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Visual opinions - Understanding video reviews in the travel industry
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Visual opinions - Understanding video reviews in the travel industry
By Viewpoints | May 16, 2013
Last year, one of YouTube's executives told a conference that around 90% of all web traffic will soon be video.... Read More
Fiz wants to champion places via crowd wisdom and user-generated content
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Fiz wants to champion places via crowd wisdom and user-generated content
By Linda Fox | May 16, 2013
Fiz is looking to tap into the big data, geo-location and social graph trends out there to bring together leisure time, longer travel and social content... Read More
What NDC-style flight booking might look like for agents [SCREENSHOTS]
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What NDC-style flight booking might look like for agents [SCREENSHOTS]
By Sean O'Neil | May 16, 2013
Screenshots of Farelogix's desktop product shows how agents mights sell ancillaries distributed directly by the airlines via the New Distribution Capability (NDC).... Read More
Google adds flights to Google Maps, lets users sign up for preview
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Google adds flights to Google Maps, lets users sign up for preview
By PhocusWire | May 15, 2013
The new version of Google Maps produces results in the context of what you are doing or where you want to go and adds flight results.... Read More
How to write content in a world of responsive design
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How to write content in a world of responsive design
By PhocusWire | May 15, 2013
A few years ago, accessible web design simply meant testing your site in the most popular browsers and ensuring that you had descriptive ALT tags and easy-to-use navigation.... Read More
Bibafly connects cabin crew members for down-time ideas
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Bibafly connects cabin crew members for down-time ideas
By Linda Fox | May 15, 2013
Pilots and cabin crew always come across as a fairly social bunch when you see them at hotels... Read More
Mobile payments get serious on Google as Wallet evolves to handle travel [UPDATE]
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Mobile payments get serious on Google as Wallet evolves to handle travel [UPDATE]
By Nick Vivion | May 15, 2013
With mobile e-commerce predicted to reach over $278 billion by 2015, the mobile payments sector is heating up - and Google is at the head of the pack, announcing the next iteration of Google Wallet at the I/O Conference later today.... Read More
Google Maps likely to add flights and multi-modal search this week
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Google Maps likely to add flights and multi-modal search this week
By Sean O'Neil | May 15, 2013
Google Maps may be upgraded to add multi-modal search and live flight data, in a move that could launch a thousand startup pivots.... Read More
Smartphones here to stay - wearable technology not powerful enough
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Smartphones here to stay - wearable technology not powerful enough
By PhocusWire | May 15, 2013
Smartphones are going to be around for quite a while, even according to one of Nike's leading wearable technology evangelists.... Read More
Mobile and video influence Middle East travelers, but technology restrains conversions
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Mobile and video influence Middle East travelers, but technology restrains conversions
By Karthick Prabu | May 15, 2013
Google has unveiled data to show how travellers in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia travelers use mobile, video and search engines in their travel decisions.... Read More
Shifting driving trends portend travel changes ahead?
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Shifting driving trends portend travel changes ahead?
By Nick Vivion | May 14, 2013
A newly released report showing a decline in vehicle miles driven is causing a bit of a furor in regards to the future of transportation the United States.... Read More
Why UK regulators okayed the Priceline/Kayak tie-up
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Why UK regulators okayed the Priceline/Kayak tie-up
By Sean O'Neil | May 14, 2013
The UK's Office of Fair Trading had a key point: Kayak makes less than £70 million a year in the UK.... Read More
Facebook: Home falters, in-feed video ads rolling out soon
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Facebook: Home falters, in-feed video ads rolling out soon
By Nick Vivion | May 14, 2013
Two items of interest to travel marketers have come out of the Facebook news feed this week: Facebook Home's popularity and updates to the company's advertising product.... Read More
Travel content marketing across the funnel: Moving from IF to HOW
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Travel content marketing across the funnel: Moving from IF to HOW
By Viewpoints | May 14, 2013
Here we go again: yet more nagging about SEO and keeping up to date with the almighty G’s latest industry-wrecking whims? Well, almost but not quite – hopefully.... Read More
Feature, product or a business? The classic VC question for startups
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Feature, product or a business? The classic VC question for startups
By PhocusWire | May 14, 2013
Venture capitalists are paid to act on a point of view, ideally one that proves profitable.... Read More
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