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The four top travel marketing campaigns showcased by Google's Creative Sandbox

By Sean O'Neil | October 5, 2012

In mid-September, Google launched Creative Sandbox, a "hub" where digital advertising agencies can spotlight marketing campaigns that are the most innovative and effective. Read More

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The Scan: Introducing the Travel Technology Association, and more news

By PhocusWire | October 1, 2012

Travel Tech, mmMule, Google Flight Search, HRG, WIHP, and ShoreTrips all make our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 1 October. Read More

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Mobiles and iPads wade in to the heart of travel search: discovery and inspiration

By Kevin May | September 28, 2012

Remember just a few years back, before Apple decided we all needed a mobile-laptop hybrid and connecting to the web via a device was a rubbish user experience at best? 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

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Latest assault on travel from Google: A virtual tour guide for mobiles

By Nick Vivion | September 27, 2012

Following Google's movement of Schemer to mobile, the company continues to push deep into the mobile travel application space with the FieldTrip app for Android. Read More

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Google Maps deep dives into the world's great underwater landscapes

By Nick Vivion | September 26, 2012

Google Maps is officially swimming with the fishes: Street View has partnered with the underwater experts at the Catlin Seaview Survey to create the world's first high-resolution, interactive panoramas... Read More

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The buzz of San Francisco Bay, taking off the rose-tinted specs, and seeing the Space Shuttle

By Kevin May | September 24, 2012

With a mixture of nerves and excitement, Tnooz rolled into San Francisco last week to host the latest stop on its roadshow of developer THack events. Read More

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Zagat drops paid apps, will it drop quality as well?

By Nick Vivion | September 24, 2012

In Google's continued integration of the Zagat properties, the company has announced that all of Zagat's paid apps will now be free for download. Read More

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Apple reveals iOS6, misplaces some towns and businesses

By Nick Vivion | September 20, 2012

The much anticipated release of iOS 6 came to a head yesterday, as millions of iOS users were finally able to download the latest update to Apple's popular software. Read More

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Airline-GDS battles in the US throw new light on European regulatory review

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | September 14, 2012

The European Commission has a pending report due on the state of GDS distribution regulation in Europe. Read More

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The Scan: China holds its first major tourism forum, WeHostels goes mobile-only, and other news

By PhocusWire | September 12, 2012

Some interesting facts were revealed at the three-day forum in Macao, China's first 1,000-person global travel conference, and more items in our daily roundup. Read More

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What makes Paris look like Paris? Geo-tagged images can help [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | September 11, 2012

Paris is just Paris - everyone knows it has the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Sacré-Cœur, well known landmarks and tourist attractions. Read More

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My Destination goes on the offensive, calls Google a commodity in travel content search

By Linda Fox | September 7, 2012

Google's recent acquisition of Frommers probably left quite a few in the travel guide sector quaking in their boots Read More

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What can travel companies learn from other online retailers? [hint: at least four things]

By Viewpoints | September 7, 2012

Order a book on Amazon that you already own. What happens? Amazon reminds you politely that the book is in your possession and asks if really want to buy it again. Read More