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HouseTrip partners with EasyVoyage, joining nascent Local Food Guide product as offering matures

By Nick Vivion | January 27, 2014

Holiday rental website HouseTrip has announced a new partnership with EasyVoyage.com that accompanies new features like the Local Food Guides as their product offering develops. The partnership wit... Read More

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Take two: Airbnb rolls out new marketing initiative with a UGC contest

By Nick Vivion | January 27, 2014

Airbnb had a difficult end to 2013, with a botched marketing campaign that included a trademark infringement lawsuit from competitor HomeAway. After scrapping the Birdbnb campaign, the company is b... Read More

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Google take on affluent travellers: trip planning, videos and multi-screen

By Karthick Prabu | January 27, 2014

Affluent travellers rely on digital for travel inspiration and booking, are increasingly viewing travel videos online and seeking out loyalty programs, reveals a Google study. Trip planning A ma... Read More

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Traxo delves into traveller details for more personalised hotel search

By Linda Fox | January 27, 2014

Traxo, the travel organiser service, is promising a new level of personalisation in hotel search with 'Traxo Factor'. The intelligence engine takes into account more than 12 elements within a trave... Read More

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What to look for as a startup when choosing a VC

By PhocusWire | January 26, 2014

STARTUPS: For every startup that attempts to plough ahead via the bootstrapping route, many others (probably dozens more) opt for external funding via a venture capital fund. Whilst it is clearly no... Read More

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In the battle for hi-tech Ibiza hotels, music reigns supreme

By Kevin May | January 26, 2014

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR_1BX3y7QI" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ushiauia-DJ.jpg"] A small Spanish is... Read More

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Startup pitch: Nativoo uses AI to create custom itineraries for offline usage on smartphones

By Nick Vivion | January 24, 2014

There's a new startup in travel planning world, and it promises custom itineraries fueled by smart artificial intelligence for offline usage while traveling. Nativoo, which is based in Brazil, allo... Read More

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WANTED: Selfie competition in travel - must use elves, donkey or legs

By Karthick Prabu | January 24, 2014

At some point the "selfie" trend is going to be so tragically uncool (if it isn't getting that way already) that marketers will not dare utter its name. Until then, travel brands the world over wil... Read More

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Online travel agents and the growing quest for personalisation

By Viewpoints | January 24, 2014

Over the past couple of years the travel technology industry has seen an explosion of online travel agents (OTAs); the vast majority claiming to be all things to all people. It’s a trend that shows n... Read More

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How to not be hated just because you come from Silicon Valley

By PhocusWire | January 24, 2014

STARTUPS: Silicon Valley is an inspirational place. It has inspired startups to set up shop there; it has inspired the creation of an entire ecosystem of tech media brands; it has inspired other loc... Read More

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Airlines are the most socially active industry (with KLM at the top)

By Karthick Prabu | January 23, 2014

Airlines face the heat from passengers when expectations aren't met, but when it comes to being social, they are apparently the best sector on the web. Social Bakers, a social media marketing speci... Read More

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Startup pitch: Furlocity aims to be the Kayak of pet travel

By Sean O'Neil | January 23, 2014

Yes, online travel is going to the dogs. And cats. Furlocity, a pet travel site in the US, claims to be the first website to offer pet owners a way to find kennels and similar lodging for dogs and... Read More

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Discrimination in P2P marketplaces: Do whites really make more money than blacks?

By Nick Vivion | January 23, 2014

The Internet has been abuzz with a recently released study from the Harvard Business School that found that black hosts on Airbnb were charging 12% less than white hosts for similar listings. So is th... Read More

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A walk around the hotel room of the future [IMAGES]

By Kevin May | January 23, 2014

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMDlCNdfgRk" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fitur-hotel-main.jpg"] A year ago at... Read More

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Chinese retailer acquires last-minute hotel booking service HotelVP

By Karthick Prabu | January 23, 2014

Jingdong Mall (JD), one of the largest online retailers in China, has acquired HotelVP, a last-minute hotel reservation service in China, according to a local media. Although HotelVP and JD have no... Read More

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