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Does the rise of mobile apps mean decline of the open web?

By PhocusWire | April 14, 2014

DEVICES: How consumers use their devices seems to run in a kind of cycle - one minute we are apparently hearing the death knell of apps as the mobile web improves, but as users - forever creatures o... Read More

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Why hotel marketing is flying to the cloud: Q&A with Forest Key of Buuteeq

By Sean O'Neil | April 12, 2014

Mark Andreessen, venture capitalist and co-creator of the web browser, once said that “software is eating the world.” Today software appears to be eating hotel marketing, in particular. Internet-ba... Read More

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Online giants eLong and Tongcheng form exclusive partnership

By Karthick Prabu | April 12, 2014

China's online travel agents - eLong and Tongcheng - have entered into a strategic partnership that will see the companies exclusively supply certain products to each other. Under the agreement, eL... Read More

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Youth travel booking window reduces as mobile plays a key role

By Karthick Prabu | April 11, 2014

About 50% of youth travel bookings are now made between one and three weeks in advance of the travel/stay date, according to a study. Safe Travel Accommodation for Youth (STAY) WYSE Association, the... Read More

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Tigerair targets fly-shy Australians with Infrequent Flyers campaign

By Karthick Prabu | April 10, 2014

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SITA talks Smart Thinking for airlines and airports

By Linda Fox | April 10, 2014

More than half of passengers would use their mobile phones for real time flight status(72%), baggage status(85%)and flight disruptions (69%). These are among findings SITA has drawn together from i... Read More

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Data harvesting to win travel marketing in the future

By Viewpoints | April 10, 2014

Johnny Depp’s new movie Transcendence is about a sentient machine that combines infinite, collective intelligence with the full range of human emotions. It inspired me to contemplate the future of... Read More

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How Didi Dache increased daily bookings by 15 times to 5 million in 77 days?

By Karthick Prabu | April 10, 2014

After a series of investments secured by Chinese mobile-based taxi hailing services recently, now Didi Dache has reported a 15X increase in daily bookings in just 77 days. In early January 2014, th... Read More

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Intrepid Travel picks up remaining stake in Urban Adventures

By Linda Fox | April 10, 2014

Moves in the tours and activities sector this morning as Intrepid Travel acquires the remaining stake in Thailand-based Urban Adventures. Urban Adventures (TLabs here) was set up in late 2009 as a... Read More

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Qunar CEO speaks about automation, new features, Chinese challenges and more

By Karthick Prabu | April 9, 2014

A big rumor doing the rounds in recent days is a possible merger of the China's top two travel sites - Qunar and Ctrip. Such a deal with between the pair - a metasearch service and online travel agen... Read More

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Heartbleed: Major travel sites like Expedia and Priceline appear to have dodged a bullet

By Sean O'Neil | April 9, 2014

It's a computer bug with a name out of a James Bond movie: heartbleed. The security flaw, which exposes data to hackers, appears to threaten hundreds and possibly thousands of websites. Respected U... Read More

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How we'll travel in 2024: Skyscanner sees semantic search, Google Glass, and more

By Sean O'Neil | April 9, 2014

Skyscanner, the UK-based metasearch site, unveiled today a report forecasting what travel will be like in 2024. A decade from now, the report says, next-generation digital technologies will have tr... Read More

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New advertising technology drops targetable units into in-flight browsing

By Nick Vivion | April 9, 2014

Advertising technology is rapidly evolving to include in-flight internet sessions, thus allowing brands to specifically target fliers as they use the internet. The linkup is between WiFi monetizati... Read More

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Singapore Tourism Board accelerates virality by deleting its already viral marketing video

By Karthick Prabu | April 9, 2014

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Can you protect your site as Google heats up web spam war?

By Viewpoints | April 9, 2014

Google has ramped up its war on web spam in recent months with some big brand web sites including travel companies reportedly being penalised because they are believed to be trying to manipulate their... Read More

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