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Travelport files for IPO in New York
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Travelport files for IPO in New York
By Kevin May | June 4, 2014
Travelport is to resurrect its plan to join the public financial markets, issuing documents today with its intention to list in the US. The company will seek to raise $100 million as part of the li... Read More
Airline merchandising - what travellers want, what carriers want to offer
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Airline merchandising - what travellers want, what carriers want to offer
By Linda Fox | June 4, 2014
Amadeus has released research showing that carriers could increase traveller transactions by up to Euro 35 through airline merchandising techniques. The Thinking Like A Retailer study, conducted by... Read More
Get prepped? Technology needs of Chinese travellers [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Get prepped? Technology needs of Chinese travellers [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | June 4, 2014
Many tourism organizations across the globe and travel suppliers are making an extra effort to offer their services in the best way possible to Chinese tourists. They should do, with China expected... Read More
Dating, friends night out, hometown hotels - a backgrounder to last-minute hotel bookings
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Dating, friends night out, hometown hotels - a backgrounder to last-minute hotel bookings
By Karthick Prabu | June 3, 2014
Whilst last-minute mobile-hotel bookings continue their steady rise, lastminute.com has shed some light on consumer attitudes to the trend. The Travelocity-owned, European online travel agency cond... Read More
World Cup fever: City guides, hotel revenue management and cost breakdowns
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World Cup fever: City guides, hotel revenue management and cost breakdowns
By Nick Vivion | June 3, 2014
The world's most popular sport is heading to Brazil for the World Cup, and there will be no escaping the cacophony for pretty much anyone on the planet. And of course, travel marketers and startups... Read More
Trip planner for independent travelers Nezasa announces financing
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Trip planner for independent travelers Nezasa announces financing
By Nick Vivion | June 3, 2014
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Hotels and OTAs can enter a new era of collaboration, not a war
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Hotels and OTAs can enter a new era of collaboration, not a war
By Viewpoints | June 3, 2014
Hotels and online travel agents are friends or enemies? This is a question from the past. Hotels and OTAs are entering a new age of collaboration to ensure that their customer’s journey right from... Read More
Behind the gloss of absurdly high startup valuations
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Behind the gloss of absurdly high startup valuations
By PhocusWire | June 3, 2014
STARTUPS: With large investment rounds often come eye-wateringly high valuations of a business. Travel is no stranger to these, frequently leaving in the industry scratching their heads as to where... Read More
Startup pitch: Muber wants to turn travellers into personal Amazon Marketplaces
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Startup pitch: Muber wants to turn travellers into personal Amazon Marketplaces
By Karthick Prabu | June 3, 2014
Muber, an Atlanta, US-based startup, has a take on the sharing economy to get travellers to become virtual delivery companies. The one-year-old platform works by allowing a person to post a request... Read More
Nokia mapping division Here buys Desti
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Nokia mapping division Here buys Desti
By Kevin May | June 2, 2014
Desti, a Siri-like trip planning startup from the US and self-proclaimed  "smartest travel guide ever", has been bought by Nokia brand, Here. Terms of the deal were not disclosed and the consumer-f... Read More
Northstar Travel Media snaps up Inntopia
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Northstar Travel Media snaps up Inntopia
By Sean O'Neil | June 2, 2014
Northstar Travel Media is in a mood for shopping -- and not just for media and events companies. The business-to-business information company says today it has taken a majority interest in Inntopia... Read More
New 360-degree camera technology promises to revolutionize travel marketing
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New 360-degree camera technology promises to revolutionize travel marketing
By Nick Vivion | June 2, 2014
Marketers, first adopters and future watchers, here's something to spend money on this morning: the Giroptic 360cam which has raised $800k in less than a week. The company, which is on Kickstarter... Read More
Influencer engagement: how travel brands can do it right
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Influencer engagement: how travel brands can do it right
By Viewpoints | June 2, 2014
"Influencer engagement", the new media evolution of the celebrity endorsement, has been a hot topic for a while now, and understandably so. The idea of having consumer influencers tout your brand o... Read More
Hotwire comes out fighting with deep discounts push
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Hotwire comes out fighting with deep discounts push
By Linda Fox | June 2, 2014
Hotel deals website Hotwire is launching a US television campaign today as part of the brand's strategy to return to growth. The Expedia-owned service wants to get across how people feel about gett... Read More
What is a reasonable salary for a startup founder?
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What is a reasonable salary for a startup founder?
By PhocusWire | June 2, 2014
STARTUPS: For all the coverage of when a startup gets off the ground or raises investment capital, there is rarely any talk of how much its creators are paying themselves. Businesses can't run purel... Read More
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