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The Wrap: European holidaymakers fleeing the winter cold to chase the sun
In the news this week: Sunny destinations for European holidaymakers in winter. direct hotel billing from eNett and Cornerstone, Amadeus Altéa Suite for Vistara European holidaymakers fleeing the...
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Chinese hunger for travel grows
Photo credit: airplane on a sunny day The Chinese appetite for travel is on the rise, American desire to venture on longhaul trips remains dampened while the travel habits of Europeans will remain...
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Poland to star at ITB Berlin 2011
Photo credit (Krakow, Poland): www.istockphoto.com Next year Poland will be the Partner Country of ITB Berlin. ITB Berlin asked Jan Wawrzyniak, director of the Polish Tourist Board, what we can...
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ITB Berlin supports online innovation
Photo credit: http://www.blogonlyapartments.com ITB Berlin is throwing its weight behind the development of the online industry and will support the first VIR Online Innovation Days, organized by the...
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Innovation meets the future at Phocuswright@ITB
Global travel market research company, Phocuswright, will host Phocuswright@ITB themed “Disruption’s Curve” on 4 March in conjunction with ITB Berlin. Image credit: ITB Berlin The event will feature...
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GfK brings NATAS into Travelscan, signs partnership with ForwardKeys
GfK and the National Association of Travel Agents (NATAS) Singapore have agreed to collaborate on the provision of dynamic travel-related insights for the Singapore tourism sector. Under the agreement,...
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Letter from Berlin: The hard, hard world of online travel
First stop, KaDaWe, the store that once was the beacon of capitalism when the Berlin Wall was still a Wall. It’s been upgraded and refreshed but essentially the layout’s still the same. The sixth floor...
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You got to milk the cow to survive in the OTA farm
So there I was – I had just written my post about how hard it is to build an OTA of any consequence and during the first session I attended at ITB Berlin, Darren Huston, President & CEO of...
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Virtual reality, smartwatches and Apple Pay – their implications for travel
The first time I started wearing glasses was when I noticed how many people were wearing them too. It made me less self-conscious to be called “Specky”. So when I put on my first pair of Occulus Rift...
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Pause the clicks and conversions, time for “magic” in hospitality
In today’s world of performance-based marketing, where everything is measured by clicks and conversions, it is almost sentimental to see a hotel company invest in something as intangible as...
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The Wrap: AirAsia Japan taking a second shot, take-off in 2016
In the news: Second edition of AirAsia Japan, survey on youth travel by ITB Berlin, MyTeksi’s new safety feature AirAsia Japan taking a second shot, take-off in 2016 Sapporo is one of AirAsia Japan’s...
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The Wrap: Travelport creates two new organisations to meet customers’...
The weekly news roundup: Travelport’s two new organisations, robust China outbound travel, travellers’ choice of top museums in Asia TECHNOLOGY: Travelport creates two new organisations to meet...
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APAC destinations gaining favour with Chinese travellers, drop in trips to...
In 2016, while international travel grew by about 4%, China registered a growth rate of 13%, further consolidating its position as one of the world’s most important source markets for international...
View ArticleTravel Talk: Takeaways from ITB Berlin
Returning to the marquee travel trade event for the first time in four years, Northstar’s thought leaders share first impressions. This week, the halls at Messe Berlin were buzzing with thousands of...
View ArticleTop of the WiT 20: Thoughts on ITB Berlin 2023, discomfort zones, Bonza takes...
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia – all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast. In this episode, Siew Hoon and this week’s...
View ArticleTop of the WiT 21: The meaning of travel tech, virtual reality vs travel,...
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia – all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast. In this episode, we continue our discussion...
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