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What to do when your Facebook hotel page gets hacked (as many did this week)
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What to do when your Facebook hotel page gets hacked (as many did this week)
By Viewpoints | February 21, 2014
Did you wake up on Thursday, log on to Facebook, and realize that your hotel decided to change its name to Hotel Mooshaus? NB: This is an analysis by Kelsey Nupnau, interactive marketing manager at... Read More
A secret, well-funded technology to eat Amazon's lunch?
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A secret, well-funded technology to eat Amazon's lunch?
By PhocusWire | February 21, 2014
DEVICES: Beyond the supposed shock and awe that a British company actually managed to raise a pile of money from US investors, there are some systems coming on-stream that some consider as being via... Read More
eRevMax adds Metasearch channels, Singapore Air's improved connectivity, and more
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eRevMax adds Metasearch channels, Singapore Air's improved connectivity, and more
By PhocusWire | February 21, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for February 2014... Friday 28 February 2014: Farelogix and ThoughtWorks link up The compani... Read More
Go Israel goes interactive with new video marketing campaign
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Go Israel goes interactive with new video marketing campaign
By Nick Vivion | February 20, 2014
The latest tourism board to test the interactive waters is Go Israel, who has created a choose-your-own-adventure video that showcases three different potential paths for an exploratory journey in Isr... Read More
Orlando becomes first US airport with automated border control technology for visa waiver countries
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Orlando becomes first US airport with automated border control technology for visa waiver countries
By Nick Vivion | February 20, 2014
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How one man is driving towards the perfect trip. Do you concur?
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How one man is driving towards the perfect trip. Do you concur?
By Linda Fox | February 20, 2014
Concur has been quietly investing in young companies in the past four years, sometimes taking a small share, sometimes larger, rarely with much fanfare. The company has positioned itself somewhere... Read More
Sequoia Capital and the numbers behind the WhatsApp-Facebook deal
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Sequoia Capital and the numbers behind the WhatsApp-Facebook deal
By PhocusWire | February 20, 2014
SOCIAL: Whilst the deal by Facebook to buy mobile messaging service WhatsApp for an eye-watering $16 billion has left many either scratching their heads in disbelief or thrilled for its founders, th... Read More
Tencent snaps up a fifth of Chinese review service Dianping
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Tencent snaps up a fifth of Chinese review service Dianping
By Karthick Prabu | February 20, 2014
Asian internet giant Tencent has taken a 20% stake in Dianping, a Yelp-like local review and rating service in China. Shanghai-based Dianping has a group buying service in addition to local merchan... Read More
Startup pitch: Secret Earth takes three-step approach to trip planning
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Startup pitch: Secret Earth takes three-step approach to trip planning
By Linda Fox | February 20, 2014
After working long hours in the corporate world followed by long hours online trying to plan independent holidays, Secret Earth's founders decided to find a better way. At the time, and still today... Read More
VisitBritain campaign wants you to make some noise
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VisitBritain campaign wants you to make some noise
By Linda Fox | February 19, 2014
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Uber surge price notification, Queensland info app, Tokyo wifi hotspots, and more
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Uber surge price notification, Queensland info app, Tokyo wifi hotspots, and more
By PhocusWire | February 19, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for February 2014. Thursday 27 February 2014: Uber to launch notification for surge pricing... Read More
eLong reports record high annual revenue, mobile hotel bookings jump
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eLong reports record high annual revenue, mobile hotel bookings jump
By Karthick Prabu | February 19, 2014
eLong has reported a net revenue of $43.1 million for its fourth quarter 2013, an increase of 25% over the same period in 2012. The highlight of the financial results was Expedia-backed eLong's net... Read More
Why iBeacon takes consumer-brand interaction to a new level
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Why iBeacon takes consumer-brand interaction to a new level
By PhocusWire | February 19, 2014
DEVICES: The opportunity to have a better way of communicating with consumers on-the-go is, from a brand's perspective, the Holy Grail of the modern travel experience. Apple, inevitably, is trying t... Read More
TLearn VIDEO - How to prototype web services on a non-existent budget
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TLearn VIDEO - How to prototype web services on a non-existent budget
By PhocusWire | February 19, 2014
Have a travel web product or demo your team needs to prototype quickly? And little or no budget to spend? Tnooz and Momentum Design Lab will show you how to spin up prototype web services – even if... Read More
Latest Google Maps evolution makes a meta to the world
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Latest Google Maps evolution makes a meta to the world
By Nick Vivion | February 19, 2014
Google is rapidly iterating and consolidating its product line, sunsetting services and finally gluing disparate pieces of the puzzle together, with the latest makeover coming to the Maps product.... Read More
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