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Travelport eyeing Beyond Air as key element for the future
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Travelport eyeing Beyond Air as key element for the future
By Kevin May | November 8, 2013
Almost a fifth of Travelport revenue is now coming from non-air (or "Beyond Air", as it now calls it) activities - indicating what the company hopes will be an ongoing shift away from "traditional" se... Read More
Email marketing at AirBnb: An eye for conversion and community
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Email marketing at AirBnb: An eye for conversion and community
By Viewpoints | November 8, 2013
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Follow up: YouTube's tips on video marketing for airlines
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Follow up: YouTube's tips on video marketing for airlines
By Nick Vivion | November 8, 2013
Here's a quick follow-up from our video marketing article from earlier this week that looked at the ways that airlines are using video to market on YouTube. Especially given the mainstream media su... Read More
What will it take for the hospitality sector to embrace the Internet of Things?
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What will it take for the hospitality sector to embrace the Internet of Things?
By Viewpoints | November 8, 2013
Perhaps geeky but hugely important - a few months ago I presented at JavaOne on building Internet of Things applications with Java ME Embedded. NB: This is a viewpoint from Artyom Astafurov, chief... Read More
Get a grip - it is not the death of SEO (only free keywords)
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Get a grip - it is not the death of SEO (only free keywords)
By PhocusWire | November 8, 2013
MARKETING: When Google sneezes, digital marketers tend to reach for their handkerchiefs. That's the way the world of SEO works. But whilst "death of SEO" is a catchy phrase to use in the tech media... Read More
Startup pitch: Snapshot puts a new kind of power in the hands of hoteliers
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Startup pitch: Snapshot puts a new kind of power in the hands of hoteliers
By Kevin May | November 8, 2013
Snapshot is a travel startup breaking the mould of new businesses in the sector - an industry-facing brand which aims to overhaul technology and processes in hospitality. Launching this week and wi... Read More
Priceline shock move - Jeff Boyd steps aside as CEO and president, Huston promoted
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Priceline shock move - Jeff Boyd steps aside as CEO and president, Huston promoted
By Kevin May | November 7, 2013
In a development straight out of the leftfield, Priceline CEO and president Jeff Boyd has handed over control of the company to Booking.com boss Darren Huston. The announcement was made as Pricelin... Read More
What will be biggest barriers to wearable technology REALLY taking off?
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What will be biggest barriers to wearable technology REALLY taking off?
By PhocusWire | November 7, 2013
SYSTEMS: Google Glass encapsulates everything that polarises opinion about wearable technology - it's an intriguing way to interact with the world but most people look a bit daft wearing the kit. An... Read More
Gatwick Airport has a claim to fame - largest use of Google Indoor Streetview
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Gatwick Airport has a claim to fame - largest use of Google Indoor Streetview
By Kevin May | November 7, 2013
London's Gatwick Airport has scored a (what will no doubt be a temporary) high number on the PR front after being named as Google's largest implementation of the indoor versions of Maps and Streetview... Read More
Gogobot goes niche, offering users contextual search aligned to specific interests
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Gogobot goes niche, offering users contextual search aligned to specific interests
By Nick Vivion | November 7, 2013
Social travel planning service Gogobot rolled out a new feature today which provides contextual search for users. Dubbed "Gogobot Tribes," travelers can now select one or more travel styles that fi... Read More
Cyber crime in travel – while the cat’s away the devils will play
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Cyber crime in travel – while the cat’s away the devils will play
By Viewpoints | November 7, 2013
Travel brands have progressed from the original basic website offerings to the sophisticated all-encompassing experiences we see on some of the leading providers’ sites these days. The sector has e... Read More
Email marketing campaigns can be amazing - here are ten examples
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Email marketing campaigns can be amazing - here are ten examples
By PhocusWire | November 7, 2013
MARKETING: With almost every travel brand on the planet having some kind of newsletter or CRM mechanism via email it often hard to sort through the amazing from the poor ones. And, sadly, most of th... Read More
Factoid overload - Sixty things you should know about social media in travel
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Factoid overload - Sixty things you should know about social media in travel
By Viewpoints | November 7, 2013
Here’s a selection of mostly social media tips that I picked up from World Travel Market in London this week. NB: This is a contributed article by Julie McNamee from Webnwords. Social media’s "D... Read More
Behold the slow-moving zombie technologies that refuse to die
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Behold the slow-moving zombie technologies that refuse to die
By PhocusWire | November 7, 2013
SYSTEMS: The tech press is full of stories of zombie startups - those that look alive but are actually just plodding about with nowhere to go. But there are probably equal numbers of systems and pie... Read More
Startup pitch: SegundoHogar targets Latin American vacation rental market
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Startup pitch: SegundoHogar targets Latin American vacation rental market
By Karthick Prabu | November 6, 2013
SegundoHogar, a Latin America-based startup, wants to takes a piece of the peer-to-peer sharing economy by focusing on the vacation rental space in the the region. SegundoHogar allows property owne... Read More
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