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Startup pitch: Rocketrip wants to remove travel management friction
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Startup pitch: Rocketrip wants to remove travel management friction
By Linda Fox | December 2, 2013
Rocketrip has been devised to make booking business travel a better and more productive experience for employer and employee. Currently in beta, the startup was founded by CEO Dan Ruch and head of... Read More
Bringing the offline travel agency to the web (through acquisitions)
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Bringing the offline travel agency to the web (through acquisitions)
By Viewpoints | December 2, 2013
Online travel has grown up. It’s now a mainstream market, with UK consumers alone making 3.2 million searches for travel in May 2013. NB: This is an analysis from Peter Panteli, commercial director... Read More
Travel DISTRIBUTION roundup - Travelport, Wego, HouseTrip, Tripping
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Travel DISTRIBUTION roundup - Travelport, Wego, HouseTrip, Tripping
By PhocusWire | December 2, 2013
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION on Monday 2 December 2013... East Air makes GDS debut with Travelport This is the first time East Air has made its content... Read More
Inside the complex world of web psychology
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Inside the complex world of web psychology
By PhocusWire | December 2, 2013
MARKETING: Even from the internet's infancy, how users interact with sites and services online has been the subject of many academic papers. But as the web has become more complex, so have the human... Read More
What keeps business travel experts awake at night?
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What keeps business travel experts awake at night?
By Kevin May | December 2, 2013
Not ill-fitting eye masks, anyway. This was the question handed to a group from various strands of the business travel world at the CAPA Summit in Amsterdam this week. It's a standard thing to ask... Read More
European hotel prices - November 2013 to January 2014
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European hotel prices - November 2013 to January 2014
By PhocusWire | December 2, 2013
Data trends on cheapest rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star European hotels across some of the major cities across the continent. This set covers November 213... Read More
Mobile app predicts the possibility of seeing the Northern Lights
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Mobile app predicts the possibility of seeing the Northern Lights
By Karthick Prabu | December 2, 2013
Innovation Norway has launched a new mobile app that predicts and informs users about the possibility of experiencing Northern Lights across the Arctic sky. The free app is available for both iOS a... Read More
A quick guide to advanced content marketing
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A quick guide to advanced content marketing
By PhocusWire | December 1, 2013
MARKETING: If SEO and general content issues for a web brand were the disciplines of the late-2000s, then content marketing has become the buzz phrase for 2013. Yet content marketing is not, as some... Read More
Dubai hotels get fewer 5-star ratings despite jump in hotel reviews
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Dubai hotels get fewer 5-star ratings despite jump in hotel reviews
By Karthick Prabu | December 1, 2013
While winning the Expo 2020 is a good news for Dubai, things aren't looking very impressive when it comes to Dubai hotel reviews for the year 2013, reveals a study by TrustYou. The study says that... Read More
Corporate Travel Management pays $45 million for stake in Westminster Travel
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Corporate Travel Management pays $45 million for stake in Westminster Travel
By Karthick Prabu | December 1, 2013
Corporate Travel Management, an Australia-based travel technology provider, has acquired 75.1% of Westminster Travel, Hong Kong-based corporate travel solutions provider. This agreement is for $44.... Read More
Unlocking human potential with technology
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Unlocking human potential with technology
By PhocusWire | November 29, 2013
SYSTEMS: Glass, iWatches et al are meant to herald a new phase of how we interact with each other and the world around us. This is fine, in some respects. But there are some that argue that this nex... Read More
Top ten airlines that captured emotions using social media
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Top ten airlines that captured emotions using social media
By Karthick Prabu | November 29, 2013
Social media is all about doing it the right way, at the right time, with the right messaging. Simpliflying, the aviation marketing company, has announced top ten airlines that addressed a crisis/e... Read More
Black Friday should be bonanza for travel, not only in the US
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Black Friday should be bonanza for travel, not only in the US
By Viewpoints | November 29, 2013
Research shows that many airline passengers are dissatisfied with the value their membership of airline loyalty programmes offers them. So how can loyalty programme managers tap into global seasona... Read More
Aldous Huxley would be proud - the Brave New World of SEO
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Aldous Huxley would be proud - the Brave New World of SEO
By PhocusWire | November 29, 2013
MARKETING: Luckily, wiser heads prevail to counteract those (opportunists?) who continually remind marketers that the fine art of SEO is on the way out. It isn't. What is happening to content and us... Read More
[UPDATE] Tigerair Australia tells travellers not to book flights with eDreams
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[UPDATE] Tigerair Australia tells travellers not to book flights with eDreams
By Karthick Prabu | November 29, 2013
Tigerair Australia has gone public with a stern warning to travellers thinking of buying its flights via Spain-based online travel agency eDreams. The carrier says the OTA has been notified on... Read More
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