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Tourism board uses vehicle recognition tech to target affluent travellers

By Kevin May | January 10, 2017

What better way to get the attention of potential visitors to a destination than when they are stuck behind a wheel in road traffic, at one of London's busy junctions? Sure, outdoor ads have been s... Read More

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Hotels.com gives travellers a full-service mobile app when in-destination

By Kevin May | January 10, 2017

Hotels.com is teaming up with a myriad of companies to help power a new mobile app that it hopes will be everything a traveller needs once they arrive on a trip. Ignoring the fact that many of its... Read More

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Five ‘first-class’ tips to drive online revenue

By Sponsored Content | January 10, 2017

In the rapidly growing ecommerce market, high-friction and time-consuming identity verification processes can have a significant impact on customer acquisition and retention rates. NB: This is a vi... Read More

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Travel sector in line to benefit from WeChat's new service

By Viewpoints | January 10, 2017

WeChat has launched a new initiative called "Mini Programs" which could see travel having an enhanced presence on China's biggest messaging platform. The service allows third parties - including OT... Read More

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Airbnb bookings by corporate travellers on growth tear

By Kevin May | January 9, 2017

In some respects, booking figures for Airbnb by corporate travellers remain low compared to those for hotels - but the growth is certainly noteworthy. Business travel management platform Concur has... Read More

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Lola raises another $15 million

By Martin Cowen | January 9, 2017

On-demand personal travel app Lola has raised $15 million in a Series B round, led by new investor Charles River Ventures. A statement said that the money will be used for "product development and... Read More

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Ciao, Venere - Expedia closes headwind-facing hotel booking site

By Kevin May | January 9, 2017

Venere - the European hotel site once considered to be a part of Expedia's attempt to counter the rise of Booking.com - is no more. Expedia Inc confirmed earlier reports into its demise, saying the... Read More

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Starkov’s technology and marketing resolutions for hoteliers (part two)

By Viewpoints | January 9, 2017

Finding the balance between form and function on the hotel dotcom, personalisation of marketing campaigns and the threat of Airbnb are among the issues hoteliers need to address in 2017 in order to at... Read More

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Virtual reality and travel - fully immersive, next-level developments

By Kevin May | January 9, 2017

Virtual reality videos in travel, until now, have mostly focused on allowing users to experience a 360-degree view of a product or destination. Although the functionality can often be pretty good,... Read More

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Hilton joins the Instant Booking fray on TripAdvisor

By Kevin May | January 9, 2017

Some momentum in recent weeks for TripAdvisor and its Instant Booking service - with global hotel group Hilton finally joining the initiative. Hilton's portfolio of 13 brands will now be available... Read More

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Porter & Sail buys mobile engagement service GuestDriven

By Kevin May | January 9, 2017

Digital hotel concierge service Porter & Sail has acquired fellow mobile hospitality technology provider GuestDriven. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. GuestDriven was created in 2011 to... Read More

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TripAdvisor to close VirtualTourist travel guide site

By Kevin May | January 6, 2017

VirtualTourist, one of the first brands focused on providing online guides to travellers, is being axed by its parent company. TripAdvisor subsidiary Smarter Travel Media, home to a number of high-... Read More

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Buried in paper: Removing a hurdle in attractions

By Alex Kremer | January 6, 2017

There is a scene in the movie Brazil, a Terry Gilliam film, in which one of the characters gets killed by an overabundance of paperwork. Papers begin sticking to him, ultimately covering him from h... Read More

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Startup pitch: Survaider organises hotel feedback across all channels

By Linda Fox | January 6, 2017

Founded last year, Survaider wants to help hotels and other hospitality view and act upon customer comments across social media, email, phone calls and feedback forms. The idea is to aggregate all of... Read More

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Starkov's technology and marketing resolutions for hoteliers (part one)

By Viewpoints | January 6, 2017

There was an obvious and substantial emphasis on ‘book direct’ marketing strategies in 2016, with hoteliers looking to drive more direct business via loyalty member-only rates, special incentives, uni... Read More

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