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Facebook ten years in - how one tourism board says it benefits

By Kevin May | February 3, 2014

"Facebook ten years". A few words that will have many choking on their morning coffees - but, yes, the omnipresent social network celebrates a decade this week. Through the various stages of its ra... Read More

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Latest credit card data breach revealed, affecting a national multi-brand hotel operator

By Nick Vivion | February 3, 2014

National hotel franchisor White Lodging has been beset by a credit card data breach, with fraud stretching for more than 9 months, the KrebsOnSecurity blog has revealed. Brian Krebs, who is the pre... Read More

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US judge allows a class action suit against Gogo for its in-flight wifi contracts

By Sean O'Neil | February 3, 2014

A federal judge has allowed a class action suit to proceed against Gogo, the largest in-flight wifi provider. The filing is on behalf of air travelers. It claims that the company is violating antit... Read More

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IT investment report shows significant spend increase in 2014

By Nick Vivion | February 3, 2014

North American IT professionals have budgeted an average of $302,000 for IT-related expenses in 2014, a new study from Spiceworks has found. The study, available in full here, first determined the... Read More

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EUREKA! Where could your travel startup idea come from?

By Alex Bainbridge | February 3, 2014

Depending upon your pain threshold, running a travel startup is either the most rewarding challenge in your life or it can be a truly terrifying ordeal. Why? Because you lay forth your personal... Read More

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What's the point(-to-point)? Man from the outside shares a view

By Linda Fox | February 3, 2014

Enhancements to KDS Neo announced earlier this week will play into the hands of its boss Dean Forbes. Namely the addition of ground transportation because although the KDS chief executive has lived... Read More

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Amadeus acquires UFIS in bid to broaden its airport technology wing

By Kevin May | February 3, 2014

Amadeus has continued its acquisition spree into 2014, snapping up Singapore-based airport technology provider UFIS for an undisclosed fee. IFIS Airport Solutions has a string of technology platfor... Read More

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Time for a rethink: Google Plus is a bigger deal than many think

By PhocusWire | February 2, 2014

SOCIAL: It was so easy to dismiss Google Plus when it didn't seemingly topple Facebook within a micro-second of being launched - it was just a matter of time before it was destined for the same bin... Read More

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Apple - a $3 trillion company?

By PhocusWire | February 1, 2014

DEVICES: The ongoing strategy of Apple to not only reinvent itself every few years, but consumer behaviour and its relationship with technology, has impressed both commentators and investors. Yet wh... Read More

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Watch out, Canada - Booking.com is coming for you as well

By Nick Vivion | January 31, 2014

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Travel DISTRIBUTION roundup - January 2014

By PhocusWire | January 31, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for January 2014... 31 January 2014: Sabre renews with Turkish Airlines The multi-year... Read More

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Travel domains going for (not exactly) a song

By Linda Fox | January 31, 2014

Update: Tour.com owner, WJ Lee, says he has had the domain for 10 years and is selling because he wants to concentrate on his other business. He was going to put a price tag of more than $3 million on... Read More

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What a year - NDC now no longer disruptive to physics of distribution

By Kevin May | January 31, 2014

January 2013 - the month when relations between many parties involved in the then short lifespan of IATA's (in)famous New Distribution Capability (NDC) project started getting tense. Over the cours... Read More

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Indian travellers are mobile and social, ignore at your peril [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Linda Fox | January 31, 2014

Here's a neat infographic drawing data on the outbound India market from sources including PhoCusWright, Google and Amadeus. The graphic, put together by hospitality technology specialist eRevMax,... Read More

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Best airlines in the world, via web reviews, visualised as the Periodic Table

By Kevin May | January 30, 2014

After collecting some 30,000 customer reviews, European online travel agency eDreams has picked a novel way of displaying what it says the best airlines in the world. Although inevitably slightly s... Read More

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