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Local travel experience marketplace Trip4real raises $1.35 million

By Karthick Prabu | June 16, 2014

Trip4real has raised $1.35 million in funding led by local venture capital groups Caixa Capital Risc and Kibo Ventures. The Spain-based peer-to-peer service (TLabs here), which connects locals with... Read More

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Instagram meets luxury, Burj Al Arab plans a high-end Instameet

By Karthick Prabu | June 16, 2014

Social media has been put to various creative use by destinations and suppliers, such as the Remote Control Tourist project by Tourism Victoria or KLM's LocalEyes Twitter concierge service. Instagr... Read More

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A restaurateur perspective on Priceline buying OpenTable

By Nick Vivion | June 13, 2014

Restaurants are grueling businesses, and as any industry insider, operator or investor knows: the real money is in providing services to those businesses. So Priceline's acquisition of the largest... Read More

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Priceline buying OpenTable has very little to do with travel - it's just wiring up restaurants

By Evan Konwiser | June 13, 2014

Contrary to popular belief, Priceline Group is not a travel company. Not anymore, at least. With the announcement of its acquisition of OpenTable, Priceline is now officially taking its expertise i... Read More

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Priceline to buy OpenTable for $2.6 billion

By Kevin May | June 13, 2014

Busy time for Priceline as its announces its second acquisition in a week with a plan to buy restaurant booking service OpenTable. The definitive agreement to buy OpenTable is an all cash transacti... Read More

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Mobile and social gaining, data security already an issue in corporate travel

By Linda Fox | June 13, 2014

Some interesting nuggets in the latest corporate travel study from Airplus International with "new technologies" (social media, mobile payments and apps) not yet seen as playing a major role. This... Read More

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Airbus tests spaceplane over Singapore

By PhocusWire | June 13, 2014

SYSTEMS: Easy to forget that there are others in the industry alongside Virgin Galactic who have designs on building sub-orbital "space craft" to transport tourists around the world. Airbus's projec... Read More

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China online travel sales hit $9 billion in Q1, attraction segment hots up

By Karthick Prabu | June 12, 2014

With the number of online users increasing in China, and users travelling both for domestic and international trips more and more, it shouldn't be of much surprise to witness $9 billion in total sales... Read More

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Startup pitch: Zizoo motors into charter boat rental and skipper reviews

By Nick Vivion | June 12, 2014

Zizooboats is a new travel startup focusing on securing charter boats, using an online review community for skippers and payment system to ensure that the customer has a good experience both online an... Read More

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Millennials actually more interested in luxury hotel services than Boomers [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Nick Vivion | June 12, 2014

A new infographic from Chase suggests a perspective shift when it comes to how Millennials consume hotel services. Traditional thinking is that Millenials are less interested in luxury hotels than Boo... Read More

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The impact of mobile on hotel in-market service

By Viewpoints | June 12, 2014

Consumers have all the hotels in the world at their fingertips, but how do they weed their way through all the clutter and “find something new” when there is only so much time in the day? NB: This... Read More

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Making sense (and business) out of irrational behaviour

By Linda Fox | June 12, 2014

Big (and little) data has come up as a topic at a number of airline conferences in the past month with advice from the great and good on the need to tap into it. A recent session from Boxever chief... Read More

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Asian travellers lead in mobile travel search and bookings [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Karthick Prabu | June 12, 2014

Asian travellers are leading the field when it comes to mobile travel bookings and searches performed, at 33% and 59% respectively, compared to the global average of 25% and 46% respectively. The fin... Read More

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Travelport buys hospitality distribution system Hotelzon

By Kevin May | June 11, 2014

Travelport, in a bid to boost its presence in areas "Beyond Air", has bought UK-based hotel distribution platform Hotelzon. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. Hotelzon provides various hotel dis... Read More

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A quick visual tool to plan vacations around expected rain patterns

By Nick Vivion | June 11, 2014

Dutch online travel agent Tjingo has created a simple visual tool to quickly see global rain patterns for trip planning purposes. The company notes in the opening paragraph above the map that custo... Read More

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