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Shifting to mobile: Strong smartphone usage key to Gogobot latest release
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Shifting to mobile: Strong smartphone usage key to Gogobot latest release
By Nick Vivion | January 23, 2013
Gogobot has released an Android version of their heretofore iOS-only app, clearly doubling down on their newly minted mobile-first strategy after seeing rapid adoption among its user base.... Read More
Forget shoutouts - VisitNorway is going for the longest scream with latest campaign [VIDEO]
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Forget shoutouts - VisitNorway is going for the longest scream with latest campaign [VIDEO]
By Linda Fox | January 23, 2013
What starts as mostly ooohs and ahhhhs builds up to a scream in VisitNorway's latest marketing effort which is in celebration of the birth of artist Edvard Munch 150 years ago... Read More
Meta search rules: SeatGuru relaunches with flight planning tools, revamped look
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Meta search rules: SeatGuru relaunches with flight planning tools, revamped look
By Nick Vivion | January 22, 2013
Following along from TripAdvisor's hotel meta search launch, TripAdvisor subsidiary SeatGuru has relaunched their website with a revamped look and flight planning tools.... Read More
Check this: The world according to Foursquare [INTERACTIVE]
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Check this: The world according to Foursquare [INTERACTIVE]
By Nick Vivion | January 22, 2013
Curious about what 500,000,000 check-ins would look like on a map? The placehounds over at Foursquare have indulged our collective curiosity, delivering an interactive infographic that plots over 500 million check-ins on a world map.... Read More
Local intent and Graph Search on Facebook - joy or not for hotels?
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Local intent and Graph Search on Facebook - joy or not for hotels?
By Viewpoints | January 22, 2013
It seems that Facebook’s new Graph Search could be poised to be a true threat to Google, Yelp and Foursquare.... Read More
Booking.com bigs up being right in first brand campaign [VIDEO]
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Booking.com bigs up being right in first brand campaign [VIDEO]
By Linda Fox | January 22, 2013
Just how incredible do people feel when they get their accommodation choice right?... Read More
The Scan: Tivoli, Ibis and SLH get mobile but Greenland gets social, and more travel tech news
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The Scan: Tivoli, Ibis and SLH get mobile but Greenland gets social, and more travel tech news
By PhocusWire | January 22, 2013
It's mostly about accommodation distribution as Treovi, SLH, Ibis, Hotelbeds, GuestCentric, JustBook, HomeAway, Reevoo, AeroNexus, Elite Meetings and Greenland all make the cut in our roundup of stories making news and driving opinion on 22 January... Read More
Open AXIS air distribution standards group taken over by ATPCO
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Open AXIS air distribution standards group taken over by ATPCO
By Kevin May | January 22, 2013
Airfare data filing service ATPCO has assumed responsibility for the Open AXIS Group, taking over maintaining and developing the organisation's XML standards for airlines.... Read More
Five travel APIs to beef up website user experience
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Five travel APIs to beef up website user experience
By Viewpoints | January 21, 2013
With the volume of travel APIs that exist out there, it's hard to know what might best enhance user experience and/or add value... Read More
Proactively managing online reputation works for hotels - so here is how you do it
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Proactively managing online reputation works for hotels - so here is how you do it
By Viewpoints | January 21, 2013
Many hoteliers today view reputation management as a reactive discipline of monitoring reviews and social media and responding to reviews in a way that ensures customer know that they care.... Read More
HotelTonight continues European invasion, targets Germany and Switzerland for late-hotel bookings
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HotelTonight continues European invasion, targets Germany and Switzerland for late-hotel bookings
By Kevin May | January 21, 2013
After establishing its first base outside of North America in London in June last year, HotelTonight is turning its attention to the expanding across mainland Europe.... Read More
Rough guide to Japanese online travel - opportunities and challenges for international and domestic players
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Rough guide to Japanese online travel - opportunities and challenges for international and domestic players
By Viewpoints | January 21, 2013
China often gets the most attention in Asia-Pacific (especially by those looking in from the West) because of its sheers size and the social evolution that has taken place there in recent years.... Read More
Best of Tnooz last week - All about hotel search, iTravel, Graph Search, Distribution, Hand-shakes
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Best of Tnooz last week - All about hotel search, iTravel, Graph Search, Distribution, Hand-shakes
By PhocusWire | January 20, 2013
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
Conspiracy theory: Sabre files countersuit against US Airways
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Conspiracy theory: Sabre files countersuit against US Airways
By Nick Vivion | January 18, 2013
In a continuation of the US Airways vs. Sabre drama (read more about it here, here, and here), Sabre has filed a countersuit in New York State court, claiming full denial of US Airways' accusations.... Read More
Sabre, American Airlines and a $280 million hand-shake?
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Sabre, American Airlines and a $280 million hand-shake?
By Kevin May | January 18, 2013
Back in October 2012, when Sabre and American Airlines renewed their distribution agreement and ended their dispute in the courts, mystery surrounded a "monetary payment" between the pair.... Read More
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