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Tripbod bags investment round and launches travel advice service from locals
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Tripbod bags investment round and launches travel advice service from locals
By Kevin May | March 6, 2012
Tripbod has secured a "sizeable" seed round (in the region of upper-six figures) in a bid to grow its existing product and support the launch of new services.... Read More
Hilton hotels go missing or hidden in contract dispute with Orbitz Worldwide
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Hilton hotels go missing or hidden in contract dispute with Orbitz Worldwide
By Dennis Schaal | March 6, 2012
Orbitz Worldwide says its multi-year contract with Hilton Worldwide and its 10 brands has expired and beginning March 2 it stopped showing some Hilton inventory and "reduced the prominence" of other properties on Orbitz Worldwide's global sites.... Read More
Sabre-Red-App-Centre
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Should Sabre be red-faced about Sabre Red App Centre launch?
By Dennis Schaal | March 6, 2012
Sabre has launched the Sabre Red App Centre to much verbal fanfare.... Read More
TLabs Reprise - Tripedge 12 months on
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TLabs Reprise - Tripedge 12 months on
By Kevin May | March 6, 2012
Tripedge is a UK-based consumer-to-agent referral service, which first featured on Tnooz in March 2011. So what happened in the intervening 12 months?... Read More
iStopover pairs apartment rentals with ... limos?
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iStopover pairs apartment rentals with ... limos?
By Dennis Schaal | March 6, 2012
Peer-to-peer marketplace iStopOver partnered with Limos.com to give consumers the option of booking a private car with their short-term apartment or vacation rental.... Read More
What Else? Cabforce investment, Ebookers data trends, Triposo-Viator, Dealchecker subs, TripAdvisor Oz
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What Else? Cabforce investment, Ebookers data trends, Triposo-Viator, Dealchecker subs, TripAdvisor Oz
By PhocusWire | March 6, 2012
Cabforce grabbed funding, Ebookers uncovers consumer travel plans, Triposo ties up with Viator, Dealchecker reaches email milestone, TripAdvisor creates in Australia. A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
Adventure specialist uses hack day to bring Kilimanjaro to life
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Adventure specialist uses hack day to bring Kilimanjaro to life
By Linda Fox | March 6, 2012
Travel and technology companies parking the concerns of tight margins for a day spent experimenting with technology usually don't regret it... Read More
TravelLocal sharpens online agency model by only working with local companies
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TravelLocal sharpens online agency model by only working with local companies
By Kevin May | March 6, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based TravelLocal, an online travel agency to bring travellers and local companies together.... Read More
Things you may not know about Captcha and how the inventor is now translating the web
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Things you may not know about Captcha and how the inventor is now translating the web
By Kevin May | March 5, 2012
Here is Luis von Ahn, one of the creators of online authentication services Captcha and ReCaptcha. A quirky and entertaining kinda guy with clearly an enormous brain.... Read More
Travelport shows off Facebook flight search and booking system prototype
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Travelport shows off Facebook flight search and booking system prototype
By Kevin May | March 5, 2012
It was not long that putting a search tool into a Facebook application was considered something of a landmark issue - but things are moving quickly now.... Read More
American Airlines and Travelport make peace through late 2012
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American Airlines and Travelport make peace through late 2012
By Dennis Schaal | March 5, 2012
Put the possibility of booking surcharges and content dropping off the face of the earth on hold -- American Airlines and Travelport GDS have extended their content agreements through "late 2012," the companies say.... Read More
Hotels using new Olery Feedback system to head off social media pain
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Hotels using new Olery Feedback system to head off social media pain
By Dennis Schaal | March 5, 2012
Several hotels are using a new solution, Olery Feedback, to solicit input from guests onsite and electronically as a means to respond to their concerns and t0 head off complaints about the property in social media.... Read More
Why Pinterest works in the travel industry (ESPECIALLY destinations)
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Why Pinterest works in the travel industry (ESPECIALLY destinations)
By Troy Thompson | March 5, 2012
This is not another post about how to promote via Pinterest. Nor is it a list, how-to or secret revealing, link-bait article which is deep on hype and light on substance.... Read More
Vayant claims solution does same as Google Flight Search except globally
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Vayant claims solution does same as Google Flight Search except globally
By Linda Fox | March 5, 2012
Vayant Travel Technologies says its recently released FastSearch technology offers the same as Google Flight Search, with the difference being that it offers worldwide fares... Read More
North American hotel prices - February to April 2012
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North American hotel prices - February to April 2012
By PhocusWire | March 5, 2012
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in North America.... Read More
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