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Time for lots of coffee - THack comes to Seattle
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Time for lots of coffee - THack comes to Seattle
By Kevin May | April 16, 2015
Tnooz is bringing its global hackathon series to the Seattle developer community over the weekend of April 18-19 2015 at Impact Hub. THack @ Seattle is open to individual developers and teams of up... Read More
Startup pitch: ComboTrip takes on challenge of group planning
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Startup pitch: ComboTrip takes on challenge of group planning
By Nick Vivion | April 16, 2015
Today's startup pitch comes to us from ComboTrip, a travel startup targeting the challenging sector that is group travel. While the startup points to the nearly $80 billion group travel market, there... Read More
Google defence against regulator exposes weak performance of its travel products
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Google defence against regulator exposes weak performance of its travel products
By Kevin May | April 16, 2015
Google may have mounted a robust defence of its search practices, but at the same time showed how far it has to go with its travel products. The European Union put forward a so-called "statement of... Read More
Some lessons learned from user testing hotel websites
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Some lessons learned from user testing hotel websites
By Martin Cowen | April 16, 2015
To highlight how user-testing can be useful in finding opportunities to improve, three of the most popular sites in hospitality were submitted for a Peek User Testing program. NB: This is an analys... Read More
Ola hails mammoth $400 million funding round
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Ola hails mammoth $400 million funding round
By Martin Cowen | April 16, 2015
India's biggest taxi app Ola has raised $400 million from new and existing investors, and has earmarked $100 million to grow its recently acquired TaxiForSure business. The Series E funding was led... Read More
Startup pitch: GeoSure aims to crowdsource global travel security data
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Startup pitch: GeoSure aims to crowdsource global travel security data
By Sean O'Neil | April 15, 2015
GeoSure is a new application for Apple devices that is designed to assist travelers by providing quantifiable, personalized travel security content. Think of it as a community-based global travel secu... Read More
Boxever continues growth with march on US
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Boxever continues growth with march on US
By Linda Fox | April 15, 2015
Boxever has signed US tour operator InterRail as its first customer in North America. The Dublin-based customer intelligence specialist has been making steady progress in the past year starting wit... Read More
Addressing the mobile fraud versus convenience conundrum
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Addressing the mobile fraud versus convenience conundrum
By Viewpoints | April 15, 2015
Travel has gone mobile. But with new customer channels come new challenges, one of which is eliminating the threat from fraudsters without compromising the convenience expected by mobile travellers.... Read More
Startup pitch: Qaribu wants to be the go to social online travel agency
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Startup pitch: Qaribu wants to be the go to social online travel agency
By Linda Fox | April 15, 2015
Proving that there may still be life in the social travel concept is Qaribu, a startup which is part trip planning, part online travel agency and part social network. Like others before it, the ide... Read More
BlaBlaCar consolidates ride-sharing market with Carpooling acquisition
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BlaBlaCar consolidates ride-sharing market with Carpooling acquisition
By Kevin May | April 15, 2015
Significant shift in the ride-sharing sector with a deal announced today that will see Carpooling acquired by BlaBlaCar. The pair are talking up their respective positions in the market (second and... Read More
Baidu building up a taxi-app portfolio
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Baidu building up a taxi-app portfolio
By Martin Cowen | April 14, 2015
Chinese search giant Baidu has invested in another two taxi-sharing apps, Tiantian Yongche and 51yongche. Last December Baidu announced "a strategic investment and co-operation agreement" with Uber... Read More
Zomato sows $50 million, buys restaurant POS company Maple
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Zomato sows $50 million, buys restaurant POS company Maple
By Nick Vivion | April 14, 2015
The Indian restaurant reservation and technology company Zomato has moved into its Series F with $50 million led by Info Edge, along with Sequoia Capital and Vy Capital. The company has also purcha... Read More
Vacatia lands $7 million funding amid reshuffle of management team
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Vacatia lands $7 million funding amid reshuffle of management team
By Kevin May | April 14, 2015
Another funding round for vacation rental marketplace Vacatia as it picks up $7 million from Javelin Venture Partners. The latest injection comes just 18 months after it landed $5 million in seed f... Read More
Startup pitch: Embark.org brings a group's traveling ethos to worldwide P2P adventures
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Startup pitch: Embark.org brings a group's traveling ethos to worldwide P2P adventures
By Nick Vivion | April 14, 2015
Embark.org is a new entrant into the tours and activities marketplace, with a global platform of various adventures available for booking. Rather than focusing on just short city tours or longer trips... Read More
Are customers abandoning bookings because of your online payment process?
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Are customers abandoning bookings because of your online payment process?
By Viewpoints | April 14, 2015
Almost 50% of customers  abandoned their online travel booking early because of payment-related problems according to new research from Worldpay. Who would have thought the payment process has such a... Read More
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