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Travel brands, how safe and secure is your website data? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Travel brands, how safe and secure is your website data? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | July 29, 2013
On an average, 30% of travel industry website traffic is traced to web scraping bots, reports a study by Distil Networks.... Read More
Hotel distribution - first up, the simplified version
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Hotel distribution - first up, the simplified version
By Patrick Landman | July 29, 2013
Distribution is crucial to the success of any hotel. I am even tempted to think that distribution is more important than anything else in such businesses.... Read More
Classic mistakes in web design (and how to learn from them)
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Classic mistakes in web design (and how to learn from them)
By PhocusWire | July 29, 2013
Nobody's perfect... We all make mistakes. Whether in our design and development work or just in life in general, we all do it.... Read More
How a South Pacific tourism authority uses an iron fist to maintain its online reputation
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How a South Pacific tourism authority uses an iron fist to maintain its online reputation
By Karthick Prabu | July 29, 2013
Online reviews obviously have an impact not only on products such as hotels but also on a country's wider reputation amongst travellers.... Read More
Booking.com gains ground on TripAdvisor - Top New Zealand travel websites, June 2013
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Booking.com gains ground on TripAdvisor - Top New Zealand travel websites, June 2013
By PhocusWire | July 28, 2013
TripAdvisor's strong position at the top of the leading travel websites in New Zealand has weakened slightly after losing some of its lead to second placed Booking.com.... Read More
Mobile isn't everything: Some thoughts on the big rush to devices for everything
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Mobile isn't everything: Some thoughts on the big rush to devices for everything
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 26, 2013
A lot of people are excited about mobile travel and in particular mobile payments. They say, "Its the panacea to everything," or "mobile first, it's the only the way to go!"... Read More
Are governments trying to kill the sharing economy?
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Are governments trying to kill the sharing economy?
By Viewpoints | July 26, 2013
Until recently, travel companies in the ‘sharing economy’ have fallen below the radar when it comes to government regulation. But this is all now changing.... Read More
Tripobox aims to smooth out group travel
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Tripobox aims to smooth out group travel
By Sean O'Neil | July 26, 2013
The Barcelona-born company claims to be the world’s first collaborative travel marketplace for groups.... Read More
10 steps to stand out from the crowd and bring direct traffic home
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10 steps to stand out from the crowd and bring direct traffic home
By Viewpoints | July 26, 2013
Don't neglect your own website, it is where hoteliers have the greatest control over image, rates, margins and several other essential factors... Read More
Just for fun: EA unwraps Sims travel game
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Just for fun: EA unwraps Sims travel game
By Sean O'Neil | July 26, 2013
Ever dream of creating, owning and managing a beach resort? Now you can enjoy it, virtual-reality style, with EA's The Sims 3 Island Paradise.... Read More
The airline website of the future - A concept design [VIDEO]
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The airline website of the future - A concept design [VIDEO]
By Karthick Prabu | July 26, 2013
Fantasy Interactive, a digital design agency, has come up with a concept design of airline website in the future. It looks sharp.... Read More
Expedia admits that TripAdvisor and Booking.com are hurting it hard
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Expedia admits that TripAdvisor and Booking.com are hurting it hard
By Sean O'Neil | July 25, 2013
TripAdvisor's switch to hotel metasearch away from pop-up ads hurt Expedia's revenue numbers harder than expected, though Expedia's purchase of Trivago was a net plus for the corporation.... Read More
The most popular mobile OTA and metasearch apps so far in 2013
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The most popular mobile OTA and metasearch apps so far in 2013
By Sean O'Neil | July 25, 2013
We have the rankings on which travel apps were the most popular in the first half of this year.... Read More
Concur steps closer to Perfect Trip, reveals further investments
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Concur steps closer to Perfect Trip, reveals further investments
By Linda Fox | July 25, 2013
Concur has revealed a raft of new investments which are part of its $150m Perfect Trip fund.... Read More
Update on Routehappy's innovation in flight meta search
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Update on Routehappy's innovation in flight meta search
By Sean O'Neil | July 25, 2013
Reviews are not just for hotels, according to NYC startup Routehappy. We check in on this two-year old start-up that now presents Amazon-style product pages for each individual flight.... Read More
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