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Peace with honour - an idea to bring harmony to the world of airline distribution?
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Peace with honour - an idea to bring harmony to the world of airline distribution?
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 4, 2013
Détente, meeting of minds? I am going to hypothesize how the industry as a whole can get behind the ideas surrounding IATA's NDC and find some common ground for moving forward.... Read More
Five critical elements to building a large and engaged Facebook audience in the travel industry
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Five critical elements to building a large and engaged Facebook audience in the travel industry
By Viewpoints | July 4, 2013
Every travel marketer wants a big and active social media audience. Who wouldn’t?... Read More
Ecompter launches to drive good carbon behaviour in the hotel industry
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Ecompter launches to drive good carbon behaviour in the hotel industry
By Linda Fox | July 4, 2013
Ecompter lives to help hotels shout about their environmental initiatives in a factual way based around a C02 calculator... Read More
Yep, it's in your head: Train window adverts bring silent audio ads to commuters
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Yep, it's in your head: Train window adverts bring silent audio ads to commuters
By Nick Vivion | July 4, 2013
The commercialization of pretty much every avenue of life, both online and off, continues with this latest advertising innovation: using vibrations to create advertising that can only be hears when resting against a train window.... Read More
Microsoft gives a 3D feel to touch-screen devices
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Microsoft gives a 3D feel to touch-screen devices
By PhocusWire | July 3, 2013
Microsoft, creator of the massive Touch interface a few years back, has released details of a touchscreen showing 3D images that can be felt and manipulated.... Read More
Nezasa promises a novel travel booking engine, packaged with passion
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Nezasa promises a novel travel booking engine, packaged with passion
By Nick Vivion | July 3, 2013
A new entry into the travel startup scene is Nezasa, an online booking service dedicated to more bespoke travel experiences traditionally created and curated by full-service offline agencies.... Read More
WorldMate brings a UX twist to its mobile flight check-in feature [VIDEO]
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WorldMate brings a UX twist to its mobile flight check-in feature [VIDEO]
By Sean O'Neil | July 3, 2013
WorldMate has set the user-experience (UX) bar higher for day-of-travel, itinerary management apps when it comes to interacting with online check-in forms.... Read More
Southwest ups ante for in-flight entertainment with free streaming TV on devices
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Southwest ups ante for in-flight entertainment with free streaming TV on devices
By Nick Vivion | July 3, 2013
Southwest Airlines has partnered with television provider DISH Networks to offer free streaming live television to passengers' WiFi-enabled devices.... Read More
Using app store love to make your mobile app shine
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Using app store love to make your mobile app shine
By Linda Fox | July 3, 2013
Getting consumers to notice your mobile application when the majority of apps are never even downloaded is no mean feat.... Read More
How to use data to bring content to life
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How to use data to bring content to life
By PhocusWire | July 3, 2013
If you were going to ask your CEO for more inbound marketing budget this year, which argument would be more convincing:... Read More
Can there be Kumbaya between airlines and Global Distribution Systems with NDC?
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Can there be Kumbaya between airlines and Global Distribution Systems with NDC?
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 3, 2013
This is first article in a two parter on distribution and the airlines. In the first part I am going to try to cut through some of the partisan rhetoric and focus on why NDC is such an important issue for the whole industry.... Read More
Yahoo continues to shop, buys travel favourite and story-telling video app Qwiki
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Yahoo continues to shop, buys travel favourite and story-telling video app Qwiki
By Karthick Prabu | July 3, 2013
Yahoo's buying spree continuous, this time it has acquired US-based Qwiki, an iPhone app that creates story-telling videos by using pictures and videos in user's mobile.... Read More
THIS is social: Every service you need to know right now in one graphic
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THIS is social: Every service you need to know right now in one graphic
By Nick Vivion | July 2, 2013
Change is the only constant in the online frontier of social media, which is documented by the latest iteration of Brian Solis' Conversation Prism.... Read More
Come on travel companies - why are you not investing in tablet applications?
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Come on travel companies - why are you not investing in tablet applications?
By Glenn Gruber | July 2, 2013
Travel companies are forever claiming how app-savvy they are - and now independent research tells us all that tablets are grabbing a significant share of hotel website traffic.... Read More
Holidayen wants to get up close and personal with trip itineraries
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Holidayen wants to get up close and personal with trip itineraries
By Karthick Prabu | July 2, 2013
US-based travel startup Holidayen has created a platform for travellers to customise their holiday itinerary in minutes.... Read More
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