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Hotel puts iPad in every room, claims most hi-tech in town
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Hotel puts iPad in every room, claims most hi-tech in town
By Kevin May | July 25, 2011
In the battle to appeal to tech-savvy travellers, London hotel Ecclestone Square is laying claim to being the most hi-tech property in the capital with a string of gadget-led features. Read More
Hotel pricing - Middle East - July to September 2011
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Hotel pricing - Middle East - July to September 2011
By PhocusWire | July 24, 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 the Middle East, July to September 2011. Read More
Google kills web reviews for hotels on Maps and Places
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Google kills web reviews for hotels on Maps and Places
By Kevin May | July 22, 2011
Swift and decisive move by Google last night as it axed all third party reviews appearing against hotels on Google Maps and Google Places. Read More
TLabs Reprise - GoMiles 12 months on
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TLabs Reprise - GoMiles 12 months on
By Kevin May | July 20, 2011
GoMiles is a US-based travel loyalty scheme management tool, which first featured on Tnooz in April 2010. So what happened in the intervening 12 months? Read More
Hotel connects Facebook with hi-tech RFID to hit social media-loving clubbers
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Hotel connects Facebook with hi-tech RFID to hit social media-loving clubbers
By Kevin May | July 20, 2011
Very novel idea from a hotel on the European summer clubbing capital of Ibiza to combine guests obsession with Facebook and cutting edge RFID technology - using wristbands. Read More
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
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