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Death of Postcard & Tag is the consumer travel app challenge in a nutshell
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Death of Postcard & Tag is the consumer travel app challenge in a nutshell
By Kevin May | March 11, 2017
Another week, another consumer-facing travel app goes to the busy startup graveyard in the sky. Postcard & Tag will close in a few weeks in what its CEO Ruth Thomason says is a "heart-wrenching... Read More
Voopter brings in $600K round, claims top flight search role in Brazil
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Voopter brings in $600K round, claims top flight search role in Brazil
By Kevin May | March 11, 2017
Four-year-old Brazilian flight search engine Voopter has attracted the attention of overseas investors again, this time almost doubling its previous round. Travel Capitalist Ventures is behind the... Read More
Millennials, dark social, influencers and payola - a cautionary tale for hotels
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Millennials, dark social, influencers and payola - a cautionary tale for hotels
By Viewpoints | March 10, 2017
TV advertising is long dead – a part of marketing’s ancien régime that communicates less effectively today than a pet rock. NB: This is a viewpoint by Simon Finne, co-founder of Loopon. Think ab... Read More
Activity tech house Rezdy brings in $1.8 million funding round
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Activity tech house Rezdy brings in $1.8 million funding round
By Kevin May | March 10, 2017
The financial backer of SiteMinder and Stackla has led a $1.8 million investment in Rezdy, the tours and activities technology provider. Bailadour Technology Investments was joined by fellow Austra... Read More
What you need to know about live video streaming in travel
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What you need to know about live video streaming in travel
By Nick Vivion | March 10, 2017
Since becoming available widely in April 2016, Facebook Live has become the go-to platform for live video streaming. Facebook’s user penetration brought live streaming to the world’s biggest audien... Read More
Another billion dollars for Airbnb
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Another billion dollars for Airbnb
By Martin Cowen | March 10, 2017
Airbnb's latest SEC filing showing another billion dollars has been added to its warchest. The filing also shows that 40 investors were involved in the round, which reportedly values the business a... Read More
Busbud puts a price on passengers' ancillaries wishlist
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Busbud puts a price on passengers' ancillaries wishlist
By Martin Cowen | March 10, 2017
Bus and coach booking specialist Busbud has revealed the on-board services which passengers not only rate but are also willing to pay for. As the bus tech industry matures, the findings show where... Read More
Instant meta booking milestone - Tripping hits 3M rentals
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Instant meta booking milestone - Tripping hits 3M rentals
By Kevin May | March 9, 2017
Who says the drive to instant bookings on search engines can be hard (well, TripAdvisor, for starters) - in vacation rentals it appears to be working out very well. Vacation rental marketplace Trip... Read More
VR extends its reach into the travel marketing mainstream
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VR extends its reach into the travel marketing mainstream
By Viewpoints | March 9, 2017
In the cult 1990s movie “Strange Days,” a virtual reality apparatus pulls images straight from a user’s cerebral cortex. Though solidly in the realm of science fiction, a similar kind of intense inter... Read More
Brisbane Airport eases passenger journey through biometrics
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Brisbane Airport eases passenger journey through biometrics
By Marisa Garcia | March 9, 2017
Brisbane Airport has partnered with SITA and Air New Zealand, to launch a trial of the SITA Smart Path facial recognition technology. It allows passengers to identify themselves throughout the jour... Read More
Etihad completes NDC booking tool for improved shopping experience
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Etihad completes NDC booking tool for improved shopping experience
By Marisa Garcia | March 9, 2017
Etihad Airways has completed the implementation of a new IATA NDC-compliant booking standard to improve the information flow between travel agents and the airline's reservation systems. The airline... Read More
IAG to equip fleet with inflight wifi from Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom
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IAG to equip fleet with inflight wifi from Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom
By Martin Cowen | March 9, 2017
Inflight wifi access is a vital part of the airline passenger experience, but it is also an elephant in the room when it comes to merchandising, retailing and personalisation. For  airlines, tech p... Read More
Car rental sector gets the message more clearly than hotels, OTAs and airlines
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Car rental sector gets the message more clearly than hotels, OTAs and airlines
By Kevin May | March 9, 2017
Welcome to the world of bots and messaging - such a familiar refrain in the travel sector of late. Our own coverage ranges from the first incarnations from KLM, or Skyscanner and others to some of... Read More
Mobile search rates for hotels reach huge level
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Mobile search rates for hotels reach huge level
By Kevin May | March 8, 2017
Mobile searches for budget hotels outweigh those for luxury properties - but the latter is growing fast. This is one of a number of findings from a huge study by Sojern, using both its own data and... Read More
Trump slump or big chill - how bans are playing out in travel distribution
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Trump slump or big chill - how bans are playing out in travel distribution
By Marisa Garcia | March 8, 2017
Lots of column inches have been taken up on the policies of the Donald Trump administration but what of their impact on travel distribution and likelihood to hurt US travel and tourism? Are we trul... Read More
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