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Behind the gloss of absurdly high startup valuations

By PhocusWire | June 3, 2014

STARTUPS: With large investment rounds often come eye-wateringly high valuations of a business. Travel is no stranger to these, frequently leaving in the industry scratching their heads as to where... Read More

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Startup pitch: Muber wants to turn travellers into personal Amazon Marketplaces

By Karthick Prabu | June 3, 2014

Muber, an Atlanta, US-based startup, has a take on the sharing economy to get travellers to become virtual delivery companies. The one-year-old platform works by allowing a person to post a request... Read More

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Nokia mapping division Here buys Desti

By Kevin May | June 2, 2014

Desti, a Siri-like trip planning startup from the US and self-proclaimed "smartest travel guide ever", has been bought by Nokia brand, Here. Terms of the deal were not disclosed and the consumer-f... Read More

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Northstar Travel Media snaps up Inntopia

By Sean O'Neil | June 2, 2014

Northstar Travel Media is in a mood for shopping -- and not just for media and events companies. The business-to-business information company says today it has taken a majority interest in Inntopia... Read More

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New 360-degree camera technology promises to revolutionize travel marketing

By Nick Vivion | June 2, 2014

Marketers, first adopters and future watchers, here's something to spend money on this morning: the Giroptic 360cam which has raised $800k in less than a week. The company, which is on Kickstarter... Read More

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Influencer engagement: how travel brands can do it right

By Viewpoints | June 2, 2014

"Influencer engagement", the new media evolution of the celebrity endorsement, has been a hot topic for a while now, and understandably so. The idea of having consumer influencers tout your brand o... Read More

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Hotwire comes out fighting with deep discounts push

By Linda Fox | June 2, 2014

Hotel deals website Hotwire is launching a US television campaign today as part of the brand's strategy to return to growth. The Expedia-owned service wants to get across how people feel about gett... Read More

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What is a reasonable salary for a startup founder?

By PhocusWire | June 2, 2014

STARTUPS: For all the coverage of when a startup gets off the ground or raises investment capital, there is rarely any talk of how much its creators are paying themselves. Businesses can't run purel... Read More

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Voyages-SNCF pursues tours and activities with OpenJaw tie-up

By Linda Fox | June 2, 2014

Voyages-SNCF is working with OpenJaw Technologies to enable the OTA to offer tours and activities packages online. Using OpenJaw's t-Retail platform, the online travel agency has developed Instants... Read More

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[UPDATED] Jetstar Australia issues warning after appearance of multiple fake Facebook identities

By Karthick Prabu | June 2, 2014

Jetstar Australia has moved quickly to warn customers of a round of multiple fake Facebook profiles using its brand name. Fake Facebook pages supposedly belongin to the Australian low cost carrier... Read More

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Google shows how local intent drives consumer engagement on smartphones, computers and tablets

By Nick Vivion | May 30, 2014

The latest report from Google's analysis arm, Think With Google, considers how local search drives consumer engagement on smartphones, computers and tablets. Titled "Understanding Consumer's Local... Read More

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The Nine (not ten) Commandments of the digital world in hotels

By Kevin May | May 30, 2014

Travel is notoriously insular when it comes to hiring people for the top jobs - often promoting from within or from a rival company. So when Accor brought in Vivek Badrinath as its deputy CEO earli... Read More

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Hipmunk nets a $20 million round, led by Oak Investment Partners

By Sean O'Neil | May 30, 2014

Hipmunk, the travel metasearch site, has raised $20 million in a new venture capital round meant to spur its growth. The Series C round is being led by Oak Investment Partners, which invested in a... Read More

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Peer to peer car rental service Baojia raises $5 million

By Karthick Prabu | May 30, 2014

Chinese peer-to-peer car rental service Baojia has raised $5 million from undisclosed angel investors. The Beijing-based company enables car owners in the city to rent their cars for a fee to fello... Read More

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How to reinvent travel by collaborating and using new tools

By Kevin May | May 30, 2014

Introducing Sabre Dev Studio, a portfolio of services and tools that enables companies to build apps that move the world. Sabre Dev Studio powers both B2C and B2B applications and provides services... Read More

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