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Startup pitch: Compathy starts with travel log service but wants to eliminate agencies
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Startup pitch: Compathy starts with travel log service but wants to eliminate agencies
By Karthick Prabu | May 7, 2014
Compathy, a Japan-based travel startup, wants to wade into providing a platform for travellers to manage their post-travel experience. It also has rather bold plans to shove aside the role of trave... Read More
EasyJet to use drones and augmented reality (for maintenance, not flights)
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EasyJet to use drones and augmented reality (for maintenance, not flights)
By Kevin May | May 7, 2014
Drones might be the preserve of the military, rich amateur film buffs or destination marketers, but EasyJet has also found a practical use. As part of a series of initiatives announced this week th... Read More
Wake up everyone - TripAdvisor lives up to its name, focuses on entire trip
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Wake up everyone - TripAdvisor lives up to its name, focuses on entire trip
By Linda Fox | May 7, 2014
Announcements have come thick and fast from TripAdvisor in the past week, right up to its earnings call last night, which showed positive growth for the quarter. And yet despite entering 2014 "firi... Read More
Google Maps gets massive refresh, adds Uber as transport option
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Google Maps gets massive refresh, adds Uber as transport option
By Karthick Prabu | May 7, 2014
Google's continued creep into travel services continues with its Map product for Android and iPhone/iPad gaining Uber integration. The addition of the on-demand taxi hailing service comes as part o... Read More
Mozio raises $750K to grow its airport transfer booking engine [UPDATED]
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Mozio raises $750K to grow its airport transfer booking engine [UPDATED]
By Sean O'Neil | May 6, 2014
Mozio, a San Francisco startup that runs an airport transfer search and booking engine, has raised $750,000 in a seed round, the company said today. Investors include BulletTime Ventures (TechStars... Read More
TripAdvisor buys again - this time restaurant booking engine LaFourchette
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TripAdvisor buys again - this time restaurant booking engine LaFourchette
By Kevin May | May 6, 2014
Busy week so far for TripAdvisor - it has sewn up its second deal in the space of a day with an offer to buy European brand LaFourchette. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The "exclusive off... Read More
B&Bs: Don't let Airbnb eat you for breakfast
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B&Bs: Don't let Airbnb eat you for breakfast
By Viewpoints | May 6, 2014
Airbnb has taken the world by storm, but not without controversy. NB: This is an opinion from Mary White, CEO of BnBFinder, bed-and-breakfast directory. Just last week the American Hotel and Lod... Read More
Concur's Fusion event kicks off with TripLink and IBM announcements
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Concur's Fusion event kicks off with TripLink and IBM announcements
By Nick Vivion | May 6, 2014
Concur's annual customer event Fusion is going on this week in New Orleans. In addition to the table8 funding news, the company has announced a new partnership and an expanded direct connectivity feat... Read More
Concur leads $4.6 million investment in last-minute restaurant booker Table8
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Concur leads $4.6 million investment in last-minute restaurant booker Table8
By Kevin May | May 6, 2014
Concur's startup investment fund is splashing the cash once more with an injection of capital into Table8. The corporate travel technology giant's Perfect Trip fund has led the $4.6 million round i... Read More
Damning - social media accounts for just 1% of first moments of a travel purchase
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Damning - social media accounts for just 1% of first moments of a travel purchase
By Kevin May | May 6, 2014
Most travel marketers would acknowledge that search (still) plays a massively important role in bringing consumers into the so-called purchase funnel. The evidence is overwhelming. Marketing ana... Read More
Mass user generated content is democracy for the stupid
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Mass user generated content is democracy for the stupid
By PhocusWire | May 6, 2014
SOCIAL: TripAdvisor, IMDB and countless other web review brands live by the mantra that the wisdom of crowds (and its inherent volume) gives consumers an overall impression of a product. But apparen... Read More
Tencent buys stake in China mapping service NavInfo for $187 million
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Tencent buys stake in China mapping service NavInfo for $187 million
By Karthick Prabu | May 6, 2014
Tencent, in an yet another effort to take advantage of location based services, has acquired 11.28% stake in NavInfo for $187 million. The moves comes less than a month since AutoNavi, a Chinese ma... Read More
Latest tech utterance: Ok Glass, book me a hotel
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Latest tech utterance: Ok Glass, book me a hotel
By Nick Vivion | May 5, 2014
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Southwest only travel brand to make top list in latest reputation rankings
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Southwest only travel brand to make top list in latest reputation rankings
By Nick Vivion | May 5, 2014
Nielsen's recent tie-up with Harris Interactive has led to the joint release of the latest Harris Poll Reputation Quotient - and only one travel brand made the cut on reputation, Southwest Airlines.... Read More
The difference between a $1M or $50M+ startup entrepreneur
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The difference between a $1M or $50M+ startup entrepreneur
By PhocusWire | May 5, 2014
STARTUPS: Forgetting what your (lofty or realistic) aspirations are for a moment, actually how you set up and run a business is also a determining factor between being a failure, also-ran and pionee... Read More
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