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BBC defends suspension of Lonely Planet Thorn Tree as details emerge over original complaint
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BBC defends suspension of Lonely Planet Thorn Tree as details emerge over original complaint
By Kevin May | February 13, 2013
Lonely Planet and its BBC masters have said the recent suspension of the Thorn Tree forum was carried out in the interests of the community, rather than due to a specific threat of exposure.... Read More
Planning trips with heatmaps based on photos
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Planning trips with heatmaps based on photos
By Linda Fox | February 13, 2013
We've seen heatmaps, cue the world's tourism hotspots based on Panoramio photos from Estonia-based Bluemoon Interactive, and some are pretty cool... Read More
Valentine's Day brings out the forgetful or last-minute nature of travellers
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Valentine's Day brings out the forgetful or last-minute nature of travellers
By Kevin May | February 13, 2013
An interesting snippet in the midst of the St Valentine's Day-related PR nonsense this week comes in the form of search and booking data from Ebookers.... Read More
The death of SEO and why keywords are possibly being removed to push paid traffic
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The death of SEO and why keywords are possibly being removed to push paid traffic
By Viewpoints | February 12, 2013
Here is a piece of so-called Inside Baseball analysis that is slowly affecting large swathes of the travel industry, in particular hotels.... Read More
TouristPath wants to be the world's largest tourism database with social travel planning thrown in
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TouristPath wants to be the world's largest tourism database with social travel planning thrown in
By Linda Fox | February 12, 2013
Frustrated with the lengthy process of trying to research travel on the internet TouristPath's founders decided to attempt organising the sector via a massive travel and tourism information database... Read More
The Scan: iRiS lobby app, ResponseTap's web tracking, Concur expense study and other travel tech news
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The Scan: iRiS lobby app, ResponseTap's web tracking, Concur expense study and other travel tech news
By PhocusWire | February 12, 2013
Response Tap, FCm, HRG, Multicom, Vayant, Iris, Portman Travel, KDS, Conferma and Concur are mentioned in our special round-up of news and briefs you may have missed from the Travel Technology and Business Travel Shows last week.... Read More
Google winding down B2B division at Frommers, travel sites need to find new content supplier
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Google winding down B2B division at Frommers, travel sites need to find new content supplier
By Kevin May | February 12, 2013
One area of the Frommer's business that got little mention during the acquisition by Google last summer was the travel content service for other brands.... Read More
Google winding down B2B division at Frommers, travel sites need to find new content supplier
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Google winding down B2B division at Frommers, travel sites need to find new content supplier
By Kevin May | February 12, 2013
One area of the Frommer's business that got little mention during the acquisition by Google last summer was the travel content service for other brands.... Read More
Bright eyed and bushy tailed - Springnest goes to London
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Bright eyed and bushy tailed - Springnest goes to London
By Kevin May | February 12, 2013
Back in December last year we launched a competition to give away an exhibition stand at the annual Travel Technology Europe show in London.... Read More
The Scan: Fodor's beach finder, app and away for Travelzoo and Qatar Airways and more travel tech news
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The Scan: Fodor's beach finder, app and away for Travelzoo and Qatar Airways and more travel tech news
By PhocusWire | February 11, 2013
Fodor's Travel, Qatar Airways, Deem Ground, Travelzoo, SiteMinder-Micros, WestJet, Farelogix, BCD Travel, Momondo, Wego, Nor1 and Hotebeds are all mentioned in our round-up of travel tech news on February 11... Read More
Airports, airlines and the passenger experience in 2015 [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Airports, airlines and the passenger experience in 2015 [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | February 11, 2013
It's no secret that the airport and airline experience for travellers is heading for a raft of changes over the course of the next few years as technology REALLY kicks in.... Read More
Zolv wants to boost call-centre productivity with consumer-facing tool
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Zolv wants to boost call-centre productivity with consumer-facing tool
By Linda Fox | February 11, 2013
Zolv, a company mostly know for its web design skills has been developing technology to help call-centre consultants bring holidays to life for consumers... Read More
Trabacus now rents ERP software to tour companies and travel agencies in Europe and India
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Trabacus now rents ERP software to tour companies and travel agencies in Europe and India
By Sean O'Neil | February 10, 2013
Forged in India, Trabacus Technologies rents OTA-style booking software. It's target market is small tour operators.... Read More
Back to your roots, Ye Olde SMEs, Deep dives - The Best of Tnooz Last Week
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Back to your roots, Ye Olde SMEs, Deep dives - The Best of Tnooz Last Week
By PhocusWire | February 10, 2013
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
Love is in the air - Mr & Mrs Smith hopes so with Facebook trip hint service
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Love is in the air - Mr & Mrs Smith hopes so with Facebook trip hint service
By Kevin May | February 8, 2013
St Valentine's Day is upon us, which means every travel brand on the planet (kind of) is trying to woo lovestruck couples to splash out on a romantic trip of some kind.... Read More
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