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How to use data to bring content to life
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How to use data to bring content to life
By PhocusWire | July 3, 2013
If you were going to ask your CEO for more inbound marketing budget this year, which argument would be more convincing:... Read More
Can there be Kumbaya between airlines and Global Distribution Systems with NDC?
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Can there be Kumbaya between airlines and Global Distribution Systems with NDC?
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 3, 2013
This is first article in a two parter on distribution and the airlines. In the first part I am going to try to cut through some of the partisan rhetoric and focus on why NDC is such an important issue for the whole industry.... Read More
Yahoo continues to shop, buys travel favourite and story-telling video app Qwiki
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Yahoo continues to shop, buys travel favourite and story-telling video app Qwiki
By Karthick Prabu | July 3, 2013
Yahoo's buying spree continuous, this time it has acquired US-based Qwiki, an iPhone app that creates story-telling videos by using pictures and videos in user's mobile.... Read More
THIS is social: Every service you need to know right now in one graphic
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THIS is social: Every service you need to know right now in one graphic
By Nick Vivion | July 2, 2013
Change is the only constant in the online frontier of social media, which is documented by the latest iteration of Brian Solis' Conversation Prism.... Read More
Come on travel companies - why are you not investing in tablet applications?
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Come on travel companies - why are you not investing in tablet applications?
By Glenn Gruber | July 2, 2013
Travel companies are forever claiming how app-savvy they are - and now independent research tells us all that tablets are grabbing a significant share of hotel website traffic.... Read More
Holidayen wants to get up close and personal with trip itineraries
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Holidayen wants to get up close and personal with trip itineraries
By Karthick Prabu | July 2, 2013
US-based travel startup Holidayen has created a platform for travellers to customise their holiday itinerary in minutes.... Read More
How much is on the table with destination services for travel companies? [Hint: it's huge]
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How much is on the table with destination services for travel companies? [Hint: it's huge]
By Kevin May | July 2, 2013
A study by Euromonitor estimated the total leisure spend on travel and destination-related products was a massive Euro 2.5 trillion during 2012.... Read More
Wuhu wants to disrupt the original disruptors and make travel easy
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Wuhu wants to disrupt the original disruptors and make travel easy
By Linda Fox | July 2, 2013
Many an online travel 'what if? was considered before Wuhu was born and like many startups it's based on the premise that there must be a better way... Read More
Travelata to shift marketing up a gear with $5 million funding boost
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Travelata to shift marketing up a gear with $5 million funding boost
By Linda Fox | July 2, 2013
Travelata, the online package tours startup has secured funding of US$5m from Poland-based equity firm MCI Management... Read More
Sign of the times - Google slowly killing natural search
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Sign of the times - Google slowly killing natural search
By PhocusWire | July 1, 2013
Lest we forget, Google won search by providing the best organic results users had ever seen.... Read More
Visitation to the United States hits all-time record
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Visitation to the United States hits all-time record
By Nick Vivion | July 1, 2013
The US Department of Commerce has released their latest report, showing a record surge in visitation to the United States in 2012.... Read More
SOCIAL - Product news, launches and more - July 2013
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SOCIAL - Product news, launches and more - July 2013
By PhocusWire | July 1, 2013
Aloft Hotels and Design With Reach have come together for a $10,000 sweepstakes.... Read More
A brief guide to optimising travel videos and virtual tours on multiple devices
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A brief guide to optimising travel videos and virtual tours on multiple devices
By Viewpoints | July 1, 2013
Understanding how product and content appears in multiple device is a fact of life in the travel industry these days. Or at least it should be.... Read More
Now Google lets tourist boards map those hard to get to places via a backpack
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Now Google lets tourist boards map those hard to get to places via a backpack
By Linda Fox | July 1, 2013
The quest to map absolutely everything has taken another step forward with Google allowing third parties to have a go on its Street View Trekker gear... Read More
To share or not to share: more than half would in return for personalisation [INFOGRAPHIC]
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To share or not to share: more than half would in return for personalisation [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Linda Fox | July 1, 2013
Here's an interesting study that demonstrates how willing people are to share their personal information on social networks as well as with other websites... Read More
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