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The travel sharing economy is having its Napster Moment right now
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The travel sharing economy is having its Napster Moment right now
By Viewpoints | July 31, 2014
Remember 1999? Sure you do. The dotcom bubble was in full effect: come up with any idea, really any idea, and add ".com" to it, and you could raise millions. We now know in hindsight that many of t... Read More
New US rankings for travel apps: Delta, Uber, and Hotels.com top the lists
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New US rankings for travel apps: Delta, Uber, and Hotels.com top the lists
By Sean O'Neil | July 31, 2014
Tracking the success of mobile apps remains more of an art than a science. But comparisons and estimates are becoming more plausible thanks to new travel and transportation app indexes from App Ann... Read More
GetYourGuide raises $25 million as tours and activities take centre stage
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GetYourGuide raises $25 million as tours and activities take centre stage
By Kevin May | July 31, 2014
Who said tours and activities is a tricky sector? Not TripAdvisor, it seems, nor GetYourGuide after raising $25 million in Series B. The latest injection comes via Spark Capital and Highland Capita... Read More
The rise of mobile ad spending in the travel industry
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The rise of mobile ad spending in the travel industry
By Viewpoints | July 31, 2014
A sea of change is coming to the digital ad spend landscape in the travel industry. NB: This article is written by Mary Russell, a copywriter at PhoCusWright. Desktop spend on the decline Whi... Read More
Zaiseoul raises $680,000 to entice Chinese tourists to South Korea
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Zaiseoul raises $680,000 to entice Chinese tourists to South Korea
By Karthick Prabu | July 31, 2014
K Cube Ventures has pumped $680,000 into Zaiseoul, a South Korea-based travel advice service for Chinese tourists. The Series A investment will be used to expand the brand further into China and he... Read More
Japan Airlines gets Amadeus Altea, DataArt automates Triometric, and more
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Japan Airlines gets Amadeus Altea, DataArt automates Triometric, and more
By PhocusWire | July 30, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for July 2014. Thursday 31 July 2014: Japan Airlines to implement Amadeus Altea solution The... Read More
Chinese travel giant CTrip reports torrid growth, but faces a price war
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Chinese travel giant CTrip reports torrid growth, but faces a price war
By Sean O'Neil | July 30, 2014
CTrip, the largest Chinese online travel agency by revenue, continues to enjoy growth levels that its Western competitors could only dream of. But the company is also increasingly being bruised by... Read More
The sharing economy begins assault on business travel
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The sharing economy begins assault on business travel
By Nick Vivion | July 30, 2014
The annual Global Business Travel Association Convention is generally the bastion of big business, with legacy companies exhibiting to retain and grow their corporate client lists. Some startups targe... Read More
Egencia previews predictive search and card-based functionality on iPad
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Egencia previews predictive search and card-based functionality on iPad
By Nick Vivion | July 30, 2014
Egencia, the travel management brand under the Expedia corporate umbrella, used this year's GBTA event to preview a new product iteration on mobile. The company has set up a small team, headed by T... Read More
Hotels and packages growing strong for MakeMyTrip as EasyToBook buy kicks in
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Hotels and packages growing strong for MakeMyTrip as EasyToBook buy kicks in
By Karthick Prabu | July 30, 2014
MakeMyTrip's hotels and packages business revenue now contributes about 82% of the company's revenue. Revenue from the hotel and packages (H & P) business in the quarter ending June 2014 (witho... Read More
Getting under the hood of why Aerospike technology is good for travel
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Getting under the hood of why Aerospike technology is good for travel
By Viewpoints | July 30, 2014
Aerospike (the fastest read/write database that operates in-memory, on flash, as a hybrid and on disk as well) is a huge deal in the travel sector. NB: This is part one of a two-part viewpoint from... Read More
What Facebook and Google can do to break out of their own monopolies
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What Facebook and Google can do to break out of their own monopolies
By PhocusWire | July 30, 2014
MARKETING: The dominance that Google and Facebook have over search marketing and social media respectively is, on the one hand, a prime example of two companies executing their core principles to ma... Read More
Expedia cites multi-million investment in user experience for boost in repeat customers
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Expedia cites multi-million investment in user experience for boost in repeat customers
By Karthick Prabu | July 30, 2014
Believe it or not, Expedia spends somewhere between $500 million and $600 million every year on technology to "improve the customer experience". This level of investment is being cited as a reason... Read More
Startup pitch: Bound Round wants to be a TripAdvisor for kids to use
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Startup pitch: Bound Round wants to be a TripAdvisor for kids to use
By Karthick Prabu | July 30, 2014
Handing over travel planning to children sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen, but that is what Australia-based Bound Round is doing. The Bound Round service, initially dreamed up as a mobile-... Read More
HomeAway refreshes its mobile app for owners, LAN and TAM get apps, and more
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HomeAway refreshes its mobile app for owners, LAN and TAM get apps, and more
By PhocusWire | July 29, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for July 2014. Thursday 31 July 2014: HomeAway refreshes its mobile app for owners In the up... Read More
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