The seed for Roomixer was planted a year ago – a marketplace for hotels and vacation rentals to trade business they are turning away
Roomixer presents a twist on hotel bookings by monetising turnaways
May 20, 2013 By 21 Comments
Cross-selling, ease of booking, commission guarantee – key among Asia travel agents
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Travel agents in the Asia-Pacific region rate the ease of booking and commission guarantees as the most important criteria when selecting a channel to book hotels.
Healing old wounds, braving new frontiers: five pointers to help travel through tough terrain
March 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Nobody said it was going to be easy for online travel businesses and it isn’t. In this multi-channel, digital world, the landscape continues to shift
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Ostrovok attracts $25 million from big name home and away funds
March 26, 2013 By 1 Comment
Moscow-based hotel site Ostrovok has struck its most significant funding deal to date with the $25m round led by General Catalyst Partners
Booking.com dominates in Switzerland as OTAs steal share from direct channels
March 22, 2013 By 3 Comments
Some interesting stats from eTourism Monitor here on who is dominating the online hotel world in Switzerland
Roomer, a secondary market for hotel rooms, secures $2M in funding from BRM Capital
March 5, 2013 By 9 Comments
New Israel-based site Roomer lets users sell recoup the cost of pre-paid hotel reservations they can’t keep by re-selling them in a marketplace. It announced its funding today, and launched its new site.
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TravelerVIP raises $1 million, wants to corner the Middle East market for luxury flash sales
February 25, 2013 By 2 Comments
TravelerVIP thinks it can exploit its local advantage and get in early on the growing online hotel market in the Middle East
The Scan: iRiS lobby app, ResponseTap’s web tracking, Concur expense study and other travel tech news
February 12, 2013 By 2 Comments
Response Tap, FCm, HRG, Multicom, Vayant, Iris, Portman Travel, KDS, Conferma and Concur are mentioned in our special round-up of news and briefs you may have missed from the Travel Technology and Business Travel Shows last week.
Booking.com bigs up being right in first brand campaign [VIDEO]
January 22, 2013 By 17 Comments
Just how incredible do people feel when they get their accommodation choice right?
Massive discount on Booking.com sees 2014 run on reservations at London hotel
January 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Booking.com has suspended reservations for London’s Metropolitan hotel while a discount offer of rooms for £18 in January 2014 is investigated
