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Apple Pay takes to the JetBlue skies in first airline deal

By Nick Vivion | February 10, 2015

In the first deal of its kind, JetBlue will soon begin accepting Apple Pay as a form of in-flight payment. The first flights to enjoy the mobile payment option will be non-stops between New York's... Read More

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Instant versus personalized - the next travel search dilemma

By Viewpoints | February 10, 2015

When it comes to online travel, we see a constant evolution in technology. This is fuelled mostly by end-consumers’ rising expectations and the need to address key industry developments. At this st... Read More

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Chinese fall out of love with social media [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Martin Cowen | February 10, 2015

Kantar has released its second China Social Media Impact Report as a supersized infographic. Travel is only mentioned once, as part of a look at more than two million tweets from 10,000 Weibo users... Read More

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TUI looks to make more of customer relationship and dynamic packaging

By Linda Fox | February 10, 2015

TUI Group is giving itself until May to formulate strategy on five core areas, the operator said today during its first quarter results presentation. The company, which was reporting its first set... Read More

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IBM sues Priceline Group for alleged patent infringement

By Kevin May | February 10, 2015

This could get messy. IT giant IBM claims the Priceline Group has refused to negotiate a license to use four of its patents. In a complaint filed at the US District Court in Delaware this week, IBM... Read More

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Startup pitch: Kenavo blends multimodal with metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | February 9, 2015

Kenavo is a new metasearch website from France that is taking on the Skyscanners and Kayaks of the world by answering the question of "how do I get from A to B" a little differently. Unlike major m... Read More

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Startup pitch: HotelsByDay checks in to during the day stay trend

By Linda Fox | February 9, 2015

HotelsByDay sees opportunity in the micro-stay trend - hotel stays during the day for a minimum of four hours. The founders come from luxury hotel and travel technology backgrounds and drew inspira... Read More

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How virtual reality is reshaping marketing for hotels and destinations

By Nick Vivion | February 9, 2015

Virtual reality has been a long-time coming, with early VR technologies being demonstrated back in the late 1960s. Now, with Facebook's billion-dollar purchase of Oculus Rift, the technology has reach... Read More

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How to determine the probability of your plane falling from the sky

By Nick Vivion | February 9, 2015

It's been a grisly 12-month period for the airline industry — from the two Malaysia Airlines accidents to the latest horrifying video of the TransAsia crash, there's been no shortage of anxiety-produc... Read More

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Five things travel brands aren’t doing with their web testing (but should be)

By Viewpoints | February 9, 2015

Testing should be about more than conversions and revenue - it can become a multipurpose tool across of your organization. NB: This is an analysis by Chloë Lind, managing consultant at Maxymiser.... Read More

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Will PodShare be the next big hostel/hotel brand?

By Nick Vivion | February 6, 2015

Clearly the only constant in hospitality is that the sands are always shifting. New concepts emerge, technology disrupts and new entrants to the scene redefine what it all stands for. Look at ho... Read More

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Bravofly Rumbo acquires Map2app, Liftshare drives app, Frankfurt Airport de-stresses, and more...

By PhocusWire | February 6, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for February 2015. Tuesday 10 February 2015: Bravofly Rumbo acquires Map2app European online... Read More

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Move over Watson: Phil is here to field our travel questions

By Nick Vivion | February 6, 2015

At first, this seemed a bit like a joke: a cloned chat agent named Phil the Voyager is ready to help travelers discover their next destination through a series of "live" chats? Seriously? Yes, seri... Read More

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What does the online travel startup scene need - more women

By Pamela Whitby | February 6, 2015

When Jen O’Neal, a founder of Tripping, a vacation rentals metasearch platform, first considered starting a travel company, friends warned her that it was an 'Old Boys Network' and she’d have a tough... Read More

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eLong heads into hyper-competitive 2015

By Martin Cowen | February 6, 2015

Chinese online travel agency eLong has said that room night growth is the only thing that matters into 2015, not only for its own business but for its competitors as well. Speaking to analysts abou... Read More

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