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Does Expedia show the way to a brilliant search Page Type strategy?
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Does Expedia show the way to a brilliant search Page Type strategy?
By Viewpoints | August 16, 2012
Every now and then I come across a strategy that is absolutely brilliant and need to share it with the world. I recently found strategy like this from Expedia, while doing competitor research for a client.... Read More
Well that was completely predictable - William Shatner returns for Priceline TV ads [VIDEO]
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Well that was completely predictable - William Shatner returns for Priceline TV ads [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | August 15, 2012
Just over six months after ex-Star Trek frontman William Shatner supposedly ended his reign as the figurehead of Priceline's marketing, when he plunged off a bridge in an ad, he's back.... Read More
Car service Uber runs into trouble in Boston [UPDATED]
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Car service Uber runs into trouble in Boston [UPDATED]
By Sean O'Neil | August 15, 2012
Uber, the US car service users can order via an smart phone app, faces a roadblock as Boston officials claim that the service illegally uses iPhones to calculate the fees the company charges riders.... Read More
36 years later, travel blog reunites kidnapped woman with Colombian family
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36 years later, travel blog reunites kidnapped woman with Colombian family
By Nick Vivion | August 15, 2012
36 years later, with the help of Colombian travel blog See Colombia, a woman kidnapped as a child has been reunited with her long-last family.... Read More
Hopper nears launch with additional $12M in funding
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Hopper nears launch with additional $12M in funding
By Nick Vivion | August 15, 2012
Travel search startup Hopper has announced an additional $12 million investment round led by OMERS Ventures, the venture capital arm of one of Canada's largest pension funds.... Read More
Pilots love Apple iPads, flight-planning apps like ForeFlight, and air-streaming in-flight entertainment
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Pilots love Apple iPads, flight-planning apps like ForeFlight, and air-streaming in-flight entertainment
By Sean O'Neil | August 15, 2012
Apple's iPad has created the biggest shift in the way pilots fly airplanes since the birth of the jet engine and the biggest change in in-flight entertainment since the first movie screens.... Read More
Morning Scan: Hotels.com re-ups with EPAM, the WaveRider scramjets, Ikea will build hotels, and more travel tech news
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Morning Scan: Hotels.com re-ups with EPAM, the WaveRider scramjets, Ikea will build hotels, and more travel tech news
By Sean O'Neil | August 15, 2012
Israel restores its hotel ratings system, 18 hikers get into trouble with their smartphones while hiking in Scotland, and other travel tech news that Tnooz is following for 15 August.... Read More
How did London hotels perform in user reviews during the Olympics? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How did London hotels perform in user reviews during the Olympics? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | August 15, 2012
With athletes and spectators heading home after a fortnight of sporting action at the London 2012 Olympics, hoteliers are bracing themselves for what their customers will be adding by way of reviews.... Read More
Hotel prices in Asia - August to October 2012
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Hotel prices in Asia - August to October 2012
By PhocusWire | August 14, 2012
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Asia.... Read More
Google Now pushes itinerary and travel notifications, and Google Translate translates text in photos
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Google Now pushes itinerary and travel notifications, and Google Translate translates text in photos
By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012
Google recently released upgrades for two of its free products -- Google Translate and Google Now -- for Android devices. Google Translate is an app that turns your smartphone camera into a translation tool.... Read More
Vancouver's Opus Hotel aims to remove all landlines and replace them with iPhones
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Vancouver's Opus Hotel aims to remove all landlines and replace them with iPhones
By Nick Vivion | August 14, 2012
First iPads and now iPhones: Vancouver's Opus Hotel is boldly going where no hotel has gone before, as the boutique hotel in Vancouver's Yaletown district plans to replace all of their oh-so-quaint traditional landline phones with iPhones... Read More
Ancillary Mania: Spirit scored $142 Million in passenger usage fees [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012
US airlines are raking in enormous piles of cash from add-ons and fees, with the leader on a per passenger basis being budget carrier Spirit Airline.... Read More
Travel Tech Scan: Qype teams up with MyTaxi, short-term rentals get trustworthy, and interactive hotel TV gets affordable
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Travel Tech Scan: Qype teams up with MyTaxi, short-term rentals get trustworthy, and interactive hotel TV gets affordable
By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012
Europe's version of Yelp has teamed up with Europe's version of Uber. It's one of the many interesting news items Tnooz is following for 14 August.... Read More
Is Google abusing its monopoly in search, or just trying to stay in the travel game?
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Is Google abusing its monopoly in search, or just trying to stay in the travel game?
By Evan Konwiser | August 14, 2012
With this week's announcement of its acquisition of Frommer’s, Google continues to unabashedly move into the content game in travel.... Read More
Is Google abusing its monopoly in search, or just trying to stay in the travel game?
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Is Google abusing its monopoly in search, or just trying to stay in the travel game?
By Evan Konwiser | August 14, 2012
With this week's announcement of its acquisition of Frommer’s, Google continues to unabashedly move into the content game in travel.... Read More