Destination question-and-answer startup LocalUncle is set to release their completed redesigned app in October, and we've got a sneak peak.... Read More

The influence of social media in travel may be overstated, or so says Directline Holidays after commissioning a study to understand what inspires consumers when choosing a destination.... Read More

San Francisco-based lift ticket company Liftopia will power the new consumer-facing ski pass technology for the newly minted The Mountain Collective.... Read More

China's largest online travel agencies are battling for their share of the domestic travel market, which is growing about 14%-a-year, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion today.... Read More

Back in July 2010, when Google said it was splashing out $700 million on air search and shopping tech provider ITA Software, officials put together a handy diagram.... Read More

Back in July 2010, when Google said it was splashing out $700 million on air search and shopping tech provider ITA Software, officials put together a handy diagram.... Read More

Such is the circus surrounding the stand-off between Wikileaks frontman Julian Assange and the UK, Swedish and US authorities that it was only a matter of time before the jokes started.... Read More

Here is a story to dispel the idea that consumers use social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook just as a method to have a rant at travel providers.... Read More

Opaque search, blind bookings - models which have found their way in to the travel lexicon in recent years, not least from the likes of Priceline with its Name Your Own Price system.... Read More

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Perhaps some parts of the industry continue to struggle with how to monetise all this social media malarkey, but that doesn't stop consumers from embracing it.... Read More

Tnooz was asked this week to participate in a roundtable discussion hosted by prominent Northern Irish blogger and author Mick Fealty, editor of Slugger O'Toole.... Read More

A new Turkish company called izApps creates authentic and exciting applications about art, culture and history - and it's first app features the Chora Museum.... Read More

Flip.to, a marketing platform for hotels that turns their guests into engaged brand advocates recently profiled on TLabs, has signed its largest hotel to date: the iconic Riviera Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas strip.... Read More

The Olympic energy from London was thrilling as usual – taking me back to the privilege I had of working for the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Committee on our executive turnaround and operations team.... Read More