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Online traffic light system for travel safety advice is good but needs refining

By Viewpoints | January 5, 2012

Interesting developments in the world of the official travel advice on the internet issued by governments. Read More

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Tripsy uses the mobile to create a virtual passport of travel experiences

By Kevin May | January 5, 2012

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Tripsy, an iPhone application which captures images and video and turns them into a virtual passport of a trip. Read More

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Inbed.me brings social media twist to bookings for hostels and couch shares

By Kevin May | January 3, 2012

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Columbia-based Inbed.me, a social booking site for hostels, couches and other budget accommodation providers. Read More

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SriLankan Airlines to offer Facebook users commission on embedded search engine

By Kevin May | December 28, 2011

SriLankan Airlines is planning on rewarding consumers if they help secure bookings for the carrier through a new search application developed for Facebook. Read More

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Tripbirds uses the social graph and check-ins to provide travel tips

By Linda Fox | December 21, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Sweden-based Tripbirds, a new travel service which taps into the social graph of Facebook and check-ins for travel advice. Read More

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Part One of Two: Social media in travel 2012 - Beyond reviews

By Viewpoints | December 20, 2011

Reviews are so 2010. They were THE must-have for your website a couple of years ago and are still vital, but now your online visitor demands more Read More

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What else? Guestlogix air merchandising, Israeli lights, Facebook airports, Stay.com friends

By PhocusWire | December 15, 2011

Guestlogix and Southwest merchandising, Israeli tourism board lights up, Facebook IDs social airports, Stay.com lets friends create. A round-up of other stories from across the industry. Read More

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Rough guide to new Top Level Domain names [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | December 15, 2011

It would be reasonably fair to say that the looming introduction of new Top Level Domain names across the web has yet to set the travel industry on fire. Read More

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Airport social check-ins mean miles for United-Continental frequent flyers

By Dennis Schaal | December 15, 2011

United and Continental airlines are now handing out miles and other perks to road warriors when they use Facebook and Foursquare to check-in through their social networks at various US airports. Read More

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Karibu Games wants to bring gaming into the heart of online travel

By Kevin May | December 15, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Spain-based Karibu Games, a gaming development company targeting travel, tourism and hospitality brands. Read More

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How governments can improve travel safety alerts through technology and social media

By Viewpoints | December 13, 2011

In the last few years we've had tsunamis, Sars, earthquakes, floods, terrorism, country-wide strife, strikes and, of course, Eyjafjallajoekull, which created a worldwide ash cloud panic. Read More

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KLM social seating initiative fun but potentially fraught

By Linda Fox | December 12, 2011

KLM's latest plan to allow people to choose who they sit next to according to social media profiles sounds like fun in theory Read More

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How airlines use Twitter - November 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | December 8, 2011

November 2011 saw a sizeable jump in the number of tweets mentioning the most popular airlines on Twitter, with 53,400 received by the top three compared to 46,400 the previous month. Read More

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TLabs Reprise - HotelPeeps 12 months on

By Kevin May | December 6, 2011

HotelPeeps is a Romania-based hotel search and booking service with a social twist, which first featured on Tnooz in July 2010. So what happened in the intervening 12 months? Read More

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New Zealand targets youth in latest social marketing campaign

By Linda Fox | December 5, 2011

Tourism New Zealand is calling on the travelling youth to say what they would trade for the chance to win one of six two-week holidays to the destination. Read More

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