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Clear Channel Airports plots its mobile strategy with the FlySmart app
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Clear Channel Airports plots its mobile strategy with the FlySmart app
By Sean O'Neil | October 23, 2012
The company is betting heavily on the FlySmart app as an alternative to GateGuru.... Read More
Apple debuts iPad mini, moves to dominate mobile ad market -- challenging travel companies
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Apple debuts iPad mini, moves to dominate mobile ad market -- challenging travel companies
By Sean O'Neil | October 23, 2012
The sweetest spot in mobile advertising is video and animation with interactivity, and 7-inch-screen tablets are proving to be the ideal size for engaging users with ads.... Read More
GOL surges to take top spot from TAM - Top Brazil travel websites, September 2012
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GOL surges to take top spot from TAM - Top Brazil travel websites, September 2012
By PhocusWire | October 23, 2012
Brazilian carriers are battling it out at the top of the list of travel websites in the country again, as GOL overtakes rival TAM for poll position.... Read More
In a rare departure, airlines trump other companies in customer service via Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
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In a rare departure, airlines trump other companies in customer service via Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Sean O'Neil | October 23, 2012
An analysis finds that airlines addressed 69% of customer comments on airline Facebook pages, a higher rate than for any other industry sector.... Read More
What every marketer needs to know about Big Data in the travel industry
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What every marketer needs to know about Big Data in the travel industry
By Viewpoints | October 23, 2012
Big Data. There's no escaping it. It's catchy. It's generic enough that everybody is using it for everything. It's a one-size-fits-all phrase. Right?... Read More
The Scan: Easyjet launches US website, and more travel tech news
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The Scan: Easyjet launches US website, and more travel tech news
By PhocusWire | October 23, 2012
EasyJet, BlaBlaCar, IHG, and Allianz all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 23 October.... Read More
Guiomatic says its white-label travel guides are supersizing OTA conversion rates
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Guiomatic says its white-label travel guides are supersizing OTA conversion rates
By Sean O'Neil | October 23, 2012
Offering B2B solutions, Guiomatic sells a widget that can a consumer-focused travel company can add to its website and enable users to create customised, up-to-date travel guides for more than 5,000 travel destinations.... Read More
Expedia loses ground to Wotif and Webjet - Top Australia travel websites, September 2012
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Expedia loses ground to Wotif and Webjet - Top Australia travel websites, September 2012
By PhocusWire | October 22, 2012
Wotif and Webjet have extended their lead ahead of rival agency Expedia in the list of leading travel websites in Australia.... Read More
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud hiccup takes down Airbnb, Foursquare, and other startups for hours
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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud hiccup takes down Airbnb, Foursquare, and other startups for hours
By Sean O'Neil | October 22, 2012
Many digital companies, including travel startups like Airbnb and Foursquare have been knocked offline for hours during the business day today.... Read More
Quirky travel mapping application allows travelers to visualize trip planning
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Quirky travel mapping application allows travelers to visualize trip planning
By Nick Vivion | October 22, 2012
Go Pro Travelling has announced their new take on maps, an interactive mapping application that allows users to plot out trips and collaborate with friends, family and colleagues to build trips in a visually engaging way.... Read More
Friends and family most influential for hotel, TripAdvisor catches up but apparently social media nowhere
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Friends and family most influential for hotel, TripAdvisor catches up but apparently social media nowhere
By Kevin May | October 22, 2012
Hotel guests still rely heavily on recommendations from friends and family, but the impact of social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter is negligible.... Read More
The Scan: Pheed may be the new Twitter, and today's travel tech news
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The Scan: Pheed may be the new Twitter, and today's travel tech news
By Sean O'Neil | October 22, 2012
Hipmunk lists private air taxi options and Google reveals that how Indians search mobile maps differently from Americans -- all are in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 22 October.... Read More
Best of Tnooz last week - Social coups, No harm done, Falling to Earth, New distribution
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Best of Tnooz last week - Social coups, No harm done, Falling to Earth, New distribution
By PhocusWire | October 22, 2012
Most popular and most commented last week - and what's coming up next...... Read More
Orbitz launches Android app with 72-hour flash sale
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Orbitz launches Android app with 72-hour flash sale
By Nick Vivion | October 19, 2012
Orbitz has just launched their Android app, and is using a this-weekend-only approach to promoting the latest offering.... Read More
French hoteliers voice concern about OTA business practices
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French hoteliers voice concern about OTA business practices
By Nick Vivion | October 19, 2012
One hospitality industry veteran has taken to the Web to publicly gripe about the OTA situation on French travel industry website Hospitality-On.... Read More
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