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Amazon adds West End theatre tix, Wayn boosts South Africa, Eurostar goes Dutch, and more...

By PhocusWire | March 25, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for March 2015. Wednesday 25 March: Amazon Local UK has begun to sell tickets to West End thea Read More

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Why visual content can damage a travel brand

By Viewpoints | March 24, 2015

Even beyond the debate over distribution, as a hotelier, marketing your property to consumers is essential. And one of the best ways to show off a hotel is with visual content. NB: This is an an Read More

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Google played hardball with TripAdvisor and Yelp, says leaked FTC report

By Sean O'Neil | March 19, 2015

A report on Google's search practices by the US Federal Trade Commission's bureau of competition has been accidentally obtained by the Wall Street Journal. The report supports antitrust claims made Read More

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Project Loon successfully uses wind patterns to move Internet across continents

By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2015

Project Loon has successfully managed to surf wind patterns in order to carry Internet from New Zealand to South American to Australia, says the team's latest update on Google+. This is the first time Read More

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Will voice-activated flight search finally catch on?

By Nick Vivion | March 17, 2015

The latest foray of a travel brand into voice-activated search is called Opal. This time its OTA OneTravel stepping up to the microphone with its own personal voice assistant for its Android app. A Read More

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How to protect yourself from joining the plague of forgotten travel apps

By Nick Vivion | March 17, 2015

Forgotten travel apps are a blot on the landscape of the travel and holiday sectors, according to new Ipsos UK research. The research included a survey of 400 users online in each of three vertical Read More

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Google to rank brands with Android apps higher in mobile searches

By Nick Vivion | March 3, 2015

Developers, pay attention: Google has changed its ranking algorithm for mobile searches and will prioritize results for those brands with Android apps installed on the searcher's phone. The announc Read More

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Android to become central nervous system — including seamless translation into any language

By Nick Vivion | March 2, 2015

Seamless translation into any language via a "lightweight wearable" could soon be a reality, suggested Google's mobile czar Sundar Pichai during today's session at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelo Read More

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Zip lining through the Amazon is Google's next StreetView trick

By Nick Vivion | March 2, 2015

Google is constantly sending its StreetView bubble — called a Trekker — around the world to document every last nook and cranny of the planet. This has led to some fairly interesting deployments of Read More

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Digital detox - your devices are ruining your life

By PhocusWire | February 12, 2015

A political blogger spent so much time posting and Tweeting and staring at screens that he almost went nuts. Read More

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Don't give up on Google Glass in travel: Schiphol Airport launches year-long trial

By Nick Vivion | February 10, 2015

It was only two years ago that we were wondering if Google Glass was to be the next big thing in travel. And while Google Glass may be on the outs with mainstream consumers, the technology is still be Read More

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How virtual reality is reshaping marketing for hotels and destinations

By Nick Vivion | February 9, 2015

Virtual reality has been a long-time coming, with early VR technologies being demonstrated back in the late 1960s. Now, with Facebook's billion-dollar purchase of Oculus Rift, the technology has reach Read More

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Move over Google: Apple testing its own driverless car?

By Nick Vivion | February 4, 2015

Vans registered to Apple have been roving the streets of San Francisco and Brooklyn, auspiciously recording their surroundings using a camera-laden setup that includes a LiDAR array to measure distanc Read More

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Google's StreetView sets sail on Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas

By Nick Vivion | February 3, 2015

Google has been deploying its StreetView mapping technology into new locations, such as offering inside views of businesses around the world. Royal Caribbean is the latest to map its business: the cru Read More