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Online taxi booking service Taxiwise acquired by IKKY
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Online taxi booking service Taxiwise acquired by IKKY
By Karthick Prabu | May 1, 2014
Taxiwise, a Hong Kong-based online taxi booking service, has been acquired by IKKY, a local reservation service for restaurants, hotels and more. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in... Read More
TripAdvisor beta tests Just for You personalized hotel recommendations
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TripAdvisor beta tests Just for You personalized hotel recommendations
By Sean O'Neil | May 1, 2014
It's no secret that user-review giant TripAdvisor has been beta-testing a "Just for You" service to customize its hotel search results with personalization input from the user. But the details have... Read More
Lanyon leaps on Passkey to round out meetings and events tech
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Lanyon leaps on Passkey to round out meetings and events tech
By Linda Fox | May 1, 2014
Meetings and events technology firm Lanyon has acquired Passkey, a provider of group reservation technology. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed but Lanyon says the acquisition enables it to... Read More
Mobile travel marketing deep dive - devices, campaign strategy, spend and more
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Mobile travel marketing deep dive - devices, campaign strategy, spend and more
By Karthick Prabu | May 1, 2014
Airlines and booking websites are the two segments investing most heavily in mobile advertising while the drive to increase site/mobile traffic is almost double in travel compared to other industries.... Read More
Larry Page - Google's come-back kid
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Larry Page - Google's come-back kid
By PhocusWire | May 1, 2014
MARKETING: Google's journey from university project to global technology and marketing giant is both impressive and scary - not least for one of its founders, Larry Page. Now the company's CEO, his... Read More
Startup pitch: Bucketlistly ties life travel goals to community
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Startup pitch: Bucketlistly ties life travel goals to community
By Nick Vivion | April 30, 2014
Bucket lists have been a widespread means of tracking "before I die" goals, reaching peak popularity with "The Bucket List" movie featuring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Startups have popped u... Read More
American hotel association to fight Airbnb and short-term rentals
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American hotel association to fight Airbnb and short-term rentals
By Sean O'Neil | April 30, 2014
The hotel industry is finally mustering its considerable public relations and lobbying muscle to tackle the topic of short-term online rental companies, such as Airbnb. In a message to its members... Read More
Travel companies caught in a Big Data riptide
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Travel companies caught in a Big Data riptide
By Sean O'Neil | April 30, 2014
Here's a Big Data quote worth sharing at your next conference, or maybe just your next happy hour with industry peers at a bar: "Big Data is like teenage sex. Everyone thinks everyone else is doing i... Read More
Indian online travel evolves - redBus launches hotels, JustDial tries bus booking
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Indian online travel evolves - redBus launches hotels, JustDial tries bus booking
By Karthick Prabu | April 30, 2014
redBus, India's biggest online bus booking service, has launched hotel reservation feature in its website, as JustDial, an online classifieds service in India, creates online bus booking facility.... Read More
TripAdvisor wins with DaoDao debut, JustInTimeTourist watches the clock, and more devices news...
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TripAdvisor wins with DaoDao debut, JustInTimeTourist watches the clock, and more devices news...
By PhocusWire | April 30, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for April 2014. Wednesday 30 April 2014: TripAdvisor debuts DaoDao app in China The user rev... Read More
Trippy morphs into a travel Quora and nets $3.5M in funding
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Trippy morphs into a travel Quora and nets $3.5M in funding
By Sean O'Neil | April 29, 2014
In a pivot, Trippy, a social trip-planning site, has relaunched as a travel question-and-answer service. Consumers can now pose questions, such as "Dog-friendly hotels in Chelsea under $150/night",... Read More
Game changer: AT&T flies into Gogo skies with in-flight LTE service
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Game changer: AT&T flies into Gogo skies with in-flight LTE service
By Nick Vivion | April 29, 2014
Telecom conglomerate AT&T is flying straight into the Gogo skies, announcing installation of full-service LTE technology for the aviation industry. The technology should be deployed by 2015, an... Read More
Big Data not just to find out about consumers but give them control [VIDEO]
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Big Data not just to find out about consumers but give them control [VIDEO]
By Linda Fox | April 29, 2014
No travel conference is complete without a discussion on (Big) data - how to access it, what it means and what to use it for, as the obsession with personalisation grows. And, last year's study fro... Read More
The appliance of some simple science to increase online conversion for hotels
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The appliance of some simple science to increase online conversion for hotels
By Viewpoints | April 29, 2014
Wondering how to increase website revenue without costly marketing campaigns targeting new customers? It might be time to use some psychology to convert more of the existing audience. Attracting ne... Read More
Using mobile to get personal (and sell more) in travel
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Using mobile to get personal (and sell more) in travel
By Kevin May | April 29, 2014
Anyone who still doubts the impact of mobile on the travel sector clearly needs their head testing  - that's pretty obvious. But equally the industry has also realised that providing apps and mobil... Read More
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