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Rome2rio adds carpooling to the point-to-point mix

By Nick Vivion | March 25, 2014

Point-to-point has a new method of transportation, as Rome2rio adds carpooling inventory to its options for European journeys. The Melbourne-based startup is grabbing available carpool inventory fr... Read More

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What travel professionals can learn from retail on engaging consumers

By Nick Vivion | March 25, 2014

The website optimizers at Qubit have drilled down into the differences between retail and travel to show how travel professionals can most effectively hook and retain customers. The report, availab... Read More

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Google's Knowledge Graph: Ways for travel marketers to keep up

By Viewpoints | March 25, 2014

The Knowledge Graph is a two-year-old feature that summarizes information in boxes placed above some of Google's organic, or non-paid, search results. (See example for "St Lucia Tourism" in screenshot... Read More

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Google Glass - the Virgin view, but what's the bigger picture?

By Linda Fox | March 25, 2014

Recent events have not exactly painted a rosy future for Google Glass with one woman attacked in a bar for wearing the device and another handed a citation for driving while watching television via th... Read More

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How Expedia's homepage design evolved to today's full revamp

By Sean O'Neil | March 25, 2014

Online travel agency Expedia.com today unveiled a fresh homepage design for its US website. The Expedia homepage redesign features a "fully responsive design" -- meaning it works better on tablets... Read More

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Where is Google heading next? [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | March 25, 2014

Electric cars, balloon-housed wifi networks, future of search and people being always connected - welcome to Google CEO Larry Page's mind. The boss of the search giant appeared as a guest at a rece... Read More

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Ctrip hit by credit card security loophole

By Karthick Prabu | March 25, 2014

China-based internet security monitoring service Wooyun has exposed a possible security loophole in Ctrip, one of the country's biggest travel brands. Last week, Wooyun reported a potential expos... Read More

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Travelport scoops AirAsia for distribution as low cost carrier renaissance continues

By Kevin May | March 24, 2014

AirAsia will be the latest low cost carrier to join the ranks of legacy airlines on the GDS, following another coup for Travelport which agreed a deal with the airline this week. The Asia-Pacific a... Read More

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Doubletree Global Head talks tech, expansion, Cookie Care and Airbnb [VIDEO]

By Nick Vivion | March 24, 2014

Doubletree Global Head John Grenleaf sat down with Bloomberg to talk about the company's continued expansion strategy, meeting the demands of the digital consumer, and the impact of Airbnb on hotels.... Read More

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Marketing watch: Promoted Pins very close to launch on Pinterest

By Nick Vivion | March 24, 2014

Pinning trailblazers Pinterest are forging into unchartered terrain: that of paid advertising. The company announced experiments with "Promoted Pins" in late 2013, and are set to roll out the platf... Read More

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How to win, manage and optimise Hotel Prices Ads on Google

By Viewpoints | March 24, 2014

As we all know, Google entered the hotel metasearch game with the introduction of Google Hotel Price Ads (HPA) in a number of Google products. These included Google Hotel Finder, Google Maps, Googl... Read More

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Asians can't travel without mobiles, Westerners fear forgetting credit cards

By Karthick Prabu | March 24, 2014

Travellers across three regions - Asia, Europe and the US - appear to have very different priorities over what they can't live without on a trip. Priceline-owned online travel agency Agoda asked 50... Read More

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Last Minute Travel brings agent wholesale prices to consumers on mobile

By Nick Vivion | March 24, 2014

Last Minute Travel has released a new iOS application that offers access to a swathe of wholesale travel inventory to users. The app promises access to wholesale pricing usually reserved for travel... Read More

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CarTrawler majority stake bought by BC Partners in big bucks deal

By Kevin May | March 24, 2014

Car rental technology provider CarTrawler has sold a majority stake to BC Partners, owner of the Phones4U retail chain, for an undisclosed fee. A minority stake in the company has also been snapped... Read More

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Travelocity draws in dreamers on Twitter and Instagram with #iwannago campaign

By Nick Vivion | March 21, 2014

Travelocity recently took to Twitter and Instagram to splash out on a multi-week brand campaign under the hashtag #iwannago. The campaign encourages users to generate content by asking submissions for... Read More

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