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T&E software is eating the corporate travel world
New products, better integration, and increased funding are setting the stage for heated competition among companies that provide travel-and-expense (T&E) management services. The payoff could be...
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Bókun may be that rare beast, a B2B platform that thrives
In an industry marked by thousands of suppliers and an ever-increasing number of sales channels, is there a place for a collaborative concept that can transform fragmentation into a cohesive concept in...
View ArticleAs Yelp struggles, might a travel giant eat it?
With almost 170 million monthly visitors, estimated annual revenues of half-a-billion dollars, and a stock price that’s tumbled from a 2014 high of $97 to today’s mere $26, could Yelp be the next great...
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Serko builds a travel management powerhouse Down Under
When it comes to managed travel programs, some companies focus on expanding the range of inventory that employees can book. Others strive to streamline the booking process to create a system that...
View ArticleThese startups strive to be the sharing economy stars of meeting spaces
Underused assets: They’re what drive the sharing economy. If you have a spare bedroom (or empty vacation home), Airbnb makes it easy to rent it out. If your car’s sitting in the garage, Turo and...
View ArticleSteadily-growing Citymaps adds offline navigation to its mobile app
In a world in which the words “Google” and “Maps” are inextricably linked in the minds of many travelers, is there a space for a small player promising a more social, more immersive navigational...
View ArticleAs Expedia turns 20, its executives talk about what’s next
With apologies to The Beatles, it was 20 years ago today (give or take a few months) that a small team on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Wash., launched a little product called Expedia.com, designed to...
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Inside Expedia’s Usability Lab, consumer behavior provides insights
When booking hotel rooms, French travelers want to know if breakfast is included. Asian travelers are concerned about closet size, and US travelers tend not to sweat the small stuff. Generalizations?...
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