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Alibaba acquires air fare service provider Aslan
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Alibaba acquires air fare service provider Aslan
By Karthick Prabu | May 19, 2014
Alibaba's latest addition to its travel industry product suite is China's B2B air fare service provider Aslan, according to a source familiar with the acquisition. The company has not responded to... Read More
Samsung buys temporary naming rights to Heathrow's Terminal 5
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Samsung buys temporary naming rights to Heathrow's Terminal 5
By Nick Vivion | May 16, 2014
UPDATE: Heathrow is saying that Samsung didn't officially buy "naming rights" to the terminal. Take that at face value - because it seems like Samsung thinks they did! In an effort to cause as much... Read More
Nor1 pushes out new mobile merchandising product eReach
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Nor1 pushes out new mobile merchandising product eReach
By Nick Vivion | May 16, 2014
Incremental revenue technologist Nor1 has created a new mobile merchandising platform that allows hotels to explicitly target the guest experience on mobile. The new mobile product is called eReach... Read More
Qunar reports over 400% revenue growth via mobile channel
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Qunar reports over 400% revenue growth via mobile channel
By Karthick Prabu | May 16, 2014
Qunar has reported revenue of $54 million for the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 83.6% year-on-year. Gross profit for Q1 2014 was $42.2 million, an increase of 76.8% over the same period. Th... Read More
Travel personalization startup Olset raises $1.1M
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Travel personalization startup Olset raises $1.1M
By Sean O'Neil | May 16, 2014
Olset, which offers personalized recommendations for hotels, has raised $1.1 million of seed funding on a convertible note. This includes a $500,000 tranche that Tnooz previously reported. The lead i... Read More
Time to build travel applications that will move the world again
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Time to build travel applications that will move the world again
By Sean Arena | May 16, 2014
Late last year, Sabre hosted a webinar on Tnooz to provide thoughts on how the digital landscape is evolving — as well as a few key trends that are influencing that evolution. As I mentioned on the... Read More
OpenJaw widens retailing capabilities for S7
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OpenJaw widens retailing capabilities for S7
By Linda Fox | May 16, 2014
Russian airline S7 has extended flight and ancillary shopping capabilities on its website after deploying the OpenJaw t-Retail Platform. The technology enables airline customers to use the website,... Read More
Sometimes you just have to simplify in order to grow in mobile
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Sometimes you just have to simplify in order to grow in mobile
By PhocusWire | May 16, 2014
DEVICES: Many startups focusing on mobile, especially in the travel sector, can perhaps be forgiven for trying to be all things to all people - overloading products with features and things people s... Read More
Will technology enhance or destroy the corporate’s hotel-travel policy?
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Will technology enhance or destroy the corporate’s hotel-travel policy?
By Kevin May | May 15, 2014
When thinking about hotels, the travel manager is constantly challenged to balance the needs of the company with the needs of the traveler colleague. Corporate travelers, like their leisure counter... Read More
Restaurant data, marketing and analytics platform fires up $3.2 million
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Restaurant data, marketing and analytics platform fires up $3.2 million
By Nick Vivion | May 15, 2014
Posiq, a Big Data play in the restaurant space, has announced a $3.2 million series A. The financing round was led by hospitality VC firm Thayer Ventures, with additional participation by SVG Partners... Read More
Sabre's debt, revenue and passengers boarded all increase in Q1
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Sabre's debt, revenue and passengers boarded all increase in Q1
By Nick Vivion | May 15, 2014
Sabre Corporation completed its first earnings call as a publicly traded company - and generally things are consistent with where the company was prior to re-entering public markets earlier this year.... Read More
A reality check on tours and activities (bubble?)
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A reality check on tours and activities (bubble?)
By Viewpoints | May 15, 2014
It's that time again, on the heels of another big tours and activities study from Phocuswright, when the hive starts buzzing about this sector in travel. I love this time. NB: This is an opinion... Read More
Thomas Cook continues journey to lean, mean online machine
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Thomas Cook continues journey to lean, mean online machine
By Linda Fox | May 15, 2014
Thomas Cook provided an update of its "digital transformation" this morning as part of half-year results ended 31 March, 2014. The company has come a long way in the months since it embarked on its... Read More
TripIt is latest travel company on Google Glass, adds trip planning app
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TripIt is latest travel company on Google Glass, adds trip planning app
By Linda Fox | May 15, 2014
TripIt has developed an application enabling travellers to access travel plans on Google Glass. A statement says the Concur-owned itinerary management specialist was selected, alongside a group of... Read More
Gogobot redesigns app, responding to the behavior of mobile travelers
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Gogobot redesigns app, responding to the behavior of mobile travelers
By Sean O'Neil | May 15, 2014
Gogobot, a travel reviews startup in San Francisco, has fully re-designed its app for iPhone and Android, to better reflect how mobile users research and book travel on the go. One of Gogobot's key... Read More
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