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Voyages-SNCF pursues tours and activities with OpenJaw tie-up
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Voyages-SNCF pursues tours and activities with OpenJaw tie-up
By Linda Fox | June 2, 2014
Voyages-SNCF is working with OpenJaw Technologies to enable the OTA to offer tours and activities packages online. Using OpenJaw's t-Retail platform, the online travel agency has developed Instants... Read More
[UPDATED] Jetstar Australia issues warning after appearance of multiple fake Facebook identities
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[UPDATED] Jetstar Australia issues warning after appearance of multiple fake Facebook identities
By Karthick Prabu | June 2, 2014
Jetstar Australia has moved quickly to warn customers of a round of multiple fake Facebook profiles using its brand name. Fake Facebook pages supposedly belongin to the Australian low cost carrier... Read More
Google shows how local intent drives consumer engagement on smartphones, computers and tablets
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Google shows how local intent drives consumer engagement on smartphones, computers and tablets
By Nick Vivion | May 30, 2014
The latest report from Google's analysis arm, Think With Google, considers how local search drives consumer engagement on smartphones, computers and tablets. Titled "Understanding Consumer's Local... Read More
The Nine (not ten) Commandments of the digital world in hotels
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The Nine (not ten) Commandments of the digital world in hotels
By Kevin May | May 30, 2014
Travel is notoriously insular when it comes to hiring people for the top jobs - often promoting from within or from a rival company. So when Accor brought in Vivek Badrinath as its deputy CEO earli... Read More
Hipmunk nets a $20 million round, led by Oak Investment Partners
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Hipmunk nets a $20 million round, led by Oak Investment Partners
By Sean O'Neil | May 30, 2014
Hipmunk, the travel metasearch site, has raised $20 million in a new venture capital round meant to spur its growth. The Series C round is being led by Oak Investment Partners, which invested in a... Read More
Peer to peer car rental service Baojia raises $5 million
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Peer to peer car rental service Baojia raises $5 million
By Karthick Prabu | May 30, 2014
Chinese peer-to-peer car rental service Baojia has raised $5 million from undisclosed angel investors. The Beijing-based company enables car owners in the city to rent their cars for a fee to fello... Read More
How to reinvent travel by collaborating and using new tools
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How to reinvent travel by collaborating and using new tools
By Kevin May | May 30, 2014
Introducing Sabre Dev Studio, a portfolio of services and tools that enables companies to build apps that move the world. Sabre Dev Studio powers both B2C and B2B applications and provides services... Read More
CatchThatBus hails angel capital to boost operator network and expand in Asia
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CatchThatBus hails angel capital to boost operator network and expand in Asia
By Karthick Prabu | May 29, 2014
CatchThatBus, a mobile-first bus reservation service in Singapore and Malaysia, has raised a first round of angel funding. The capital is coming via Jungle Ventures, National Research Foundation Ho... Read More
Travel advertisers adopt programmatic buying in a big way
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Travel advertisers adopt programmatic buying in a big way
By Sean O'Neil | May 29, 2014
Today Turn, a marketing and analytics firm, published a report on global and regional trends in digital advertising. Comparing global data January through April 2014 with the same period a year ear... Read More
Mary Meeker's 2014 Internet trends report and its relevance to travel
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Mary Meeker's 2014 Internet trends report and its relevance to travel
By Sean O'Neil | May 29, 2014
Mary Meeker, partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, gives a famous presentation on digital trends every year. Yesterday she released her 2014 State of the Internet repor... Read More
TripAdvisor claims biggest mobile deal yet, signs Telefonica ahead of World Cup
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TripAdvisor claims biggest mobile deal yet, signs Telefonica ahead of World Cup
By Kevin May | May 29, 2014
TripAdvisor wants to get to the heart of football fans descending on Brazil this summer - striking a deal with Telefonica in what it says is its largest mobile deal to date. Although the agreement... Read More
GrabTaxi raises $15 million, plots Southeast Asia expansion
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GrabTaxi raises $15 million, plots Southeast Asia expansion
By Karthick Prabu | May 29, 2014
On-demand mobile taxi hailing service GrabTaxi has raised over $15 million in Series B, led by GGV Capital. The latest round for the Southeast Asia-focused service includes participation from trave... Read More
OpenJaw wins Asia Miles deal, SpiceJet launches MySpiceTrip, and more
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OpenJaw wins Asia Miles deal, SpiceJet launches MySpiceTrip, and more
By PhocusWire | May 29, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for May 2014. Thursday 29 May 2014: OpenJaw creates redemption platform for Asia Miles The... Read More
TourRadar raises $500,000 for group tours and activities platform
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TourRadar raises $500,000 for group tours and activities platform
By Kevin May | May 29, 2014
Almost a year to the day since it wooed an ex-Expedia CEO to invest, group tour and activity booking service TourRadar has raised another $500,000. New angel investors in the Austria-based company... Read More
Startup pitch: Winerist gets a sip of funding for its wine and culinary tours website
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Startup pitch: Winerist gets a sip of funding for its wine and culinary tours website
By Sean O'Neil | May 29, 2014
Winerist is a booking platform for travelers that focuses on wine and food travel. Based in London, the startup says that in April it secured a "sizeable" but unspecified seed round that came from... Read More
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