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In Europe, Lufthansa will add inflight broadband wifi, starting next summer

By Sean O'Neil | September 21, 2015

Lufthansa plans to offer broadband wifi access on its short and medium-haul flights in Europe, starting in summer 2016 with about 180 planes. The German national carrier is adopting technology that... Read More

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Cruise Critic gets a little help from its friends

By Kevin May | September 21, 2015

UPDATE: Since our story was published, Cruise Critic has now included information about its ownership on the site's About Us page. ORIGINAL: TripAdvisor has owned cruise review and content si... Read More

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Uber refuses to lie down - launches UberPool in India

By Martin Cowen | September 21, 2015

Uber's decision to pilot its carpooling brand UberPool in one city in India takes on greater significance this week in light of the week-old Lyft-Didi global alliance. "India is a top global priori... Read More

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How the CEO of TravelBird manages his flash deals tour de force

By Sean O'Neil | September 21, 2015

Symen Jansma is transitioning TravelBird, a vacation flash-deals promoter, from a start-up to a growth-stage company. TravelBird e-mails users six inspirational deals each day in thematic categorie... Read More

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Book2Meet looks at Europe and beyond with new capital raise

By Martin Cowen | September 21, 2015

Book2Meet, a platform for the online booking of meeting rooms, has raised another Euro 2 million. The brand was launched in November 2014 and was previously known as lastminutemeetingroom.com. I... Read More

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Writer's adblock: How ad blocking may change travel writing and publishers

By Stuart McDonald | September 21, 2015

I’m not going to go to deep into the pros and cons of actually using an adblocker, other than to say I don’t agree with their use — especially if a publisher makes it clear it doesn’t want you to use... Read More

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Startup pitch: BidFlyer, an airline ticket auction white-label platform, lands $1M

By Sean O'Neil | September 20, 2015

BidFlyer, an Israeli startup that is a white-label platform for airlines, has raised $1 million in funding for its business model, which involves putting small batches of airline tickets up for auctio... Read More

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These 10 Asian travel startups are promising, says Seedstars World

By Viewpoints | September 18, 2015

The travel industry is an attractive market for disruptive entrepreneurs to tap into. With more than 1.1 billion people travelling out of their home country in 2014 alone, there is a huge market poten... Read More

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Airlines not trying very hard to fight intermediaries in Google search

By Kevin May | September 18, 2015

Online travel agencies and metasearch engines are pushing airlines out of Google search engine results. In fact, digital marketing agency EveryMundo reckons airlines are so out of the picture when... Read More

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Startup pitch: Doris & Dicky tout budget boutique hotels

By Martin Cowen | September 18, 2015

Doris & Dicky is a UK-based startup with a razor-sharp focus on one product - budget boutique hotels - and two customer segments - 25 to 35-year-olds and empty nesters. This focus comes out of... Read More

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How a tweak to an agency system brought joy to a low cost carrier

By Kevin May | September 18, 2015

This summer will remembered (in travel tech circles) as the moment when a legacy carrier tried to flex its muscles against the Global Distribution Systems (GDSs). Lufthansa's Euro 16 surcharge on b... Read More

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Apple vs Google vs Facebook - AKA the death of the web

By PhocusWire | September 17, 2015

You might think the conversation about ad blocking is about user experience.... Read More

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Facebook makes big push for airline advertisers to harness people power

By Kevin May | September 17, 2015

Facebook wants airlines to take a long look at how they manage their marketing and move away from last-click attribution. Such is the reliance by many carriers on existing online advertising models... Read More

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If numbers are up, why are hotel owners so frustrated?

By Viewpoints | September 17, 2015

Revenue management and marketing are ready for disruption. The same approach with the same tools, yielding the same results is no longer acceptable. Note: This is a guest article by Rich Maradik, f... Read More

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Lyft and Didi confirm investment, launch Rides Everywhere partnership

By Martin Cowen | September 17, 2015

Users of China's biggest-by-far taxi app Didi Kuaidi will be able to use the app to book a Lyft ride when they are in the US, and vice-versa, under a new strategic partnership between the two. Lyft... Read More

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