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Booking Boss raises $2 million to bring activities software to Europe

By Kevin May | June 9, 2015

Australia-based tours and activities technology provider Booking Boss has secured a Series A financing round of $2 million. The investment was led by Michael and Daniel Dempsey, the founders of pay... Read More

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$11 million to LuxuryRetreats to continue building luxury villa portfolio

By Nick Vivion | June 8, 2015

LuxuryRetreats, the luxury villa rental platform, has raised $11 million in a Series B from previous investor iNovia Capital. This brings the company's total to $16 million, following a $5 million... Read More

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Emoji-only URL worked wonders for Norwegian Air. More to come?

By Nick Vivion | June 8, 2015

Norwegian Air saw some serious buzz when it decided to announce its latest route, from Oslo to Las Vegas, using only emojis as the URL. The emojis told social media followers that they could fly to... Read More

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Startup pitch: Mobile-only Mesmo works to connect the world around common interests

By Nick Vivion | June 8, 2015

Today's travel startup pitch comes from Mesmo, a new mobile-only networking app focused on connecting like-minded people before, during and after trips. Rather than being a Tinder-style matchmaking... Read More

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Selling dreams, delivering nightmares, how airline personalisation helps

By Linda Fox | June 8, 2015

You're in a travel technology conference and someone starts a presentation by saying it's time for a comfort break as they have nothing new to say. What do you do? Listen more intently? Leave the r... Read More

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The internet of things in travel - great with machines, less so with people

By Martin Cowen | June 8, 2015

As things stand, the internet of things (IoT) in a travel context is all about B2B operations, with the jury is still out on its application as a consumer-facing concept. This was one of the themes... Read More

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Eight reasons why travel websites fail the consumer and lose a booking

By Kevin May | June 8, 2015

Interesting research being released by Triptease this week following a survey and usability testing with consumers into their browsing behaviour on hotel websites. Travel websites have notoriously... Read More

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Could YouTube release 'Travel Insights' to help travel brands target video ad spend?

By Nick Vivion | June 5, 2015

YouTube recently announced a feature called Music Insights that offers artists a dashboard featuring their most popular videos — and the geographic location of those viewers. In fact, this dashboard i... Read More

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Airbnb releases pricing algorithm to devs, jeopardizing startups

By Nick Vivion | June 5, 2015

Airbnb has made a move that could jeopardize the budding ecosystem of pricing startups promising to help renters achieve the greatest profits: The popular platform has made its internal pricing predic... Read More

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Think email marketing in travel is dead? Three ways travel brands can still win

By Viewpoints | June 5, 2015

With 49% of UK travellers buying their holidays online, travel brands need to be making full use of the channels available to them in order to secure sales. NB: This is a guest article by Chad Harw... Read More

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Uber celebrates five years, but what might come next? [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | June 5, 2015

Say what you like about Uber, going from a handful of drivers in its hometown of San Francisco to where it is now in just five years is impressive. Legal issues and regulatory frameworks around the... Read More

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Your creative could be failing to convert because you are using the wrong images

By Nick Vivion | June 4, 2015

Humans are visual beings — we use our eyes to process information quickly and the colors and content of these images give us quick indications of how we should feel about something. Some of this is... Read More

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Vamo's PriceMyTrip tests new way of searching for travel on social media

By Nick Vivion | June 4, 2015

Last week, complex itinerary booking engine Vamo tested a new feature that allowed users to price trips via social media using the hashtag PriceMyTrip. All users had to do was send a message with t... Read More

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What your revenue management system should be doing for your hotel

By Viewpoints | June 4, 2015

Hotel technologies have seen tremendous changes over the past few years. Channels are evolving at a rapid pace, customers have more options for comparison, and selling systems are finally seeing sa... Read More

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Amadeus explicitly denies supporting Lufthansa's new commercial strategy

By Nick Vivion | June 4, 2015

Amadeus has responded to Lufthansa's decision to charge Euro 16 for each booking made via the GDS with a letter to its customers. The letter pushes back against the levy — which is not charged for... Read More

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