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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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The race to the bottom in travel (where we all lose out)

By Viewpoints | May 4, 2015

Many of us in travel are utilising new marketing techniques and new technology brings opportunities to grow businesses. But fast and loose practices can end up being a zero-sum game, annoying consu Read More

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Grasp the Google search change as a chance to clean up your mobile act

By Viewpoints | April 30, 2015

Google's latest update is no cause for alarm but rather an opportunity to get your mobile strategy in order. Every time Google issues an update, hotel marketing agencies have a field day writing ar Read More

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Hotel pricing mechanisms need a direct approach

By Pamela Whitby | April 22, 2015

Hoteliers have been telling us for years that the public needs to be better educated about what rates really stand for. NB: This is an analysis by Pamela Whitby, editor at EyeForTravel. That’s e Read More

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Time to mobilise (not panic!) as Google makes search changes

By Linda Fox | April 21, 2015

Another day, another Google algorithm change and this time it's about mobile search and mobile friendliness. Many are calling it "mobilegeddon" or "mopocalpyse", but the idea of a sort of "spring c Read More

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Really, mobile is the travel destination

By Viewpoints | April 20, 2015

“On and shortly after April 21, 2015, a lot of people in e-commerce and SEO at travel companies are going to get fired." This is how Susan Black, Co-Founder of Black & Wright, got the attention Read More

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Google defence against regulator exposes weak performance of its travel products

By Kevin May | April 16, 2015

Google may have mounted a robust defence of its search practices, but at the same time showed how far it has to go with its travel products. The European Union put forward a so-called "statement of Read More

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Booking.com and TripAdvisor reviews appear on Apple Maps

By Kevin May | April 7, 2015

Yelp has lost its exclusivity on providing reviews for hotel properties on Apple Maps. Entering the fray now will also be reviews from Booking.com and TripAdvisor. No official announcement has b Read More

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Finnair makes multi-million wifi investment, APH creates BYOD guide, Estonian Air enables wifi, and more...

By PhocusWire | March 26, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for March 2015. Thursday 26 March 2015: Finnair invests in wifi Finnair plans to bring wifi Read More

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