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HouseTrip axes private rooms from portfolio, will lose 5% of product
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HouseTrip axes private rooms from portfolio, will lose 5% of product
By Kevin May | April 15, 2014
Shifting of the sand in the vacation rental marketplace with confirmation that HouseTrip is scrapping all listings of private rooms from its database. HouseTrip informed hosts of the "important cha... Read More
Momondo reunited with its mojo, releases first results in years
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Momondo reunited with its mojo, releases first results in years
By Kevin May | April 15, 2014
Momondo Group says it is ready to come out fighting after a few years lurking in the shadows, watching as the metasearch world went kind of crazy. The UK-based company, which runs the global Momond... Read More
A cure for jet lag? Perhaps mathematics and an app can help
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A cure for jet lag? Perhaps mathematics and an app can help
By PhocusWire | April 14, 2014
DEVICES: Every traveller has a view on jet lag, the world's annoying way of reminding us we are shifting unnaturally between time zones. As a result there are more methods of combating or dealing wi... Read More
SilverRail raises $40 million -- CEO interview [UPDATED]
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SilverRail raises $40 million -- CEO interview [UPDATED]
By Sean O'Neil | April 14, 2014
SilverRail Technologies, a business-to-business platform for train ticketing, has raised $40 million in a new venture capital round meant to fast-track its growth. The Series C round is being led b... Read More
Can you monetise Facebook to create loyalty and revenue for airlines?
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Can you monetise Facebook to create loyalty and revenue for airlines?
By Kevin May | April 14, 2014
KLM has attracted plenty of attention for its various Facebook initiatives over the years - but is there any value to it all beyond PR and getting "likes"? Obviously travellers having some kind of... Read More
Chinese map service AutoNavi agrees to be acquired by Alibaba at $1.5 billion valuation
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Chinese map service AutoNavi agrees to be acquired by Alibaba at $1.5 billion valuation
By Karthick Prabu | April 14, 2014
Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has added another feather to its cap with AutoNavi agreeing to a 100% acquisition offer. AutoNavi, the China-based mapping service and location-based solutions provi... Read More
Does the rise of mobile apps mean decline of the open web?
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Does the rise of mobile apps mean decline of the open web?
By PhocusWire | April 14, 2014
DEVICES: How consumers use their devices seems to run in a kind of cycle - one minute we are apparently hearing the death knell of apps as the mobile web improves, but as users - forever creatures o... Read More
Why hotel marketing is flying to the cloud: Q&A with Forest Key of Buuteeq
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Why hotel marketing is flying to the cloud: Q&A with Forest Key of Buuteeq
By Sean O'Neil | April 12, 2014
Mark Andreessen, venture capitalist and co-creator of the web browser, once said that “software is eating the world.” Today software appears to be eating hotel marketing, in particular. Internet-ba... Read More
Online giants eLong and Tongcheng form exclusive partnership
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Online giants eLong and Tongcheng form exclusive partnership
By Karthick Prabu | April 12, 2014
China's online travel agents - eLong and Tongcheng - have entered into a strategic partnership that will see the companies exclusively supply certain products to each other. Under the agreement, eL... Read More
Youth travel booking window reduces as mobile plays a key role
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Youth travel booking window reduces as mobile plays a key role
By Karthick Prabu | April 11, 2014
About 50% of youth travel bookings are now made between one and three weeks in advance of the travel/stay date, according to a study. Safe Travel Accommodation for Youth (STAY) WYSE Association, the... Read More
Tigerair targets fly-shy Australians with Infrequent Flyers campaign
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Tigerair targets fly-shy Australians with Infrequent Flyers campaign
By Karthick Prabu | April 10, 2014
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SITA talks Smart Thinking for airlines and airports
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SITA talks Smart Thinking for airlines and airports
By Linda Fox | April 10, 2014
More than half of passengers would use their mobile phones for real time flight status(72%), baggage status(85%)and flight disruptions (69%). These are among findings SITA has drawn together from i... Read More
Data harvesting to win travel marketing in the future
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Data harvesting to win travel marketing in the future
By Viewpoints | April 10, 2014
Johnny Depp’s new movie Transcendence is about a sentient machine that combines infinite, collective intelligence with the full range of human emotions. It inspired me to contemplate the future of... Read More
How Didi Dache increased daily bookings by 15 times to 5 million in 77 days?
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How Didi Dache increased daily bookings by 15 times to 5 million in 77 days?
By Karthick Prabu | April 10, 2014
After a series of investments secured by Chinese mobile-based taxi hailing services recently, now Didi Dache has reported a 15X increase in daily bookings in just 77 days. In early January 2014, th... Read More
Intrepid Travel picks up remaining stake in Urban Adventures
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Intrepid Travel picks up remaining stake in Urban Adventures
By Linda Fox | April 10, 2014
Moves in the tours and activities sector this morning as Intrepid Travel acquires the remaining stake in Thailand-based Urban Adventures. Urban Adventures (TLabs here) was set up in late 2009 as a... Read More
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