Agile, nimble and GDS – not words that traditionally you would find together but all of the distribution giants are working hard to change perceptions. Enter Travelport with JUICE Labs- Joint User...
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Forget Street View: HeliView adds an aerial twist on hotel shopping and...
HeliView is an innovation that offers “interactive visual travel search.” Users of this service at a German OTA can take a virtual overhead tour of a destination by watching aerial videos that are...
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360 rules: TourWrist follows PhocusWright victory with raft of new partnerships
Hot off of several awards, including the Demo Day $1 million IDG Media and several PCW/General Catalyst awards, panaroma technology provider TourWrist has announced a series of new travel brand...
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Digital IQ: Hotel brands doing it right and what it means for you
The latest research on the hotel front offers a comprehensive look into the digital competence of 52 hotel brands, providing background and deeper insights into what makes a successful hotel brand in...
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The Internet of Things and travel: London City Airport takes off
London City Airport has been awarded a grant from the UK’s Technology Strategy Board to implement a preliminary trial of cross-technology networking. Known more generally as the Internet of Things...
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Mobile and the innovator’s dilemma
NB: This is a guest post by Diego Saez-Gil, founder of WeHostels, a mobile-first global booking platform. Among countless technology management books out there, there is one that truly stands out in my...
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WorldMate brings a UX twist to its mobile flight check-in feature [VIDEO]
Checking in for your flight via a mobile device is an old trick. But every airline’s mobile site has its own web form, and typing in information on a small keyboard is a pain. WorldMate, now owned by...
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Yep, it’s in your head: Train window adverts bring silent audio ads to commuters
The commercialization of pretty much every avenue of life, both online and off, continues. The latest advertising innovation? Using vibrations to create advertising that can only be heard when resting...
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