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Rideshare news: Boston boats, Virginia cease-and-desist and loyalty wins

By Nick Vivion | June 6, 2014

There was a raft of rideshare news this week. Here's a quick breakdown. RideBoatshare Following the success of the brief San Francisco event and the Sydney trials, Uber is testing on-demand wate... Read More

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Ditch the old loyalty program - steps to keep customers in a world of choice

By Patrick Landman | June 6, 2014

Hotel loyalty programs should be consigned to the history books - your guest has moved on so too should your efforts to convince them to come back. This should not come as a surprise to you, it’s r... Read More

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What happens when Andrea and Hans engage with an airline via mobile?

By Linda Fox | June 6, 2014

Andrea Jonsdettir is originally from Iceland but lives in Germany, she has kids and is a vegetarian. Bear with us here - this is about using mobile devices to personalise content, some of the emerg... Read More

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Startup pitch: Booking Boss aims to be the benchmark booking system for tours and activities

By Karthick Prabu | June 6, 2014

Booking Boss is entering a busy market with an integrated reservations system for tours, activities and attraction operators. The company says it ensures real-time inventory and pricing, instant bo... Read More

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Understanding the next wave of digital advertising in travel

By Kevin May | June 5, 2014

What are key data insights behind airline and hotel booking conversions? How can new digital advertising solutions like native advertising and content marketing drive travel consumers through the purc... Read More

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Non-transactional behavior rewards increasingly appealing to consumers [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Nick Vivion | June 5, 2014

Loyalty marketing specialist Colloquy has revealed that more consumers are seeking loyalty rewards for non-transactional behaviors. Rather than simply being rewarded for buying something, consumers wa... Read More

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Hopper officially flies new route as users not interested in aggregated destination search

By Nick Vivion | June 5, 2014

Travel startup Hopper was announced nearly 3 years ago with $8 million in funding to fuel a stealth-mode build of a full-text search tool for travel. Three years, in addition to the time since being f... Read More

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How one airline is taking small steps along the road to personalisation

By Linda Fox | June 5, 2014

We might be living in a big data world but it's not much good unless you can access it and know what to do with it once you do. So, where to start was among themes at the Amadeus Airline Digital Co... Read More

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Momondo secures £5 million credit facility from Barclays

By Kevin May | June 5, 2014

Travel search group Momondo has captured a £5 million from Barclays Bank to arm its acquisition and expansion warchest. The company behind metasearch site Momondo and deals publisher Cheapflights s... Read More

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High profile Indian blogger rants about British Airways, claims bias against fellow nationals

By Karthick Prabu | June 5, 2014

Snigdha Jain, a marketing professional at an Indian bank and also a top travel blogger in the country, has caused quite a stir with British Airways. Whilst many passengers turn to social media to v... Read More

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IcelandAir tries to ride in-flight safety video YouTube trend [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | June 4, 2014

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F99x4ngp6w" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/icelandair.jpg"] It's a sign of the... Read More

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How the New Normal is affecting attitudes of Asian consumers

By Nick Vivion | June 4, 2014

Asian consumers have shifting attitudes towards socially-acceptable norms, which has far-reaching impact on consumer companies doing business in Asia, says the latest overview report from Trend Watchi... Read More

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Nuggets from the Travelport IPO filing

By Sean O'Neil | June 4, 2014

With Travelport's latest attempt to IPO now out in the open, analysts and potential investors will be poring over the details filed today. The S1 placed with the Securities and Exchange Commission... Read More

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Airbnb continues to experiment, asking hosts to throw dinners for strangers

By Nick Vivion | June 4, 2014

Airbnb is stepping into yet another sub-category of the sharing economy: dinner with strangers. This is territory defined by smaller startups such as EatWith and Feastly, which have used minimal re... Read More

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Virgin America website says bye-bye to booking wizard, hello to avatars

By Sean O'Neil | June 4, 2014

The booking wizard -- a trade nickname for the set of pull-down windows and calendars used by travelers to say what type of plane tickets they want -- has been a fixture on booking website homepages f... Read More

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