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Are Indian hoteliers ready for technology automation and analytics?

By Karthick Prabu | May 20, 2014

In the context of a hotel, automating various processes end-to-end might benefit the hotel, but just how automation-ready are Indian hoteliers? This was one of the key questions discussed by a pane... Read More

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Tripping, a metasearch site for rental lodging, nabs funding led by Recruit Holdings

By Sean O'Neil | May 20, 2014

Though Tripping, a one-time social travel site, has begun to make a name for itself in metasearch for vacation rentals, the start-up has bigger ambitions. Now it will get a boost with the help of v... Read More

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China online travel brands suggest users cancel trips to Vietnam

By Karthick Prabu | May 20, 2014

At least one online travel agency in China has recommended customers either cancel or postpone travel to Vietnam due to the anti-China protest and unrest in Vietnam. Ctrip, the Chinese OTA, told Tn... Read More

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New transportation app Bounce connects passengers to licensed drivers

By Nick Vivion | May 20, 2014

There's a new transportation app on the travel scene: Bounce. UK-based Bounce is a minicab app that directly connects passengers with professionally licensed drivers. The app is currently functioni... Read More

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Startup pitch: Explora solves the international mobile conundrum

By Nick Vivion | May 19, 2014

There are few large problems left in travel that aren't being tackled in some way by a startup somewhere on the planet - and yet, there hasn't been a startup attempting to change the way that traveler... Read More

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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

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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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