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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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Sabre's debt, revenue and passengers boarded all increase in Q1

By Nick Vivion | May 15, 2014

Sabre Corporation completed its first earnings call as a publicly traded company - and generally things are consistent with where the company was prior to re-entering public markets earlier this year.... Read More

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A reality check on tours and activities (bubble?)

By Viewpoints | May 15, 2014

It's that time again, on the heels of another big tours and activities study from Phocuswright, when the hive starts buzzing about this sector in travel. I love this time. NB: This is an opinion... Read More

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Thomas Cook continues journey to lean, mean online machine

By Linda Fox | May 15, 2014

Thomas Cook provided an update of its "digital transformation" this morning as part of half-year results ended 31 March, 2014. The company has come a long way in the months since it embarked on its... Read More

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TripIt is latest travel company on Google Glass, adds trip planning app

By Linda Fox | May 15, 2014

TripIt has developed an application enabling travellers to access travel plans on Google Glass. A statement says the Concur-owned itinerary management specialist was selected, alongside a group of... Read More

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Gogobot redesigns app, responding to the behavior of mobile travelers

By Sean O'Neil | May 15, 2014

Gogobot, a travel reviews startup in San Francisco, has fully re-designed its app for iPhone and Android, to better reflect how mobile users research and book travel on the go. One of Gogobot's key... Read More

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Online travel agents vs hotels - friends, enemies or frenemies?

By Karthick Prabu | May 15, 2014

As the industry knows, online travel agents (OTA) bring additional bookings to hotels, but while doing so, the hotel pays a commission that it could otherwise have avoided via a direct booking on its... Read More

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More landmarks as eLong says mobile is largest hotel booking channel

By Karthick Prabu | May 15, 2014

Chinese OTA eLong has reported net revenues of $39.6 million for the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 13% ($35 million) compared to first quarter of 2013. However, the NASDAQ-listed, Expedia-o... Read More

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Pigs in paradise: Expedia reveals most successful Facebook campaign

By Nick Vivion | May 14, 2014

Expedia Media Solutions has gone to the pigs: the swimming pigs, that is. The media solutions arm used a primed-for-viral clip of pigs swimming in the blue-hued waters of the Bahamian paradise isla... Read More

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Startup pitch: Make It Social brings easy group booking to tour operators

By Nick Vivion | May 14, 2014

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Threats and opportunities that could make or break a travel business

By Pamela Whitby | May 14, 2014

Overwhelmed about where to focus your efforts in the coming year? Excited by the possibilities, but know that in this fast-moving, fragmented sector, you need to do much more than simply play for time... Read More

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Indian budget chain Zostel raises $1 million

By Karthick Prabu | May 14, 2014

Backpacker-focused hostel brand Zostel has raised around $1 million from Presha Paragash, an angel investor from Southeast Asia. The India-based startup will be using the fund to expand to other ma... Read More

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Amadeus seeks to replicate Altea model for European rail

By Linda Fox | May 13, 2014

Amadeus is developing a rail technology platform for shopping, booking and ticketing following an agreement to power IT and distribution for BeNe Rail International. The initiative aims to be a ben... Read More

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How to plan the perfect digital marketing campaign in travel

By Viewpoints | May 13, 2014

The travel vertical is a natural fit for digital marketing. For one thing, a large share of travel booking and planning is done online. This means almost all conversions are measurable, and attributi... Read More

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Marketing watch: Here's how Americans are spending time online across devices

By Nick Vivion | May 13, 2014

Millennial Media has released its latest report looking at the digital habits of Americans across screens - and with an overall 4% increase, the ongoing shift in device dynamics has reached an almost... Read More

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