[TravelNews] VerbalizeIt is acquired by Smartling, in a translation mash-up Date：2016-05-26 04:26:04 Click：13 Times
VerbalizeIt, a startup that runs an on-demand, remote translation platform, has been acquired bySmartling, a translation software business....
[TravelNews] Accel-KKR invests in Cendyn, the fast-growing, B2B event- and hotel-marketing tech player Date：2016-05-26 04:26:04 Click：64 Times
Technology-focused private equity group Accel-KKR has acquired a stake in Cendyn, a provider of B2B technology for hotel marketing and event management....
[TravelNews] Inside Expedia’s Usability Lab, consumer behavior provides insights Date：2016-05-26 04:26:04 Click：58 Times
Designed primarily to explore consumers’ path to purchase — and to see how online design elements facilitate or hinder the process —Expedia’s Usability Lab is also predicated on the premise that anything that makes the process smoother is good for all concerned....
[TravelNews] Sharing economy to triple by 2020 Date：2016-05-26 04:26:04 Click：65 Times
The so-called sharing economy will be worth more than $20 billion a year by 2020 according to Juniper Research, three times the $6.4 billion it thinks the sector was worth in 2015....
[TravelNews] American Express Global Business Travel acquires leading Finnish corporate travel agency SMT Date：2016-05-26 04:26:04 Click：13 Times
American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire SMT, a travel management company (TMC) based in Finland and a subsidiary of Finnair, May 23....
[TravelNews] Google Maps will let brands advertise with promoted pins and other tools Date：2016-05-26 04:26:04 Click：32 Times
On Tuesday, Google took the wraps off of new local search ads on Google Maps. Advertisers with physical business locations will be able to highlight where they are when Google users search for things like “hotel” or “tours”....
[TravelNews] TourRadar raises USD 6 million to fuel expansion and marketing Date：2016-05-26 04:26:04 Click：14 Times
Multi-day tour and activity specialist TourRadar has secured a $6 million Series A investment from Hoxton Ventures and Cherry Ventures...
[TravelNews] Tuniu gross bookings increase 62.5% in Q1 2016 Date：2016-05-26 04:26:04 Click：14 Times
Tuniu registered gross bookings growth of 62.5% to RMB3.1 billion (US$481.7 million) in Q1 2016 and its mobile traffic contributed over 75% of total online traffic...
[TravelNews] Datalex lines up China IT partnership Date：2016-05-26 04:26:04 Click：53 Times
Datalex will announce a significant IT partnership in China in the coming months...
[TravelNews] Travelsky takes stake in China Merchants’ new insurance arms Date：2016-05-26 04:26:04 Click：97 Times
Travelsky announced that it would make two investments of RMB 875 million each to take 17.5% shares from each of the two new China Merchants Group subsidiaries, CMRH Life and CMRH PC...