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Life at sharp end of hostel distribution as mega-brands close ranks

By Viewpoints | February 18, 2014

There has recently been some rather seismic activity taking place in that often little known end of the accommodation distribution debate - hostels. NB: Ben Julius is the founder of Tourist Israel... Read More

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GuestDriven lands $3 million fund to push mobile tools to hotels

By Kevin May | February 18, 2014

More money flowing into B2B travel startups with news that mobile "engagement platform" GuestDriven has raised $3 million from a number of institutional investors. The Canada-based company, which l... Read More

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Startup pitch: Findmystay lets people bid for a hotel reservation

By Karthick Prabu | February 18, 2014

In an effort to bridge the wide gap between hotel supply and demand in India, FindMyStay has launched a bidding platform that enables hoteliers to offer discounts. The India-based company launched... Read More

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Chinese online travel agency 17u raises $82.5 million

By Karthick Prabu | February 17, 2014

One of the biggest investments of 2014 so far - 17u has raised $82.5 million in Series C funding from Oriza, Tencent, Boyu Capital and existing investors. The Suzhou-based online travel agency, whi... Read More

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Airbus study points to demands for inflight connectivity, wearable tech

By Karthick Prabu | February 17, 2014

With privacy, in-flight productivity and trip research of growing importance among travellers, the definition of "comfort" is changing among Asian travellers. Or so says a study by Airbus, in a rep... Read More

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Trondheim shows how 2014 could be year of the destination drone cam [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | February 17, 2014

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeDgdivNlMc" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/trondheim2.jpg"] If 2013 was kind of... Read More

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Startup pitch: Sputnik8 shoots into tours and activities with big ambitions

By Linda Fox | February 17, 2014

Tours and activities continues to be a hot marketplace with many players - large and small, established and startups - looking to get in on the act. Enter Sputnik8, a project founded by Alexander K... Read More

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RouteHappy exec tunes in and live tweets hijacked flight ET702

By Kevin May | February 16, 2014

Nothing like a suspected hijack on a Monday morning to get everyone's attention - Ethiopian Airlines ET702 eventually landed at Geneva Airport after a tense period of activity in the air. Reports w... Read More

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British Airways wants to make us cry (again) with new video

By Karthick Prabu | February 16, 2014

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixbLMsVlpes" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/british-airways-.png"] After the vir... Read More

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Web brands embrace bricks-and-mortar stores

By PhocusWire | February 16, 2014

MARKETING: Travel, perhaps more than any other industry vertical, has seen its former stronghold of physical shop-fronts hit hard by the introduction of the web some 20 years ago. Although it is dif... Read More

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Digital habits: Nielsen profiles the US consumer in latest report

By Nick Vivion | February 14, 2014

The constant-flux nature of the digital landscape means that brands must rapidly adapt their marketing strategies to map the shifting consumption habits of consumers. In order to be present where cons... Read More

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Big brand social media managers - a confession

By PhocusWire | February 14, 2014

SOCIAL: A plethora of social media channels are now available to brands (some obviously more effective than others) and, inevitably, resources required to manage them. In travel there is still some... Read More

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Virgin America and Gogo partner with app for in-flight networking - and a dream pitch

By Nick Vivion | February 14, 2014

Virgin America and Gogo Inflight WiFi have partnered with mobile business networking app Here on Biz on a cross-marketing promotion that offers up free flights to entrepreneurs with the perfect pitch.... Read More

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How 16-24s use technology and social media during a trip

By Kevin May | February 14, 2014

We all know those aged between 16 and 24 (Gen-Y) are social media freaks, will challenge managed travel policy, and start hyperventilating if apart from their phones for more than two minutes. A ma... Read More

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Startup pitch: PoolCircle aims to be at centre of peer-to-peer services

By Karthick Prabu | February 14, 2014

There are countless individual providers of peer-to-peer services in the accommodation, connecting locals with travellers and car rental segments. But how about bringing all those players under one... Read More

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