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Airbnb and the tale of two cities
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Airbnb and the tale of two cities
By Linda Fox | June 12, 2013
Last week an interesting piece popped up on Airbnb's blog entitled Why we're helping Nigel in New York.... Read More
A deep dive into social media and travel - past, present and future
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A deep dive into social media and travel - past, present and future
By Viewpoints | June 12, 2013
Shopping on social media conjures up magnificent images of the retail experience, right?... Read More
City guide app maker Ulmon is Europe's largest mobile travel startup you've never heard of
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City guide app maker Ulmon is Europe's largest mobile travel startup you've never heard of
By Sean O'Neil | June 12, 2013
With hundreds of thousands of monthly users, Ulmon's City Guide 2 Go and its individual city apps have delivered 6 million map downloads in the past couple of years.... Read More
When IATA myth-busting falls short, let the airline big guns pick up the slack
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When IATA myth-busting falls short, let the airline big guns pick up the slack
By Linda Fox | June 12, 2013
In recent weeks IATA has done its all to champion the famed New Distribution Capability, including a blog to help dispel some of the so-called myths.... Read More
Top-level view on the travel technology scene in Asia
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Top-level view on the travel technology scene in Asia
By Karthick Prabu | June 12, 2013
With China emerging as the biggest travel spending country and around 1,800 hotels in the construction pipeline in the wider region alone for 2013, Asia is a key focus market for many global travel companies.... Read More
Webjet scoops market leading position from Wotif - Top Australia travel websites, May 2013
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Webjet scoops market leading position from Wotif - Top Australia travel websites, May 2013
By PhocusWire | June 11, 2013
All change at the top of the list of the most popular travel websites in Australia, after Wotif lost its crown to rival agency site Webjet during May.... Read More
Growing online: HotelRunner bridges digital divide for lower tier hotels
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Growing online: HotelRunner bridges digital divide for lower tier hotels
By Nick Vivion | June 11, 2013
HotelRunner, a product of Turkish start-up CloudArena, is aimed squarely at helping the zero-to-three star segment of the hospitality industry reach digital audiences.... Read More
Waze goes Google, taking it out of play and making maps red-hot
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Waze goes Google, taking it out of play and making maps red-hot
By Nick Vivion | June 11, 2013
Maps continue their red-hot march as the interface for travel, as Google officially agrees to purchase mapping application Waze.... Read More
Can a state-backed technology project provide the travel industry's missing link?
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Can a state-backed technology project provide the travel industry's missing link?
By Viewpoints | June 11, 2013
Could the European travel industry ever commit to a single, pan-European online platform that travel agents, OTAs, tour operators and suppliers would use to connect with each other?... Read More
ID90T wins $3 million investment for lift airline employee travel software tools
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ID90T wins $3 million investment for lift airline employee travel software tools
By Kevin May | June 11, 2013
Gerbera Capital and Mexico Ventures have led a financing round with airline employee travel platform ID90T, worth $3 million in Series B capital.... Read More
Musings from an airline executive on why third party travel apps are winning
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Musings from an airline executive on why third party travel apps are winning
By Linda Fox | June 11, 2013
Mobile strategy is probably keeping many an airline executive awake at night but one chose to share his reflections at a recent Amadeus conference... Read More
Mishandled bags move one click closer to extinction
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Mishandled bags move one click closer to extinction
By Nick Vivion | June 10, 2013
A technological mashup now promises to reduce that number even further: the combination of traditional luggage, an RFID chip and a Find My Bag iPhone app.... Read More
Don't choke on your coffee - next big thing in tech REALLY is augmented reality (again)
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Don't choke on your coffee - next big thing in tech REALLY is augmented reality (again)
By PhocusWire | June 10, 2013
Reality isn't what is used to be. With increasingly powerful technologies, the human universe is being reimagined way beyond Google Glass' photo-tapping and info cards floating in space above your eye.... Read More
Introducing the largest travel metasearch engine in the world: Google
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Introducing the largest travel metasearch engine in the world: Google
By Alex Kremer | June 10, 2013
Did you notice? Google recently indicated exactly what it is aiming to ultimately become in the travel industry.... Read More
8,000 all in - some stats and the law of averages
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8,000 all in - some stats and the law of averages
By Kevin May | June 10, 2013
We passed the 8,000th article mark over the weekend, almost a year to the day that we reached the 6,000 milestone.... Read More
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