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WaterPlay, reservation system for water T&A, splashes out with $400k seed round

By Nick Vivion | May 19, 2014

WaterPlay USA, a reservation system focused exclusively on water-based tours and activities, has announced a $400k seed round. The company uses TourCMS as the tech underpinnings for the service, wh... Read More

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Abracadabra, there is a budget for your hotel marketing

By Viewpoints | May 19, 2014

When it comes to hotel marketing, as for any marketing budget, you need a goal. Marketing is all about how much you will earn, not about how much you will spend. NB: This is a viewpoint from Antoni... Read More

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Are travel brands taking advantage of the selfie phenomenon?

By Kevin May | May 19, 2014

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTlXttQL_Yk" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lion-selfie.jpg"] It is difficult t... Read More

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Ryanair tripling marketing spend to push website and customer experience revamp

By Linda Fox | May 19, 2014

Ryanair says customer experience improvements and lowering of fares last September year helped improve traffic volumes in the second half of the year. The airline reported an 8% drop to Euro 523 mi... Read More

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One year in, Fiz unwraps deal to power TUI Travel app

By Linda Fox | May 19, 2014

Place discovery startup Fiz has signed up Le Boat, a TUI Travel brand, as its first partner. Fiz, which launched last year (TLabs here), brings together user-generated content from a variety of web... Read More

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Alibaba acquires air fare service provider Aslan

By Karthick Prabu | May 19, 2014

Alibaba's latest addition to its travel industry product suite is China's B2B air fare service provider Aslan, according to a source familiar with the acquisition. The company has not responded to... Read More

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Samsung buys temporary naming rights to Heathrow's Terminal 5

By Nick Vivion | May 16, 2014

UPDATE: Heathrow is saying that Samsung didn't officially buy "naming rights" to the terminal. Take that at face value - because it seems like Samsung thinks they did! In an effort to cause as much... Read More

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Nor1 pushes out new mobile merchandising product eReach

By Nick Vivion | May 16, 2014

Incremental revenue technologist Nor1 has created a new mobile merchandising platform that allows hotels to explicitly target the guest experience on mobile. The new mobile product is called eReach... Read More

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Qunar reports over 400% revenue growth via mobile channel

By Karthick Prabu | May 16, 2014

Qunar has reported revenue of $54 million for the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 83.6% year-on-year. Gross profit for Q1 2014 was $42.2 million, an increase of 76.8% over the same period. Th... Read More

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Travel personalization startup Olset raises $1.1M

By Sean O'Neil | May 16, 2014

Olset, which offers personalized recommendations for hotels, has raised $1.1 million of seed funding on a convertible note. This includes a $500,000 tranche that Tnooz previously reported. The lead i... Read More

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Time to build travel applications that will move the world again

By Sean Arena | May 16, 2014

Late last year, Sabre hosted a webinar on Tnooz to provide thoughts on how the digital landscape is evolving — as well as a few key trends that are influencing that evolution. As I mentioned on the... Read More

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OpenJaw widens retailing capabilities for S7

By Linda Fox | May 16, 2014

Russian airline S7 has extended flight and ancillary shopping capabilities on its website after deploying the OpenJaw t-Retail Platform. The technology enables airline customers to use the website,... Read More

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Sometimes you just have to simplify in order to grow in mobile

By PhocusWire | May 16, 2014

DEVICES: Many startups focusing on mobile, especially in the travel sector, can perhaps be forgiven for trying to be all things to all people - overloading products with features and things people s... Read More

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Will technology enhance or destroy the corporate’s hotel-travel policy?

By Kevin May | May 15, 2014

When thinking about hotels, the travel manager is constantly challenged to balance the needs of the company with the needs of the traveler colleague. Corporate travelers, like their leisure counter... Read More

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Restaurant data, marketing and analytics platform fires up $3.2 million

By Nick Vivion | May 15, 2014

Posiq, a Big Data play in the restaurant space, has announced a $3.2 million series A. The financing round was led by hospitality VC firm Thayer Ventures, with additional participation by SVG Partners... Read More

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