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Embracing Artificial Intelligence — Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report
- March 20, 2016
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- Category: Travel, Travel Technology
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The Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report is our new weekly newsletter focused on the future of corporate travel, the big fault lines of disruption for travel managers and buyers, the innovations emerging from the sector, and the changing business traveler habits that are upending how corporate travel is packaged, bought and sold. The Future of Corporate + Business Travel In
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Chinese to spend twice as much on international travel in ten years’ time: study
- March 16, 2016
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- Category: Tourism
Mainland Chinese, already the world’s biggest spenders on overseas travel, are expected to nearly double the amount they spend on the activity over the next decade, according to a new study. Outbound tourists from the mainland whose household income exceeds US$20,000 a year spent a total of US$137.0 billion in 2015, more than any other
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Five myths about European train travel
- March 14, 2016
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- Category: Travel
We’re now in high season for travel to Europe, which means that many Americans will be traveling on Europe’s extensive rail network, many of them for the first time. Sure, it’s easy enough to buy a Eurail Pass before going, but is that the most cost effective way to go? Or is it cheaper to
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Millennials increasingly using travel agents for bookings: report
- February 26, 2016
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- Category: Tourism, Travel, Travel Technology
The findings of a new report suggest that U.S. travellers are increasingly turning towards travel agents to book their holidays. And perhaps more surprisingly, it’s the digital natives or Millennials, who are leading the charge. That’s according to a new report released by the American Society of Travel Agents which reached out to 14,000 households
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4 Charts That Illustrate the State of Mobile Travel App Bookings
- February 12, 2016
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- Category: Tourism, Travel, Travel Technology
This year hotels are making one of the biggest pushes they’ve ever made to convince guests to book direct but at the same time booking site mobile app downloads–and bookings–are significantly up compared to last year. MMGY Global’s 2016 Portrait of American Travelers study found there was a 20 percentage point increase in respondents that indicated
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IATA publishes NDC registry
- February 10, 2016
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- Category: Airline, Tourism, Travel Technology
IATA’s registry of companies that are certified for New Distribution Capability (NDC) is now live. The NDC Certification Registry was announced last fall. It is publicly available on IATA’s website. According to IATA, certification “confirms the scope and level of an entity’s ability to receive and send NDC messages.” NDC is an XML-based data transmission
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Tech travel essentials to ensure you make the most of your trip
- January 16, 2016
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- Category: Travel, Travel Technology
If you’re lucky enough to be heading off on holiday this summer, take a few minutes to prepare your devices. While this doesn’t require as much prep as the perfect beach body, spending a little bit of time on these steps will mean you can enjoy the holiday bliss, without worrying about battery, boarding passes or bills.
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Agent sales of airline ancillaries trending up
- January 15, 2016
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- Category: Tourism
In the first quarter of 2016, U.S. travel agents’ sales of ancillary airline products and services increased by nearly 350% year-over-year by transaction, and by nearly 170% dollar-wise. The new figures were released last week by ARC, which attributed the rapid growth to the increasing abilities of carriers and GDSs to complete the transactions. Meanwhile,
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