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TLabs Showcase - Revinate
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TLabs Showcase - Revinate
By Kevin May | November 17, 2010
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based travel review and other social media monitoring service Revinate.... Read More
Google-ITA Software deal: The infographic
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Google-ITA Software deal: The infographic
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | November 17, 2010
So here is a diagram outlining the core issue Google thinks it is trying to solve with the purchase of ITA Software.... Read More
Kayak to pay ITA Software at least $21M over three years
By Dennis Schaal | November 17, 2010
There are some juicy details in its S-1 filing about Kayak's financial obligations to and dependence on ITA Software.... Read More
Kayak files for IPO
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Kayak files for IPO
By Dennis Schaal | November 17, 2010
Travel search site Kayak threw a huge curveball into the increasingly turbulent metasearch landscape this morning by filing for an IPO in the US.... Read More
Hipmunk, ITA Software team to take the agony out of availability and pricing
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Hipmunk, ITA Software team to take the agony out of availability and pricing
By Dennis Schaal | November 16, 2010
Hipmunk, a metasearch startup which sees its mission as taking the agony out of flight search, signed a deal to use ITA Software's QPX solution for airfare shopping and pricing.... Read More
Fancy user experience will not beat rail search tech for innovation
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Fancy user experience will not beat rail search tech for innovation
By Sarah Kennedy Ellis | November 16, 2010
The first selection of the Travel Innovation Summit featured a variety of interesting contenders, some more so than others, including veterans Goby and 2009 winner Amadeus.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - UsingMiles
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TLabs Showcase - UsingMiles
By Kevin May | November 16, 2010
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based loyalty scheme service UsingMiles.... Read More
Travel Guard and Vayant develop travel insurance for split tickets
By Dennis Schaal | November 16, 2010
If the next stage in airfare bargain hunting is split tickets, then Travel Guard and Vayant Travel Technologies are working on getting a travel insurance product in place that would cover tickets on different carriers where there is no interline agreement.... Read More
Travel Innovation Summit - live blog
By Kevin May | November 16, 2010
Live blog and updates from the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit on Tuesday 16 November 2010.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Gogobot
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TLabs Showcase - Gogobot
By Dennis Schaal | November 16, 2010
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based social trip planning site Gogobot.... Read More
How hotels can get the best from Facebook Places
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How hotels can get the best from Facebook Places
By Viewpoints | November 16, 2010
You poor poor hoteliers, location services sure are moving at break-neck speeds these days.... Read More
Travel industry to boost spend on social media marketing in 2011
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Travel industry to boost spend on social media marketing in 2011
By Kevin May | November 16, 2010
Social media is expected to feature strongly in marketing budgets across the travel industry in 2011, with online display likely to be the channel missing out.... Read More
Most popular UK travel websites - November 13 2010
By Kevin May | November 16, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending November 13 2010.... Read More
Wego metasearch merges with HolidayIQ, raises Series B round
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Wego metasearch merges with HolidayIQ, raises Series B round
By Kevin May | November 15, 2010
Asia-Pacific metasearch site Wego has grabbed a Series B funding package from US-based private equity group Tiger Global Management.... Read More
Most popular New Zealand travel websites - November 13 2010
By PhocusWire | November 15, 2010
Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending November 13 2010:... Read More
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