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Know how a hotel's social media reputation impacts pricing
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Know how a hotel's social media reputation impacts pricing
By Karthick Prabu | November 21, 2013
Ever wondered how your hotel's online reputation is going to positively or negatively impact your hotel pricing? Ever wondered what is the return on investment for maintaining an excellent brand re... Read More
Startup pitch: myRealTrip connects travellers with local guides in Korea (and more)
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Startup pitch: myRealTrip connects travellers with local guides in Korea (and more)
By Karthick Prabu | November 21, 2013
myRealTrip, Korea-based startup is into the business of connecting travellers with local guides or destination experts. The company is currently focusing on the Korean market - both inbound and out... Read More
Everything you wanted to know about user engagement with travel content in one report
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Everything you wanted to know about user engagement with travel content in one report
By Nick Vivion | November 21, 2013
An ongoing mystery in travel has been specifics on how travelers relate, interact and consume travel content at different lifecycles of the travel planning process. When are they most amenable to p... Read More
Priceline duo speak: Huston on the future and Boyd on the past
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Priceline duo speak: Huston on the future and Boyd on the past
By Kevin May | November 21, 2013
For years Priceline top brass such as CEO Jeff Boyd would rarely speak to the media beyond the obligatory appearances with the financial press around earnings. But with him recently stepping aside... Read More
Bing comes out fighting, integrates TripAdvisor hotel metasearch tool
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Bing comes out fighting, integrates TripAdvisor hotel metasearch tool
By Linda Fox | November 21, 2013
Take that Google, it looks as if Microsoft Bing might be about to fight back. Well, in the US at least. Microsoft has signed a deal with TripAdvisor which will see the reviews giant's metasearch to... Read More
Advice to hoteliers - Learn to love the mobile wallet
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Advice to hoteliers - Learn to love the mobile wallet
By Viewpoints | November 21, 2013
Wave goodbye to your wallet, chuck out your change, cut up your credit cards. But, before you do all that, make sure you keep your mobile phone. Why? Because, in the future your mobile device may be... Read More
Olacabs raises Series B funding to expand its presence in India
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Olacabs raises Series B funding to expand its presence in India
By Karthick Prabu | November 21, 2013
Olacabs, an India-based car rental aggregator has secured Series B funding from Matrix Partners India as well as existing investor, Tiger Global Management. While the exact funding amount is not di... Read More
Qunar reports massive mobile revenue growth, mobile users triple
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Qunar reports massive mobile revenue growth, mobile users triple
By Karthick Prabu | November 20, 2013
In its third quarter 2013 earnings call, Qunar reported total revenue of $39.4 million, a 57.5% increase year-on-year. Mobile revenue for the third quarter was $5.8 million, an increase of 386% yea... Read More
Protecting personal data and the risks of using unsecured public WiFi [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Protecting personal data and the risks of using unsecured public WiFi [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Nick Vivion | November 20, 2013
Security on unsecured public WiFi networks is a rising concern for travelers, while the vast majority don't exercise any precautions on public networks. The results were compiled by hot spot securi... Read More
SnapChat shows that kids are not reliable predictors of tech
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SnapChat shows that kids are not reliable predictors of tech
By PhocusWire | November 20, 2013
SYSTEMS: Gen-Y is driving it all, right? From being connected to the web via their devices to the sharing economy (both socially and commercially), commentators and companies are telling us all that... Read More
Future of in-flight entertainment is personal and social
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Future of in-flight entertainment is personal and social
By Viewpoints | November 20, 2013
In recent weeks, both the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) have come out with guidelines allowing the use of Personal Electronic Devices (PEDs) thro... Read More
Defining innovation in travel: it's out there, somewhere
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Defining innovation in travel: it's out there, somewhere
By Nick Vivion | November 20, 2013
In recent years, finding innovation in travel has seemed like a hunt for an ancient Arctic narwhal - it exists, but a great adventure is required to discover where. Beyond the endlessly familiar tr... Read More
HomeAway boosts rentals online via Interhome deal
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HomeAway boosts rentals online via Interhome deal
By Linda Fox | November 20, 2013
Interhome is to add thousands of vacation rental properties to HomeAway following a distribution partnership between the two companies. The deal sees Interhome add properties, which can be booked o... Read More
Hotel guest reviews reflect similar parameters between top raves and rants
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Hotel guest reviews reflect similar parameters between top raves and rants
By Karthick Prabu | November 20, 2013
The key parameters mentioned in hotel guest reviews are service, location, food, cleanliness, price and room size. However, the well debated wifi/internet availability takes a back seat. TrustYou,... Read More
RIP IgoUgo - the review site Travelocity wanted to compete with TripAdvisor
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RIP IgoUgo - the review site Travelocity wanted to compete with TripAdvisor
By Kevin May | November 19, 2013
Remember IgoUgo? Back in the days of pre-social travel and before TripAdvisor became the beast it is now, IgoUgo was the OTHER user review service on the web. IgoUgo was in some ways unnervingly si... Read More
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