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History of travel - an animated view of the story so far [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | March 28, 2014

Running for some 150 years, modern-day tourism has evolved from quaint package holidays via Thomas Cook to how consumers use their devices to plan trips. Of course, the history of travel is a lot m... Read More

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As hotel booking engine Room Key turns two, it looks to loyalty personalization

By Sean O'Neil | March 28, 2014

Room Key, a US-based hotel booking engine, recently turned two years old. We wanted to check in for an update from the company, which is owned by Choice Hotels, Hilton, Hyatt, InterContinental, Wyn... Read More

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HotelTonight expands and official launch for Crashpads, GetYourGuide uses British monarch, Gmail goes visual, and more

By PhocusWire | March 28, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for March 2014. Friday 28 March 2014: HotelTonight expands in Europe, official launch for Cras... Read More

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Did Facebook really offer us all a free ride?

By PhocusWire | March 28, 2014

SOCIAL: Depending on who is talking, Facebook is some kind of marketing nirvana for brands or just a complete waste of time, a place where people go to hang out rather than consumer. The truth is pr... Read More

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Do It For Denmark - Thomas Cook realises sex sells holidays (and helps birth rate) [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | March 28, 2014

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrO3TfJc9Qw" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/denmark-tourism-ad.jpg"] Thomas Coo... Read More

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TripScanner partners with Hickory, Accor's 1 million hotel bookings via Amadeus, and more

By PhocusWire | March 28, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for March 2014. Friday 28 March 2014: TripScanner taps into a consortium of corporate trave... Read More

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It is time for Twitter to grow up (or face disruption)?

By PhocusWire | March 28, 2014

SOCIAL: Where would the world without Twitter? Some might argue significant swathes of the population would probably be more productive than many were eight years ago - but the important point for o... Read More

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Startup pitch: Bon Voyaging offers tool for curating and collecting trips

By Nick Vivion | March 27, 2014

A new startup, Bon Voyaging, is walking the well-worn trail of custom trip curation, with an online interface that offers an elegant means of collecting points of interest into shareable itineraries f... Read More

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Sign of the times - hotels add social media to wedding packages

By Karthick Prabu | March 27, 2014

In the good ol' days, couples and guests would often wait days or weeks to see pictures from a wedding. But with people live tweeting conferences, posting pictures and videos of concerts on Faceboo... Read More

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Orbitz overhauls Business app, B Hotels creates Monscierge, and more

By PhocusWire | March 27, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for March 2014. Thursday 27 March 2014: Orbitz overhauls Business mobile app The revamped Or... Read More

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Startup pitch: TripsIdea wants to be the last-minute trip planning tool

By Karthick Prabu | March 27, 2014

TripsIdea is positioning itself as a last-minute travel planning site that users can rely on. It claims a trip can be planned on its site in just ten minute and still saving money. Once a user sele... Read More

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How to tell when it's time to ditch a startup

By PhocusWire | March 27, 2014

STARTUPS: Running a startup can be a pretty scary place to be - not least when not doing particularly well in the medium to long term becomes a reality. Travel startups, in particular, are prone to... Read More

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Want to know your Finnish name? Ask VisitFinland

By Karthick Prabu | March 27, 2014

Bit of fun from VisitFinland with a new campaign to give visitors their Finnish name - a simple stunt which has already become a bit of a hit. The Finngenerator is an online application where users... Read More

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Japanese travel giant JTB Group acquires Dynasty Travel, plots Asia expansion

By Karthick Prabu | March 27, 2014

In an effort to become the number one travel service company in Asia by 2020, Tokyo-based travel company JTB Group has acquired Singapore travel agency Dynasty Travel. Terms of the deal were not di... Read More

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Social media thriving among travel agents - but is there a clear return on investment?

By Nick Vivion | March 26, 2014

ASTA has compiled its latest brief on the usage of technology by travel agents, showing that social media use has surged to eighty percent of surveyed travel agents. The results were derived from A... Read More

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