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Understanding different travel website users (and what they do there)
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Understanding different travel website users (and what they do there)
By Viewpoints | March 5, 2014
Visualizing travel website visitor data, rather than simply collecting it in a vacuum, shows how different types of people use a search box and various filters. At the same time, segmenting visitor... Read More
Five tips to create viral content [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Five tips to create viral content [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | March 5, 2014
Content in any form (text, image, video) is STILL king and perhaps that's the reason every travel brand is striving to create quality content for their sites. But, what does it takes to create vira... Read More
HomeAway buys Glad To Have You mobile concierge platform
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HomeAway buys Glad To Have You mobile concierge platform
By Kevin May | March 5, 2014
Vacation rental giant HomeAway is aiming to arm property owners with a one-to-one mobile service for their guests after acquiring system provider Glad To Have You. Terms of the acquisition announce... Read More
Qunar (once again) shows mobile bookings are absolutely soaring
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Qunar (once again) shows mobile bookings are absolutely soaring
By Karthick Prabu | March 4, 2014
After reporting massive mobile channel growth in its recent quarterly earnings, now Qunar has revealed booking numbers during the Chinese New Year (CNY). Flight bookings during the new year holid... Read More
How do you persuade customers to post images on Instagram?
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How do you persuade customers to post images on Instagram?
By PhocusWire | March 4, 2014
SOCIAL: Alongside the filter-heavy use of Instagram by consumers the world over to show off their travels, there should be more to the image-sharing network for actual brands in the sector beyond ju... Read More
Harnessing rogue spending on corporate travel: reward the right behavior
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Harnessing rogue spending on corporate travel: reward the right behavior
By Viewpoints | March 4, 2014
There's been a lot of buzz recently in the world of corporate travel management. Studies show that more and more employees are "going rogue". Millennial workers spend more freely and travel spend i... Read More
ArrivalGuides partners with Tiqets for tours and activities
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ArrivalGuides partners with Tiqets for tours and activities
By Linda Fox | March 4, 2014
ArrivalGuides plans to offer online activities and events via a tie-up with business-to-business startup Tiqets. The B2B destination content specialist plans to make tours and activities as well as... Read More
Tips to boost travel bookings: Right email subject, at right time with right content
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Tips to boost travel bookings: Right email subject, at right time with right content
By Karthick Prabu | March 4, 2014
With booking abandonment rates as high as 81% (at least) in the travel industry, the issue is perhaps one of the top problems travel brands face daily. SaleCycle, a remarketing specialist lists three... Read More
How native travel app and mobile site usage shakes out
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How native travel app and mobile site usage shakes out
By Karthick Prabu | March 4, 2014
Most holiday related research takes place in mobile websites (94%) versus native applications, claims a new study. Market research company GFK looked at the mobile internet usage of more than 300,0... Read More
Holy grail of wearable technology - kit that people actually want to wear
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Holy grail of wearable technology - kit that people actually want to wear
By PhocusWire | March 3, 2014
DEVICES: The reasonably big problem with Google Glass and other early-stage wearable technology is that it just isn't cool enough - at least for mass adoption beyond the geeks who think it's the tre... Read More
Lessons learned on how to use crowd-funding for a travel startup
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Lessons learned on how to use crowd-funding for a travel startup
By Viewpoints | March 3, 2014
I’ve spent many months crowd-funding an Indiegogo campaign, a process which was ultimately successful. Yet, I have mixed feelings about the concept, especially for travel. NB: This is an analysis f... Read More
Startup pitch: Cruise.me wants to crack the online cruise experience
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Startup pitch: Cruise.me wants to crack the online cruise experience
By Linda Fox | March 3, 2014
Cruise.me was devised to take the pain out of booking a cruise online. The five founders recognised that most online cruise sites are modeled on flight and hotel services but that booking a cruise... Read More
Top10 secures $8m, plans recruitment drive and European growth
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Top10 secures $8m, plans recruitment drive and European growth
By Linda Fox | March 3, 2014
Hotel comparison service Top10.com has announced Series B funding round of $8 million. The round is led by Balderton Capital and existing investors Accel Partners, Forward Partners and Idealab are... Read More
Bluetooth LE v NFC showdown [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Bluetooth LE v NFC showdown [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Glenn Gruber | March 2, 2014
For many years marketers have known that if they could just get the right offer at the right time in front of their customers they could increase conversion dramatically. Similarly, businesses unde... Read More
Travelport enjoying best volumes in three years, claims leader role in merchandising
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Travelport enjoying best volumes in three years, claims leader role in merchandising
By Kevin May | February 28, 2014
With questions over debt structure behind it for the time being, Travelport is getting used to happier quarterly results - seeing "positive traction" across all areas this week. The company says ne... Read More
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