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Gekko throws travel planning and review service into Facebook
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Gekko throws travel planning and review service into Facebook
By Kevin May | July 19, 2011
More developments in the drive to turn Facebook into a wider travel planning service with hotel booking site Gekko launching a recommendation and search tool for the network. Read More
TripAdvisor reaches 50M reviews milestone
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TripAdvisor reaches 50M reviews milestone
By Kevin May | July 19, 2011
Doubles all round at TripAdvisor today after reaching a significant marker in its history: the site now carries 50 million individual reviews from consumers. Read More
Anatomy of the new Micro-Tripper in travel
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Anatomy of the new Micro-Tripper in travel
By Viewpoints | July 18, 2011
What is the Micro-Tripper? It's the short-term, purely spontaneous travel enabled by the flash sale, group buying, and private-travel sale start-ups. Read More
Kelkoo Travel starts relaunch project, hotels first, flights to follow
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Kelkoo Travel starts relaunch project, hotels first, flights to follow
By Kevin May | July 18, 2011
Kelkoo is splashing out Euro 2 million to reinvigorate its travel search service, with the first results expected within the next few weeks. Read More
Hotel prices - Asia - July to September 2011
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Hotel prices - Asia - July to September 2011
By PhocusWire | July 17, 2011
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Asia, July to September 2011. Read More
Ten point to-do list and things to avoid with modern hotel marketing
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Ten point to-do list and things to avoid with modern hotel marketing
By Patrick Landman | July 14, 2011
Where on earth do you start to start when implementing a new marketing strategy for a hotel? Read More
Ostrovok wants to become the Booking.com for Russia
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Ostrovok wants to become the Booking.com for Russia
By Kevin May | July 13, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Russia-based hotel search and booking site Ostrovok. Read More
Hotel prices - Australia-New Zealand - July to September 2011
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Hotel prices - Australia-New Zealand - July to September 2011
By PhocusWire | July 10, 2011
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Australia-New Zealand from July to September. Read More
BookingBrick brings hotel bookings to mobile applications
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BookingBrick brings hotel bookings to mobile applications
By Claude Bénard | July 7, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring France-based hotel mobile application booking engine BookingBrick. Read More
Why hotels should think of themselves before embracing Facebook and flash sales
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Why hotels should think of themselves before embracing Facebook and flash sales
By Viewpoints | July 6, 2011
A well-known story for hotels: powerful middlemen that dominate the market and put pressure on the property managers to lower prices and increase the commission. Read More
Back to basics with ten social media marketing tips for hotels
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Back to basics with ten social media marketing tips for hotels
By Patrick Landman | July 5, 2011
It is impossible to attend a conference these days without an in-depth session (or two) on best practices for social media marketing in travel. Read More
Hotel pricing - North America - June to August 2011
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Hotel pricing - North America - June to August 2011
By PhocusWire | July 5, 2011
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in North America, June to August 2011. Read More
Mr and Mrs Smith brings hotel search and naughtiness to iPhone app
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Mr and Mrs Smith brings hotel search and naughtiness to iPhone app
By Kevin May | July 4, 2011
Plenty of travel smartphone applications emerging these days, but not that many that promote strip poker and allow the creation of travel playlists as well as booking a hotel. Read More
Two thirds of hotels want to offer bookings via a mobile
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Two thirds of hotels want to offer bookings via a mobile
By Kevin May | July 1, 2011
Hoteliers appear to be coming round to the world of mobile and yet another new channel to manage - 66% believe it is now important to offer bookings via a handset. Read More
Hotel pricing - Europe - June to August 2011
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Hotel pricing - Europe - June to August 2011
By PhocusWire | June 30, 2011
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Europe from June to August 2011. Read More
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