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The Scan: TripAdvisor tests running on the cloud (AWS), and more travel tech news

By PhocusWire | October 12, 2012

TripAdvisor, Amazon Web Services, Facebook, FlightStats, masFlight, FCm Travel Solutions, and GVN and all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 12 October. Read More

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The Scan: Octopus.com wraps more tentacles around Reevoo, and other travel tech news

By PhocusWire | October 11, 2012

TUI, SiteMinder, Air Canada, Concur, World Rainbow Hotels, Reevoo, Octopus.com, Illusions Online, and Off Track Planet all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 11... Read More

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What is Facebook at one billion users? It is more relevant to travel than ever [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | October 10, 2012

Put aside the ROI of advertising on it and questions over how to perfect a social media strategy, Facebook at one billion users is an absolute beast of a platform when it comes to the numbers. Read More

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With help from BuzzFeed, Expedia gay marriage video goes (officially) viral

By Kevin May | October 10, 2012

What constitutes a successful social media campaign? Indeed, when is something that PRs and marketing types claim is "viral" ACTUALLY viral? Read More

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The Scan: Middle East airlines come in from the cold, and more travel tech news

By Sean O'Neil | October 8, 2012

Kayak, Facebook, Allegiant, Air France, Qatar Airways, and Oneworld all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 8 October. Read More

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Privacy protection and data use still big concerns in social seating game [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Linda Fox | October 8, 2012

Social seating start-up SeatID ran a survey in August and September on travellers' attitudes to finding a buddy to sit next to while you fly Read More

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Cuddly interactive puppet to help KLM with difficult topics

By Linda Fox | October 5, 2012

The airline that bought us Meet and Seat is now hoping to engage its community with a cute character called Flynt. Read More

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The Scan: LastMinute.com adds credit card scanning to iPhone app and Orbitz launches Spanish-language OTA

By PhocusWire | October 4, 2012

LastMinute.com, Travelocity, Orbitz, LeisureLink, eRevMax, Cape Town Tourism, Facebook, Sanpo, Twist, and Lonely Planet all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 4... Read More

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Turns out, social media is a pain in the ass for destinations

By Troy Thompson | October 3, 2012

Okay, maybe not a total pain in the ass - perhaps massively confusing. ROI, influence, Pinterest, fans, followers, friends - where do we go from here? Read More

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What do airlines really know about using social media in 2012?

By Nick Vivion | October 2, 2012

Airline and airport consultant SimpliFlying has compiled responses from 29 low-cost and legacy airlines into its Airline Social Media Outlook 2012. Read More

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Sorry everyone – online travel planning still looks like it is broken

By Viewpoints | September 28, 2012

I’m finally getting a chance to get away for a while after a big year at work. Read More

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Destinations, hotels, tours and activities - now groups can vote for their favourite on Facebook

By Kevin May | September 27, 2012

The winning product in the category for three developers or more at THack @ SFO last week came via Amadeus, using a dizzying array of APIs to create TVote. Read More

Traveller types based on social media and technology habits [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | September 24, 2012

Is there a correlation between how consumers use mobile phones or embrace social media channels such as Twitter and the type of traveller they are and trips they prefer taking? Read More

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Human Brochures - another twist on the way to promote destinations using social media

By Kevin May | September 19, 2012

Marketers have tried all sorts of complicated and often clever ways of getting travellers to talk about the destinations they represent, with mixed results. Read More

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Augmented reality and filters gone mad - add the Northern Lights to any travel picture

By Kevin May | September 18, 2012

Such is the craze for allowing the amateur photographer to turn their images into semi-professional masterpieces via filters, all manner of services are now hitting the market. Read More

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