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How to tell when it's time to ditch a startup

By PhocusWire | March 27, 2014

STARTUPS: Running a startup can be a pretty scary place to be - not least when not doing particularly well in the medium to long term becomes a reality. Travel startups, in particular, are prone to... Read More

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Want to know your Finnish name? Ask VisitFinland

By Karthick Prabu | March 27, 2014

Bit of fun from VisitFinland with a new campaign to give visitors their Finnish name - a simple stunt which has already become a bit of a hit. The Finngenerator is an online application where users... Read More

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Japanese travel giant JTB Group acquires Dynasty Travel, plots Asia expansion

By Karthick Prabu | March 27, 2014

In an effort to become the number one travel service company in Asia by 2020, Tokyo-based travel company JTB Group has acquired Singapore travel agency Dynasty Travel. Terms of the deal were not di... Read More

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Social media thriving among travel agents - but is there a clear return on investment?

By Nick Vivion | March 26, 2014

ASTA has compiled its latest brief on the usage of technology by travel agents, showing that social media use has surged to eighty percent of surveyed travel agents. The results were derived from A... Read More

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JR Technologies sees IATA's NDC as its path to revenue growth

By Sean O'Neil | March 26, 2014

Some technology veterans think little of the airlines' effort to adopt standards for its programming languages -- called the New Distribution Capability (NDC). For some, it's like a flight that's been... Read More

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In-depth review of travel reviews - gaming the system, popularity and more

By Linda Fox | March 26, 2014

What is the travelling public's perception of travel reviews? Are they valuable or gamed to death? Or still a vital cog in the machinery of a purchase? The Worms University of Applied Sciences has... Read More

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HotelQuickly talks market expansion, bookings and user retention

By Karthick Prabu | March 26, 2014

As HotelQuickly steps into its second year, the last minute mobile-only booking service talks about top markets and the impact of its loyalty program in user retention. The Hong Kong-based company... Read More

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Airline payment landscape via mobile, social media, inflight, and self-service kiosk

By Karthick Prabu | March 26, 2014

New forms of payment technology is of significant priority to global airlines, reveals a study. WorldPay has released the third part of a report outlining some of the emerging payments systems comi... Read More

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Rome2rio adds carpooling to the point-to-point mix

By Nick Vivion | March 25, 2014

Point-to-point has a new method of transportation, as Rome2rio adds carpooling inventory to its options for European journeys. The Melbourne-based startup is grabbing available carpool inventory fr... Read More

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What travel professionals can learn from retail on engaging consumers

By Nick Vivion | March 25, 2014

The website optimizers at Qubit have drilled down into the differences between retail and travel to show how travel professionals can most effectively hook and retain customers. The report, availab... Read More

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Google's Knowledge Graph: Ways for travel marketers to keep up

By Viewpoints | March 25, 2014

The Knowledge Graph is a two-year-old feature that summarizes information in boxes placed above some of Google's organic, or non-paid, search results. (See example for "St Lucia Tourism" in screenshot... Read More

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Google Glass - the Virgin view, but what's the bigger picture?

By Linda Fox | March 25, 2014

Recent events have not exactly painted a rosy future for Google Glass with one woman attacked in a bar for wearing the device and another handed a citation for driving while watching television via th... Read More

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How Expedia's homepage design evolved to today's full revamp

By Sean O'Neil | March 25, 2014

Online travel agency Expedia.com today unveiled a fresh homepage design for its US website. The Expedia homepage redesign features a "fully responsive design" -- meaning it works better on tablets... Read More

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Where is Google heading next? [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | March 25, 2014

Electric cars, balloon-housed wifi networks, future of search and people being always connected - welcome to Google CEO Larry Page's mind. The boss of the search giant appeared as a guest at a rece... Read More

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Ctrip hit by credit card security loophole

By Karthick Prabu | March 25, 2014

China-based internet security monitoring service Wooyun has exposed a possible security loophole in Ctrip, one of the country's biggest travel brands. Last week, Wooyun reported a potential expos... Read More

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