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How Big Data helped Germany win the World Cup

By PhocusWire | July 21, 2014

SYSTEMS: Travel brands are forever being told that Big Data (or, at the very least the way brands dissect their existing data) should be some of strategic pillar. Sadly some of the best use cases so... Read More

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Intent Media closes $22.7 million Series C to drive intent marketing

By Nick Vivion | July 21, 2014

Intent Media, a marketing intelligence solutions provider focused on the travel industry, has closed $22.7 million in Series C. The round was led by NYC-based Insight Venture Partners, with additio... Read More

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Complexity and openness - why big IT vendors are missing from travel technology

By Viewpoints | July 21, 2014

Consumers have always shopped around for the best deal on travel and vacations. The Internet simply arms the travel customer with the ultimate weapon for bargain-hunting. In an online travel market... Read More

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Free for a while - Streetview guides by OTAs in prime spot on Google Maps

By Kevin May | July 21, 2014

Hotels have been recording Google Streetview walk-throughs for a while now - it makes marketing sense as a cool showcase of a property. It's not a cheap exercise, inevitably - hotels have to work w... Read More

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Finnair lambasted online after mistakenly saying it doesn't fly over Ukraine

By Nick Vivion | July 18, 2014

Social media is a consistently perilous environment for businesses - something Finnair was reminded of today after claiming not to fly over Ukraine. The airline had taken to its Twitter account fol... Read More

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Metasurge: How to navigate the growth in metasearch for hotel brands

By Nick Vivion | July 18, 2014

L2 Thinktank has applied its marketing intelligence brain to metasearch, coming up with an overview of the state of metasearch. The focus is on how hotel brands can leverage metasearch to enjoy an adv... Read More

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Why are internet years like dog years?

By PhocusWire | July 18, 2014

STARTUPS: Lastminute.com was the European poster-child for the tech rush of the late-1990s/early-2000s. It feels an age away now (in web generation terms it probably is), so it is interesting, 14 ye... Read More

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How a thorn-in-the-side of the industry is crunching data to plan ahead

By Karthick Prabu | July 18, 2014

Uber is currently launching in roughly two to three cities, helped not least by its recent $1.2 billion investment at a $18 billion valuation. Behind the scenes, Uber is also heavily crunching its... Read More

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Travel agent marketplace TravelTriangle raises $1.7 million

By Karthick Prabu | July 18, 2014

India-based online marketplace for travel agents, TravelTriangle, has raised pre-series A investment of $1.7 million from SAIF Partners. The company (TLabs showcase) is planning to use the new fund... Read More

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Momondo ponders future direction after acquisition interest

By Kevin May | July 18, 2014

Momondo Group has confirmed it is looking at strategic options in order to "drive forward to the next stage". The company, which has the Momondo metasearch and deals platform Cheapflights in its po... Read More

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Hard Rock, JetBlue, and Texas Tourism tap Olapic to filter the Instagram firehose

By Sean O'Neil | July 17, 2014

Users of Instagram, the image-sharing platform, have tagged 14 million photos with the #vacation hashtag -- a number that's grown by 4 million since the start of the year, according to digital service... Read More

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JD Power releases annual hotel rankings, finds Millennials more loyal than thought

By Nick Vivion | July 17, 2014

J.D. Power Associates has released its long-running rankings of consumer satisfaction with hotels, and has found that Millennials are far more loyal than other reports suggest. Overall satisfaction... Read More

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Going native: How travel marketers can navigate the new content marketing landscape

By Viewpoints | July 17, 2014

The digital media landscape is completely transforming. Consumers are bombarded with content and the marketer’s quest to be heard among the noise can be an overwhelming challenge. NB: This is an an... Read More

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OnlineTours raises $7 million to expand package tours for Russians

By Kevin May | July 17, 2014

Russian online travel agency OnlineTours, a package specialist in Russia, has completed a capital raise of $7 million. The latest tranche of funding comes via Global Founders Capital, Holtzbrinck V... Read More

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Skyscanner replaces Kayak as flight provider to Lonely Planet

By Kevin May | July 17, 2014

Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet has made one of its first major changes since being acquired and turned to Skyscanner to power its flight search engine. The move is being touted as "the first... Read More

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