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Best and worst performers for online travel bookings abandoned [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Best and worst performers for online travel bookings abandoned [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | March 18, 2014
The rate at which visitors to travel websites decide not to complete their bookings is extraordinarily high at almost 75% - and worse than the wider retail industry at 71%. SaleCycle, a remarketing... Read More
Middle East travel industry - mobile and last-minute bookings kick in
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Middle East travel industry - mobile and last-minute bookings kick in
By Siew Hoon Yeoh | March 18, 2014
In my recent visits to Dubai, I have sensed growing excitement around the nascent online space. The opportunities are huge and diverse in the Middle East travel sector. More investors are eying the... Read More
Amex nets $900M from creation of joint venture, promises a digital future
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Amex nets $900M from creation of joint venture, promises a digital future
By Kevin May | March 17, 2014
Amex will get $900 million as part of a major deal to share ownership of its Business Travel Division with the Certares investment group. The Certares-led collection of companies includes Qatar Hol... Read More
Should every company wake up to the sharing economy?
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Should every company wake up to the sharing economy?
By PhocusWire | March 17, 2014
SOCIAL: A string of new businesses have emerged in recent years which have re-shaped parts of how the travel industry operate. But the idea that every company should be thinking about how they can t... Read More
VisitEurope app shows fruits of Amadeus partnership
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VisitEurope app shows fruits of Amadeus partnership
By Nick Vivion | March 17, 2014
Amadeus recently partnered with VisitEurope to move forward on its vision for Destination Europe 2020, an initiative the organization is pushing to grow the inbound business of member countries. Th... Read More
TripAdvisor holds investigation after China site accused of suspicious activity
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TripAdvisor holds investigation after China site accused of suspicious activity
By Karthick Prabu | March 17, 2014
Daodao, the local imprint of TripAdvisor in China, is the subject of an investigation after a damning report into the validity of its reviews. The report by KwikChex, the UK-based online reputation... Read More
Iberia plans passenger experience improvements via NFC
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Iberia plans passenger experience improvements via NFC
By Linda Fox | March 17, 2014
Spanish airline Iberia is working with Samsung on NFC (Near Field Communication) initiatives to enhance the departure and arrival experience for passengers. The IAG-owned airline plans to enable pa... Read More
Chinese web and travel giant Alibaba plans for IPO in the US
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Chinese web and travel giant Alibaba plans for IPO in the US
By Karthick Prabu | March 17, 2014
With a year of significant developments in travel, major Chinese ecommerce player Alibaba Group wants to list on the US public markets. While the company is mostly known for its retail industry... Read More
DreamLines sails into new capital round with ex-Kayak executive leading
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DreamLines sails into new capital round with ex-Kayak executive leading
By Kevin May | March 17, 2014
A former-boss of Kayak in Europe is behind a seven-figure Euro investment in DreamLines, a German online travel agency specialising in cruise trips. Christian Saller, who joined Kayak as part of it... Read More
More big changes coming to Google search results
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More big changes coming to Google search results
By PhocusWire | March 14, 2014
MARKETING: Articles claiming search and SEO are dead are too numerous to mention, not least when every time the omnipresent search engine in the majority of countries around the world (Google) perfo... Read More
In-stream social ads evolve: Twitter promotes accounts and Facebook does video
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In-stream social ads evolve: Twitter promotes accounts and Facebook does video
By Nick Vivion | March 14, 2014
This week saw two significant evolutions on the social advertising front: Twitter's Promoted Accounts and Facebook's video ads. Twitter's Promoted Accounts Twitter has announced a new iteration... Read More
What ELSE happened during the 25 years of online travel?
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What ELSE happened during the 25 years of online travel?
By Kevin May | March 14, 2014
The Guardian newspaper in the UK asked us this week to pull together some of the milestones of online travel in the 25 years so far of the web. How 25 years of the web inspired the travel revolutio... Read More
Enter the dragon: China online travel soars, $75 billion market by 2017
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Enter the dragon: China online travel soars, $75 billion market by 2017
By Karthick Prabu | March 14, 2014
China's online travel industry is estimated to grow in double digits year-on-year with online travel revenue hitting about $75 billion by 2017. iResearch, a China-based research company has release... Read More
Trivago extends mystery guest programme to combat fake reviews
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Trivago extends mystery guest programme to combat fake reviews
By Linda Fox | March 14, 2014
Trivago is extending its Hotel Test scheme to the UK and Ireland after its initial launch in Germany last year. The mystery guest programme has a number of elements. Users sign up as a hotel tester... Read More
Bring Your Own Device - United Airlines next to stream content to passengers
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Bring Your Own Device - United Airlines next to stream content to passengers
By Karthick Prabu | March 13, 2014
Effective this April, passengers on United Airlines will be able to access the airline's inflight content via their iOS devices and laptops. However, the service will be initially rolled out only o... Read More
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