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Adara ties travel intent to Twitter ad platform with eye towards conversions
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Adara ties travel intent to Twitter ad platform with eye towards conversions
By Nick Vivion | December 20, 2013
Adara has recently announced an integrated partnership with Twitter that allows travel brands to retarget users with specific behaviors on the social platform. This partnership is a continued evolu... Read More
10 content marketing ideas (and action points) for 2014
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10 content marketing ideas (and action points) for 2014
By Viewpoints | December 20, 2013
According to the Content Marketing Institute, 56% of UK marketers expect to increase their CM spend in coming 12 months (11% say ‘significantly’). Debates rage over the practice - its proper defini... Read More
How Indian airlines perform in social media [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How Indian airlines perform in social media [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | December 20, 2013
Indian aviation is hotting up with three airlines planning to launch in 2014 as well as Etihad taking a stake in Jet Airways and increased competition for market share among existing players, the Indi... Read More
Ctrip helps China car rental service eHi pocket $100M investment
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Ctrip helps China car rental service eHi pocket $100M investment
By Karthick Prabu | December 20, 2013
eHi, a Shanghai-based online car rental service, has secured over $100 million investment from China's leading OTA Ctrip.com and existing investors. In 2012, US-based Enterprise Holdings invested i... Read More
Reaching for the stars - can Russian travel startups make a mark?
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Reaching for the stars - can Russian travel startups make a mark?
By Viewpoints | December 20, 2013
In a talk I gave at E-Travel 2013 in Moscow last month, I tried to compare some figures from the Russian and international travel startups market and came to some conclusions that seem interesting to... Read More
Deep dive into Asia Pacific online travel market
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Deep dive into Asia Pacific online travel market
By Karthick Prabu | December 19, 2013
Asia Pacific travel market ousted Europe to become the world’s biggest regional travel market in 2012, accounting for bookings worth about $320 billion, according to a report by PhoCusWright. The A... Read More
Chinese online car rental market shifts to top gear as Yongche raises $60 million
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Chinese online car rental market shifts to top gear as Yongche raises $60 million
By Karthick Prabu | December 19, 2013
Yongche, a Beijing-based car rental booking service has raised $60 million in Series C funding, led by Ctrip and DCM. The funding will be used for the development of the next version (5.0) of its m... Read More
One decade in, enterprise-level social matures - so what's next for social in business?
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One decade in, enterprise-level social matures - so what's next for social in business?
By Nick Vivion | December 19, 2013
Social strategist Altimeter Group has published an overview of enterprise-level social programs in 2013, outlining the results of the company's annual survey of digital strategists. Coupled with ta... Read More
Twitter adds conversion tracking for promoted tweets, affecting travel marketers
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Twitter adds conversion tracking for promoted tweets, affecting travel marketers
By Sean O'Neil | December 19, 2013
After months of tests, Twitter made its advertising conversion tracking tool available to all marketers in the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland today. The measurement and reporting analytics tool aims t... Read More
Best travel videos of 2013, as picked by Vimeo
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Best travel videos of 2013, as picked by Vimeo
By Sean O'Neil | December 19, 2013
Video-sharing platform Vimeo tends to rise above the mass-market clutter of YouTube, showcasing digital short films of the finest quality. The site regularly names its "staff picks" for the best vi... Read More
Aerial view of Germany's airline distribution landscape - tech, ancillaries and other challenges
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Aerial view of Germany's airline distribution landscape - tech, ancillaries and other challenges
By Viewpoints | December 19, 2013
With a total 2012 travel spend of Euro 133.6 billion, Germany is one of the largest travel markets in the world – and clearly the single largest in Europe. From 2010 to 2013 the market has grown an... Read More
Startup pitch: Tiqets lands $450K round for its white-label distribution of event tickets
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Startup pitch: Tiqets lands $450K round for its white-label distribution of event tickets
By Sean O'Neil | December 18, 2013
Founded in Amsterdam in late 2013, Tiqets is a white-label business-to-business (B2B) service that aims to help hotels, airlines, and online travel agencies (OTAs) up-sell their customers with ancilla... Read More
European rail: How EU initiative Shift2Rail may affect travel companies
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European rail: How EU initiative Shift2Rail may affect travel companies
By Sean O'Neil | December 18, 2013
It's not always obvious when an announcement from the European Union has real-world implications or is merely wishful thinking. Case in point: this week's the European Commission's program Shift2Ra... Read More
Airbnb launches first flight into integrated marketing with $2 million campaign, Birdbnb
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Airbnb launches first flight into integrated marketing with $2 million campaign, Birdbnb
By Nick Vivion | December 18, 2013
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How to extend a travel brand with a successful multichannel travel strategy
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How to extend a travel brand with a successful multichannel travel strategy
By Nick Vivion | December 18, 2013
Digital interaction strategist Maxymiser has compiled data taken from a survey of 1,000 users in the United States over the age of 18, to define the multichannel traveler and how the sample is consumi... Read More
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