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Tencent snaps up a fifth of Chinese review service Dianping
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Tencent snaps up a fifth of Chinese review service Dianping
By Karthick Prabu | February 20, 2014
Asian internet giant Tencent has taken a 20% stake in Dianping, a Yelp-like local review and rating service in China. Shanghai-based Dianping has a group buying service in addition to local merchan... Read More
Startup pitch: Secret Earth takes three-step approach to trip planning
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Startup pitch: Secret Earth takes three-step approach to trip planning
By Linda Fox | February 20, 2014
After working long hours in the corporate world followed by long hours online trying to plan independent holidays, Secret Earth's founders decided to find a better way. At the time, and still today... Read More
VisitBritain campaign wants you to make some noise
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VisitBritain campaign wants you to make some noise
By Linda Fox | February 19, 2014
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Uber surge price notification, Queensland info app, Tokyo wifi hotspots, and more
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Uber surge price notification, Queensland info app, Tokyo wifi hotspots, and more
By PhocusWire | February 19, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for February 2014. Thursday 27 February 2014: Uber to launch notification for surge pricing... Read More
eLong reports record high annual revenue, mobile hotel bookings jump
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eLong reports record high annual revenue, mobile hotel bookings jump
By Karthick Prabu | February 19, 2014
eLong has reported a net revenue of $43.1 million for its fourth quarter 2013, an increase of 25% over the same period in 2012. The highlight of the financial results was Expedia-backed eLong's net... Read More
Why iBeacon takes consumer-brand interaction to a new level
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Why iBeacon takes consumer-brand interaction to a new level
By PhocusWire | February 19, 2014
DEVICES: The opportunity to have a better way of communicating with consumers on-the-go is, from a brand's perspective, the Holy Grail of the modern travel experience. Apple, inevitably, is trying t... Read More
TLearn VIDEO - How to prototype web services on a non-existent budget
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TLearn VIDEO - How to prototype web services on a non-existent budget
By PhocusWire | February 19, 2014
Have a travel web product or demo your team needs to prototype quickly? And little or no budget to spend? Tnooz and Momentum Design Lab will show you how to spin up prototype web services – even if... Read More
Latest Google Maps evolution makes a meta to the world
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Latest Google Maps evolution makes a meta to the world
By Nick Vivion | February 19, 2014
Google is rapidly iterating and consolidating its product line, sunsetting services and finally gluing disparate pieces of the puzzle together, with the latest makeover coming to the Maps product.... Read More
WeHostels does an inverse HotelTonight and switches to hotels
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WeHostels does an inverse HotelTonight and switches to hotels
By Kevin May | February 19, 2014
Whiff of change in the air - WeHostels looks to be going a bit mainstream with news that it will adding hotels its mobile-only booking platform. The move comes the same week as HotelTonight trigger... Read More
Booking on mobile? Of course, say more than a third of Americans under 34
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Booking on mobile? Of course, say more than a third of Americans under 34
By Nick Vivion | February 19, 2014
The tsunami of mobile bookings has been heading for the digital shore for several years now, with some companies like Hotel Tonight thriving exclusively at the peak of this incoming wave. A recent... Read More
GoCanada catalyzes Calgary with a sexy social take on patriotic pride
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GoCanada catalyzes Calgary with a sexy social take on patriotic pride
By Nick Vivion | February 19, 2014
The Calgary Hotel Association is tapping into the Olympic spirit with a custom website aimed at stoking Canadian pride amidst the global narrative of the sporting event. The website, GoCanada.ca, i... Read More
How Google's ITA Software crowdsources bug fixes for flight search
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How Google's ITA Software crowdsources bug fixes for flight search
By Sean O'Neil | February 19, 2014
ITA Software by Google has taken a fresh approach to spotting threatening bugs and data flaws in its flight search product: crowdsourcing. Anyone with a complaint about ITA Software's flight search... Read More
Marriott, Expedia, Priceline, and other brands escape hotel rate parity suit
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Marriott, Expedia, Priceline, and other brands escape hotel rate parity suit
By Sean O'Neil | February 19, 2014
Late yesterday a US judge threw out a class action lawsuit over hotel room rate parity that had been brought against 22 household name travel brands, including InterContinental, Expedia, and Priceline... Read More
Who needs windows on aircraft when you can have giant video screens!
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Who needs windows on aircraft when you can have giant video screens!
By Karthick Prabu | February 18, 2014
Engineering and design have, until now, restricted what air passengers can see out of their windows. But Spike Aerospace is trying to change all that. The Boston-based aircraft manufacturer is buil... Read More
Club Med crowdsources elements of latest ski resort in the French Alps
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Club Med crowdsources elements of latest ski resort in the French Alps
By Nick Vivion | February 18, 2014
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