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Destination weather technology - a new passenger experience for airports

By Kevin May | June 16, 2015

Imagine you're a traveller who has never travelled before to Dubai at any point between April and October. The stifling, oven-like atmosphere on arrival would certainly be enough to shock most trav... Read More

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Humans, robots, unfriendly traffic - who is visiting your online travel site?

By Linda Fox | June 16, 2015

Some fascinating figures on human visitors to online travel sites, versus the machines trawling and scraping sites, emerged at a recent conference. It's little surprise that the likes of Ryanair sp... Read More

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Yes, you should bid on your travel brand keywords, says study

By Sean O'Neil | June 15, 2015

Should travel advertisers bid on their brand search terms across pay-per-click (PPC) ads? Bing Ads has done some research suggesting the answer is yes, in many cases. PPC marketers may be skeptical... Read More

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Airport beacons showcase potential for open access to locations

By Nick Vivion | June 15, 2015

We flew into San Francisco International Airport for our third instance of travel hacking this past weekend, arriving to a sold out crowd of eager travelers ready to craft ideas into products. Ther... Read More

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Etihad Airways finds a use for protected tweets - special stuff for VIPs

By Kevin May | June 15, 2015

Twitter has Protected Tweets for those users who prefer to keep such insight about what type of bagel they're eating just for a select group of lucky followers. According to Beevolve, around 10% of... Read More

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Lufthansa and the GDS surcharge - risky or inspired?

By Pamela Whitby | June 15, 2015

The big news of the past few weeks is that Lufthansa Group (LHG) has stuck two fingers up at the global distribution systems. From September this year it plans to add a Euro 16 surcharge to any boo... Read More

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Yamsafer looks to accelerate growth with $3.5m investment

By Linda Fox | June 15, 2015

Yamsafer, a Palestine-based hotel booking company, has received investment of $3.5 million in Series B funding. The round was lead by Global Founders Capital, the venture capital arm of Germany's R... Read More

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Google and its peculiar plunge into virtual reality

By PhocusWire | June 15, 2015

The rise of Google Cardboard shows the unusual way Google operates when it comes to virtual reality.... Read More

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Uber takes to a mobile game to improve driver navigation skills — and recruitment

By Nick Vivion | June 15, 2015

Uber snags headlines with delivery cute kittens or delicious food — but never before has the transportation app released a mobile game. The game is called UberDRIVE and its aim is to showcase "a day i... Read More

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Flyr begins selling airfare insurance that locks in the lowest price

By Sean O'Neil | June 12, 2015

Flyr, a San Francisco startup that predicts airfare and seat availability, has finally launched FareKeep, its version of a fare lock, or an option to keep an airplane ticket price valid for a week.... Read More

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Millennials - how and when are they connecting with travel online

By Kevin May | June 12, 2015

Another week, another major study into the search and shopping behaviour of so-called millennials for their travels. The latest research comes from Yahoo Advertising which surveyed almost 1,500 tra... Read More

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KDS opts for the red pill, opens up Neo with major upgrade

By Linda Fox | June 12, 2015

Remember Neo? Not of The Matrix fame, but the door-to-door travel and expense system from KDS first unveiled about two years ago. Well, it has grown up, according to the company after unveiling lat... Read More

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Iglu sells minority stake for c£60m

By Martin Cowen | June 12, 2015

Online cruise and ski specialist Iglu.com has sold "a significant minority stake" to LDC, the investment arm of Lloyds Banking Group. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed, although it is under... Read More

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I left my hack in San Francisco - THack returns to the City By The Bay

By Kevin May | June 12, 2015

Tnooz will return to San Francisco for a fourth year during the latest stop on its global hackathon extravaganza. The event (#THackSFO on Twitter) will take place at San Francisco International Air... Read More

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Startup pitch: TripCombi digs up hidden fares with its flight search [UPDATED]

By Sean O'Neil | June 11, 2015

TripDelta -- since renamed TripCombi -- is a metasearch startup that aims to help travelers discover "hidden" flights. Its motto is "find flights like a travel hacker." Its search tool combines riv... Read More

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