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Marriott gives Expedia sole rights to wholesale rates in industry game changer
Marriott International has signed a deal with Expedia Group giving the online travel agency exclusive distribution rights for its wholesale…
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Travel colossus goes broke, blaming competition
Amoma.com, the third largest worldwide reservations platform, collapsed on Friday leaving travellers stranded as hotels stopped honouring reservations made through…
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Events
Five ways accom marketers stumble on the way down the aisle
Don’t drop the ball on big wedding business.
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Industry
The biggest guest turn-off revealed
A survey of 2000 regularly travelling Brits has unveiled their biggest check in no-nos - and a few of their…
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‘Playground’ tag creates big upswing for Goldie
Branding the Gold Coast ‘Australia’s favourite playground’ is prompting a surge in high-spending tourists, the city’s tourism chief claims.
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Australasian short stays targeted by drug smugglers
Antipodean airbnbs are being targeted by criminals looking to establish drug trafficking rackets and cash in on high methamphetamine prices…
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Broome operators seek curbs as they lose “10 to 15 percent a year to Airbnb”
Broome accom providers have joined the fight for urgent regulation of short stay holiday lets, claiming established businesses are losing…
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Airbnb outselling Expedia in 2019
Airbnb has eclipsed the performance of Expedia in the first quarter of 2019, selling ten million more room nights than…
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How accom can protect itself from data fraud
The hotel industry is being increasingly targeted by acts of cybercrime. In November 2018, Marriott announced that the data of up…
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Is ‘Netlag’ driving a rise in package bookings?
International travellers booking package deals to Australia have grown by 85 percent year-on-year according to latest data from Expedia Group’s…
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