More than half of travel retailers are conducting 30% or more of transactions outside of traditional reservation systems such as the GDS according to a report
Bespoke travel trend pushes payment out of traditional reservation systems
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iStopOver to offer Daily Deals — on booking fees
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Peer to peer accommodation specialist iStopOver isn’t going full-throttle into flash sales, but will begin offering Daily Deals with a twist.
TLabs Showcase – Re-Ticket
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TLabs Showcase focus on startups featuring Netherlands-based travel ticket exchange site Re-Ticket.com.
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OTA booking-fee cuts lead to more converts for some, fewer converts for others
November 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A half year after major U.S. online travel agencies eliminated consumer booking fees for flights, the sky has not fallen, as some among us predicted.
PhoCusWright, with an assist from Compete, studied the fallout, and found that in the intervening months, traffic to airline websites increased, but their conversion rates declined.
Conversely, traffic to OTA websites decreased, but their conversion rates increased.
