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How to start or close a funding round as a travel business?
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How to start or close a funding round as a travel business?
By PhocusWire | June 28, 2013
The simple fact of the market is that there are many, many more entrepreneurs seeking capital than there are investors seeking to fund them.... Read More
O2 launches JetSetMe, spinning a different take on travel for subscribers
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O2 launches JetSetMe, spinning a different take on travel for subscribers
By Nick Vivion | June 28, 2013
Mobile communications provider O2 has launched a travel compenent that provides both compelling insights into travel across their network and intriguing integrations for mobile travelers.... Read More
Deep dive into customer data shows what it REALLY takes to get a happy hotel guest
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Deep dive into customer data shows what it REALLY takes to get a happy hotel guest
By Kevin May | June 28, 2013
If you examine 800,000 hotel reviews from genuine guests you would presumably get an interesting snapshot of what makes a guest swing from hating to loving a property.... Read More
Wearable tech and understanding the concerns over user's own data
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Wearable tech and understanding the concerns over user's own data
By PhocusWire | June 28, 2013
"Even in San Francisco, a dude wearing Google Glass looks like a dick," a friend observed on Facebook last weekend.... Read More
Pegasus changes course with clever videos, product launches, and staffing changes
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Pegasus changes course with clever videos, product launches, and staffing changes
By Sean O'Neil | June 28, 2013
It's been a year since the world's largest processor of electronic hotel transactions hired a new CEO. How's the turnaround going so far?... Read More
SYSTEMS - Product news, launches and more - June 2013
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SYSTEMS - Product news, launches and more - June 2013
By PhocusWire | June 27, 2013
SITA signs long-term deal with Etihad Airways for global technical support.... Read More
Top travel nightmares, is yours on this list? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Top travel nightmares, is yours on this list? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Linda Fox | June 27, 2013
Here's a neat infographic presenting travel nightmares from the every day lost luggage to the more knee-trembling, death by hippotamus... Read More
Winning the omnichannel challenge in travel: Strategies for a multiscreen world [RESEARCH]
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Winning the omnichannel challenge in travel: Strategies for a multiscreen world [RESEARCH]
By Nick Vivion | June 27, 2013
Travel marketers must be increasingly outfitted to address an omnichannel world, using the multi-screen reality of content consumption to their advantage, says new research by analysts Hudson Crossing.... Read More
Cape Town's Facebook campaign gets a gong but results do the talking
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Cape Town's Facebook campaign gets a gong but results do the talking
By Linda Fox | June 27, 2013
So Cape Town Tourism has just been awarded a gong for its Facebook Holiday campaign launched last October... Read More
Travora, folded into MediaShift, continues operating with expanded focus
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Travora, folded into MediaShift, continues operating with expanded focus
By Nick Vivion | June 27, 2013
Despite some reports, Travora Media, which rebranded from Travel Ad Network in 2011, continues to operate as an advertising sales and operations subsidiary focused on travel advertising through multiple touchpoints.... Read More
Hoteliers: this is how you use Instagram effectively
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Hoteliers: this is how you use Instagram effectively
By Viewpoints | June 27, 2013
Instagram has obviously taken the social sharing world by storm and, post-acquisition by Facebook, doesn't seem to be slowing down.... Read More
Canada scores a huge YouTube hit, but no thanks to its DMO [VIDEO]
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Canada scores a huge YouTube hit, but no thanks to its DMO [VIDEO]
By Sean O'Neil | June 27, 2013
More than 720,000 people have viewed a YouTube clip showing how Europeans trying to unlock fridges filled with free beer by finding someone nearby with a Canadian passport..... Read More
Which travel websites win for usability, engagement and conversion?
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Which travel websites win for usability, engagement and conversion?
By Karthick Prabu | June 27, 2013
Leading OTAs Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz have emerged as the winners in a study looking at how web travel brands perform for a string of important measurements in the world of ecommerce.... Read More
Hey, travel companies - the secret to winning on YouTube: use kids being cute
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Hey, travel companies - the secret to winning on YouTube: use kids being cute
By Kevin May | June 27, 2013
Some travel brands will spend eye-watering amounts of money with their clever advertising agencies to pull together slick video clips featuring good looking folk doing inspirational things.... Read More
US DOT demands that Delta buy tablets to track compliance with passenger bumping rules
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US DOT demands that Delta buy tablets to track compliance with passenger bumping rules
By Sean O'Neil | June 26, 2013
In a first of its kind move, a US federal regulator agreed that an airline could apply part of its fine to buy tablet devices to better track its compliance with consumer protection rules.... Read More
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