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Everything you need to know about Demand Generation for hotels

By Viewpoints | July 9, 2015

Demand generation has always been important to hotels, why else have sales departments? NB: This is an anaylsis by Max Rayner, a partner at Hudson Crossing. But lately it has gone from a functio Read More

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Luxury travel brands tap heavily-backed Matterport for 3D virtual tours

By Sean O'Neil | June 25, 2015

Matterport, a Mountain View startup whose cameras scan rooms to produce three-dimensional replicas, received a $30 million Series C funding round yesterday. The raise comes from a mixture of new an Read More

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The power of the long tail uses content AND data

By PhocusWire | June 24, 2015

Too many brands are focused on vanity terms and overlooking the long tail opportunity. Read More

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Ignore the hyperbole: SEO is alive and kicking in travel (even for the small guys)

By Viewpoints | June 23, 2015

"SEO is dead" is a well-known catchphrase, most commonly heard from newly unemployed spam merchants in bitter reaction to Google’s latest algorithm update. NB: This is an analysis by Matthew Barker Read More

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Wego clocks in with Apple Watch app, Silversea (almost) offers free wifi to all, and more...

By PhocusWire | June 23, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for June 2015. Tuesday 23 June 2015: Wego creates Apple Watch app The app will be available Read More

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Apple Watch and the potential to unlock voice technology

By Glenn Gruber | June 17, 2015

Invariably any conversation around mobile technology these days turns towards wearables. In particular, such discussions revolve around the device of the moment: Apple's Watch and its potential as Read More

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Google and its peculiar plunge into virtual reality

By PhocusWire | June 15, 2015

The rise of Google Cardboard shows the unusual way Google operates when it comes to virtual reality. Read More

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What does the future hold for search engine marketers?

By PhocusWire | June 3, 2015

Originally, the web represented a land of boundless opportunity, something that was seized on by marketers. Read More

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Forget bums on seats, personal bundles will be key to future airline experience

By Linda Fox | June 2, 2015

Hot on the heels of the first part of its Future Traveller Tribes 2030 study, Amadeus has followed up by looking at how airlines might better cater for different groups of individuals in the future. Read More

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Jump! Google and GoPro are slashing the cost of virtual reality travel

By Sean O'Neil | May 28, 2015

Google expanded several of its virtual reality initiatives -- including a partnership with sport cameramaker GoPro -- that will slash the cost of producing and sharing 360-degree, three-dimensional vi Read More

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Watch out, TripIt: Google Inbox adds Trip Bundles, an itinerary-tracker

By Sean O'Neil | May 28, 2015

Google's new email service, Inbox, now automatically groups all the messages about a trip into a bundle, possibly threatening Concur's TripIt itinerary tool. As of today, Inbox, a next-generation, Read More

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Google is waging a secret war against advertising fraud

By PhocusWire | May 25, 2015

Sasha, a Russian computer engineer, is a member of Google's secretive anti-fraud team. Read More

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Europe declares war on scary Google

By Pamela Whitby | May 14, 2015

In a game of word association on the closing day of EyeforTravel’s European Travel Distribution Summit (TDS) last week the phrase ‘Google mobile update’ provoked the response of ‘scary’ from John Boug Read More

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Yelp may be up for sale...but who would spend billions to buy it?

By Nick Vivion | May 11, 2015

The media is devouring the news that Yelp is supposedly on the hunt for a strategic buyer. Triggered by a report in the Wall Street Journal that Yelp is "exploring a sale," the global interest in t Read More

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Ryanair: In 2014, we got our shit together - we caught up

By Pamela Whitby | May 7, 2015

Yes, Ireland’s notorious low-cost carrier wants to be the Amazon of the retail world and has learnt quickly that the customer must come first. Kenny Jacobs, chief marketing officer of Ryanair hasn’ Read More

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