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Eurostar taps up bloggers for new video campaign
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Eurostar taps up bloggers for new video campaign
By Kevin May | December 9, 2013
[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7KTGbmKlPc" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/eurostar-stories.jpg"] User generate... Read More
Online travel in Europe hotting up as TV group snaps up Weg
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Online travel in Europe hotting up as TV group snaps up Weg
By Linda Fox | December 9, 2013
Big OTA consolidation news this morning as German television group ProSiebenSat.1 expands its ecommerce activity with the acquisition of online travel sites Weg and Ferien. Terms have not been disc... Read More
Nine strategies to win in the China travel industry
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Nine strategies to win in the China travel industry
By Karthick Prabu | December 9, 2013
By 2030, 49% of all passenger traffic globally will be within Asia-Pacific or between the region and the rest of the world, according to a study by Boston Consulting Group and TripAdvisor. The stud... Read More
Marriott website leads other hotel brands for usage and awareness
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Marriott website leads other hotel brands for usage and awareness
By Karthick Prabu | December 8, 2013
A hotel's website is a key and indispensable sales channel. So how do some of the leading chains on the planet perform in terms of customer experience and acquisition? Qubit, website conversion ser... Read More
Stop saying failing as a startup is a good thing
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Stop saying failing as a startup is a good thing
By PhocusWire | December 8, 2013
STARTUPS: In the public sector, manufacturing, healthcare and countless other industries, failure is simply not an option - or at least comes with either dire or damaging consequences. So why has "f... Read More
Travel DEVICES roundup - Google, SITA, AirNZ, Singapore, Marriott, United, Hotels.com
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Travel DEVICES roundup - Google, SITA, AirNZ, Singapore, Marriott, United, Hotels.com
By PhocusWire | December 6, 2013
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality on Friday 6 December 2013... Google allows users to save flights and find them on all devices Flight... Read More
How to be a hit in social media (when you're a boring brand)
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How to be a hit in social media (when you're a boring brand)
By PhocusWire | December 6, 2013
SOCIAL: Not for us to say that some of the brands in travel technology might have an image problem or, err, be considered a bit on the dull side, but your average company in the sector is not exactl... Read More
Another piece in the jigsaw - Google eyes tours and activities
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Another piece in the jigsaw - Google eyes tours and activities
By Kevin May | December 6, 2013
Google is exploring how it might integrate attractions, tours and activities at a deeper level into search and other products, along similar lines to its push into hotels. Tnooz understands a numbe... Read More
Why is a GDS launching an investment fund for travel startups?
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Why is a GDS launching an investment fund for travel startups?
By Karthick Prabu | December 6, 2013
The recent company to join the venture capital industry is none other than the GDS giant Amadeus. Today, Amadeus has officially announced its foray into (early stage) investing in travel startups t... Read More
Turning the selfie into something useful
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Turning the selfie into something useful
By PhocusWire | December 6, 2013
SOCIAL: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and countless other networks have allowed consumers, celebrities, politicians and others to share their (often mundane, sometimes fascinating) world with, well,... Read More
Long term travel consolidation: BootsnAll buys AirTreks
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Long term travel consolidation: BootsnAll buys AirTreks
By Kevin May | December 6, 2013
Little bit of movement in the world of round-the-world ticketing and long term travel buying as AirTreks sells to rival service BootsnAll. The acquisition by Canada-based BootsnAll of San Francisco... Read More
Startup pitch: Trabblr wants people to explore the world via meetups
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Startup pitch: Trabblr wants people to explore the world via meetups
By Karthick Prabu | December 5, 2013
As the industry moves towards using technology to the fullest to help travellers in their planning experience, Trabblr says it has a different approach to it. India-based startup Trabblr, a love ch... Read More
How to take advantage of multi-location local search
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How to take advantage of multi-location local search
By PhocusWire | December 5, 2013
MARKETING: Search marketing was a relatively complicated discipline even before Google (and its ilk) introduced such services as Local and Maps. Now businesses, especially those on the ground and ca... Read More
Booking.com snaps up messaging app service eBuddy in acqui-hire deal
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Booking.com snaps up messaging app service eBuddy in acqui-hire deal
By Karthick Prabu | December 5, 2013
In an apparent move to strengthen its online support, Booking.com has acqui-hired a group of staffers from messaging service provider eBuddy. Amsterdam-based eBuddy enables users with Facebook Chat... Read More
Startup pitch: Dash brings split payments to the table
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Startup pitch: Dash brings split payments to the table
By Nick Vivion | December 5, 2013
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