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Off Track Planet raises $500,000 to build travel discovery platform
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Off Track Planet raises $500,000 to build travel discovery platform
By Karthick Prabu | December 23, 2013
Off Track Planet, a travel guide service provider, has raised $500,000 in funding from Brandery Accelerator, CincyTech and other angel investors. This new fund will be used to to further expand its... Read More
What is Social Media 3.0?
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What is Social Media 3.0?
By PhocusWire | December 23, 2013
SOCIAL: Travel brands, perhaps as much or more than most other industries, have finally got to grips with and are capitalising on the power of social media - at least from an engagement and customer... Read More
Bravofly acquires Jetcost as OTA-meta lines continue to merge
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Bravofly acquires Jetcost as OTA-meta lines continue to merge
By Kevin May | December 23, 2013
Further evidence in the world of intermediaries that umbrella companies are seeing the value adding metasearch to the armoury as Jetcost gets snapped up by Bravofly. The Bravofly Rumbo Group bought... Read More
How 2013 changed our opinion on privacy
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How 2013 changed our opinion on privacy
By PhocusWire | December 21, 2013
SYSTEMS: Personal privacy online and via telecommunications was thrown into a spotlight even Wikileaks couldn't highlight this year as US spy shops were found to be either doing their job or stretch... Read More
Staying the course - social travel service Minube raises $1.4M
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Staying the course - social travel service Minube raises $1.4M
By Kevin May | December 21, 2013
Social travel websites were appearing on the scene in 2007 at a similar rate to flash sale startups - in other words: perhaps one or two every month. Minube has managed to buck the trend of those t... Read More
Adara ties travel intent to Twitter ad platform with eye towards conversions
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Adara ties travel intent to Twitter ad platform with eye towards conversions
By Nick Vivion | December 20, 2013
Adara has recently announced an integrated partnership with Twitter that allows travel brands to retarget users with specific behaviors on the social platform. This partnership is a continued evolu... Read More
10 content marketing ideas (and action points) for 2014
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10 content marketing ideas (and action points) for 2014
By Viewpoints | December 20, 2013
According to the Content Marketing Institute, 56% of UK marketers expect to increase their CM spend in coming 12 months (11% say ‘significantly’). Debates rage over the practice - its proper defini... Read More
How Indian airlines perform in social media [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How Indian airlines perform in social media [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | December 20, 2013
Indian aviation is hotting up with three airlines planning to launch in 2014 as well as Etihad taking a stake in Jet Airways and increased competition for market share among existing players, the Indi... Read More
Ctrip helps China car rental service eHi pocket $100M investment
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Ctrip helps China car rental service eHi pocket $100M investment
By Karthick Prabu | December 20, 2013
eHi, a Shanghai-based online car rental service, has secured over $100 million investment from China's leading OTA Ctrip.com and existing investors. In 2012, US-based Enterprise Holdings invested i... Read More
Reaching for the stars - can Russian travel startups make a mark?
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Reaching for the stars - can Russian travel startups make a mark?
By Viewpoints | December 20, 2013
In a talk I gave at E-Travel 2013 in Moscow last month, I tried to compare some figures from the Russian and international travel startups market and came to some conclusions that seem interesting to... Read More
Deep dive into Asia Pacific online travel market
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Deep dive into Asia Pacific online travel market
By Karthick Prabu | December 19, 2013
Asia Pacific travel market ousted Europe to become the world’s biggest regional travel market in 2012, accounting for bookings worth about $320 billion, according to a report by PhoCusWright. The A... Read More
Chinese online car rental market shifts to top gear as Yongche raises $60 million
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Chinese online car rental market shifts to top gear as Yongche raises $60 million
By Karthick Prabu | December 19, 2013
Yongche, a Beijing-based car rental booking service has raised $60 million in Series C funding, led by Ctrip and DCM. The funding will be used for the development of the next version (5.0) of its m... Read More
One decade in, enterprise-level social matures - so what's next for social in business?
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One decade in, enterprise-level social matures - so what's next for social in business?
By Nick Vivion | December 19, 2013
Social strategist Altimeter Group has published an overview of enterprise-level social programs in 2013, outlining the results of the company's annual survey of digital strategists. Coupled with ta... Read More
Twitter adds conversion tracking for promoted tweets, affecting travel marketers
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Twitter adds conversion tracking for promoted tweets, affecting travel marketers
By Sean O'Neil | December 19, 2013
After months of tests, Twitter made its advertising conversion tracking tool available to all marketers in the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland today. The measurement and reporting analytics tool aims t... Read More
Best travel videos of 2013, as picked by Vimeo
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Best travel videos of 2013, as picked by Vimeo
By Sean O'Neil | December 19, 2013
Video-sharing platform Vimeo tends to rise above the mass-market clutter of YouTube, showcasing digital short films of the finest quality. The site regularly names its "staff picks" for the best vi... Read More
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