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Cleartrip sees strength in the weekend

By Martin Cowen | February 4, 2015

Cleartrip's latest quarterly look at accommodation trends shows that transactions have grown by nearly 100% in a year, driven by a trend towards short breaks. It also noted that mobile bookings now... Read More

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Startup pitch: Pillow, after its $2.7M raise, will run your short-term rental for you

By Sean O'Neil | February 3, 2015

During a gold rush, the safest business model is to be selling picks, shovels, and other mining supplies. Today's closest thing to a gold rush may be the drive to make it digitally seamless for sm... Read More

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Closing a $1.4M round, Tiqets aims to boost ancillary sales for travel firms

By Sean O'Neil | February 3, 2015

Tiqets, a ticketing technology platform for museums, entertainment, and other local attractions, says it has received $1 million in seed funding from various non-institutional investors. This fundi... 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

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Pain points and stress - just a normal day at the airport

By Linda Fox | February 3, 2015

Mobile Travel Technologies has carried out some research into the frustrations of travellers with the airport experience. The Day of Travel study looks at the stress for travellers as they encounte... Read More

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Remote-controlled airport suggests tech-heavy future of air traffic control

By Nick Vivion | February 3, 2015

Last year marked the first deployment of the world's only remote-controlled air traffic control module. After initial tests, the technology is set to expand into the US at an executive airport in V... Read More

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How flight delays affect you and your business – even if you’re not flying

By Viewpoints | February 3, 2015

It has probably affected us all at some time, is totally indiscriminate about who it attacks and frequently causes pain and inconvenience when it occurs. It can sometimes creep up on us, whilst on... Read More

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Proliferation of smartphones over-estimated

By PhocusWire | February 3, 2015

Multi-SIM smartphones were developed as a way to help people stay connected.... Read More

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Ryanair doing its thing on the web [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | February 3, 2015

Much to the annoyance of large swatches of the industry and the mainstream and business media, Ryanair is celebrating 30 years in business in 2015. Still, through gritted teeth, many will admire wh... Read More

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Google may challenge Uber for self-driving car rentals

By Sean O'Neil | February 2, 2015

Google may develop a competitor to car-hailing app Uber that specifically works with the fleet of self-driving cars it has been developing, according to a report by Bloomberg Business. Uber, the wo... Read More

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Sabre's key investors TPG and Silver Lake will sell 20M shares

By Sean O'Neil | February 2, 2015

In recent weeks, Sabre Holdings has seen its stock flirt with its highest prices since its initial public offering in April 2014. It closed today at $20 a share, up from $16. TPG and Silver Lake, w... Read More

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Hopper's new flight search app streamlines discovery of cheap flights

By Nick Vivion | February 2, 2015

After several years in stealth, Hopper launched a little over a year ago with the "world's largest structured database of travel information." The startup quickly discovered soft consumer interest in... Read More

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Android users have little overlap on hotel and airline app usage

By Nick Vivion | February 2, 2015

There is little overlap between airline and hotel usage on Android, according to the latest analysis of user data by Strategy Analytics. The panel of 1,500 users show little overlap when it comes t... Read More

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Zomato logo change hints Urbanspoon brand will be dropped

By Martin Cowen | February 2, 2015

Indian-based restaurant discovery brand Zomato continues its frenetic start to 2015 - buying a site in Turkey and redesigning its logo as part of its plan to absorb recently acquired Urbanspoon. Th... Read More

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TripAdvisor buys ZeTrip, the company behind Rove personal journal app

By Kevin May | February 2, 2015

Another month, another acquisition for TripAdvisor - the travel journal application Rove and its parent company ZeTrip. As is customary for TripAdvisor's continued acquisition strategy, terms of th... Read More

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