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Qunar reports record high for flight bookings via mobile

By Karthick Prabu | January 6, 2014

Qunar, the Chinese metasearch service, has achieved a single-day record of 60,000 flight bookings via its mobile channel. The all time high number was experienced during the New Year holiday in Chi... Read More

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Relevancy is key driver for marketing engagement in 2014 [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Nick Vivion | January 3, 2014

The beginning of the year is a busy one for marketers, who must quickly finalize marketing plans for 2014 - and then begin deploying available assets to begin following through on the plan. Accordi... Read More

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Google's growth in social logins show importance of consumer login choice on websites

By Nick Vivion | January 3, 2014

Social logins manager Janrain has been tracking the popularity of brand-specific logins via their platform for a couple of years, and have released their data from the last quarter of 2013. The tre... Read More

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One year with Google Glass

By PhocusWire | January 3, 2014

SYSTEMS: Wearable technology has been mostly the preserve of tech commentators, skunkwork or startup geeks trying it to see if there's a definitive use case, or achingly trendy hipsters. There are a... Read More

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Best Western hotels have spent millions to get on Google Streetview

By Kevin May | January 3, 2014

Best Western announced in December last year that a "partnership" with Google would see every single hotel in its portfolio in North America available on Streetview. Some 2,200 hotels will be photo... Read More

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Startup pitch: iTraveller wants to give a little boost to travel agents

By Karthick Prabu | January 3, 2014

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Welcome to the world of rubbish social media marketing advice

By PhocusWire | January 3, 2014

SOCIAL: It often appears that there are more social media "gurus" kicking about than there are actual brands, many armed with, err, years of experience in the field. Thankfully, marketers with years... Read More

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[UPDATED] China car rental turns hot as Didi Dache raises $100 million

By Karthick Prabu | January 2, 2014

China's leading online taxi hailing service provider Didi Dache has secured $100 million in Series C funding from Tencent and Citic. The Beijing-based company's investment is led by Citic with $60... Read More

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Startup pitch: TripScope brings dynamic itineraries to the travel agent/traveler workflow

By Nick Vivion | January 2, 2014

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Review data shows what needy Super Bowl fans want from hotels

By Karthick Prabu | January 2, 2014

Super Bowl travellers write more reviews during the game period, and they expect great food, quiet rooms and good wifi during their stay, reveals a study. The research was carried by online reputat... Read More

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Tightening the screw - why hotel distribution is about direct sales

By Patrick Landman | January 2, 2014

It seems hoteliers are getting savvier and are more ready than ever to go to war and take back what is their own: in the world of hotel distribution, direct sales rule! Hoteliers are getting back i... Read More

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Apple vs Android - which owners spend more on travel online?

By Kevin May | January 2, 2014

Analysis of mobile and tablet traffic on a leading European travel website has found Apple users are more likely to book expensive and log haul trips. LowCostHolidays found that Android owners, on... Read More

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Coming after the news... the weather (and a social bonanza)

By PhocusWire | January 2, 2014

SOCIAL: Marketers have always used the seasons and long-range weather forecasts to help with product pricing and forecasting. But with instant connections available via social media channels, examin... Read More

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Egypt photo farce shows why in 2013 we finally broke the web

By PhocusWire | December 31, 2013

SOCIAL: Facebook and Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram, and countless other social networks, have turned people all over the world into instant publishers. Some of it useful, far too much of it is ut... Read More

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13 from 2013 - what were the most popular articles on Tnooz?

By PhocusWire | December 31, 2013

The evolving demographic and needs of the modern traveller (encapsulated in the concept of the Gen-Y consumer) keeps many a travel exec awake at night. So it is no surprise that a story explaining... Read More

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