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Turning the ugly duckling of the travel industry into a beautiful swan
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Turning the ugly duckling of the travel industry into a beautiful swan
By Stephen Joyce | October 21, 2013
There have been days in the not so distant past when I have felt like an ugly duckling, paddling about furiously in the vast pool of order and normality in the travel industry. Despite the hype aro... Read More
Believe it or not, great web companies do not need to come from Silicon Valley
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Believe it or not, great web companies do not need to come from Silicon Valley
By PhocusWire | October 20, 2013
STARTUPS: There is such an intense focus on Silicon Valley as THE place to be in order to succeed in the world of tech startups that whilst the scene there continues to celebrate itself other cities... Read More
GoBook makes impressive debut, sweeps aside Expedia - Top New Zealand travel websites, September 2013
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GoBook makes impressive debut, sweeps aside Expedia - Top New Zealand travel websites, September 2013
By PhocusWire | October 20, 2013
Heavy promotion for the launch of GoBook has seen it jump straight into number one spot in the list of leading New Zealand travel websites. The GrabOne-run service launched in the first week of Sep... Read More
I'll take the standard room with the big cat, please (AKA how Agoda tests its web pages)
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I'll take the standard room with the big cat, please (AKA how Agoda tests its web pages)
By Kevin May | October 19, 2013
Developers and web engineers are notorious for testing out web pages with cheeky and often weird content - but did the Agoda team mean to do so in a live environment? Word reaches us of a mysteriou... Read More
Big travel data meets curious minds at THack Boston
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Big travel data meets curious minds at THack Boston
By Nick Vivion | October 19, 2013
Tnooz has decamped to Boston for our latest THack, which is addressing an exciting and continually challenging area of the travel business: big travel data. With access to several large databases f... Read More
LocalUncle calls uncle, ceases operations
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LocalUncle calls uncle, ceases operations
By Nick Vivion | October 18, 2013
LocalUncle has called it quits after a two-and-a-half year run that included a name change from Loqize.me (TLabs here). The co-founders, Philip Estrada Reichen and Philipe Fatio, announced the clos... Read More
Farewell Dopplr - a pioneer of social travel
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Farewell Dopplr - a pioneer of social travel
By Linda Fox | October 18, 2013
Who remembers Dopplr, the Finnish and London-born social network bought by Nokia in 2009? The company launched in beta in 2007 amid much excitement in digital circles and was an early, but fast gro... Read More
Goodbye data roaming fees, hello lucrative niche markets in travel?
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Goodbye data roaming fees, hello lucrative niche markets in travel?
By Viewpoints | October 18, 2013
Moves to scrap mobile data roaming charges have been swift and this is (or should be) a wake up call for the travel industry. NB: This is a report by Pamela Whitby, editor for EyeforTravel. The... Read More
Localisation as a brand - how to launch in a completely new market
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Localisation as a brand - how to launch in a completely new market
By Karthick Prabu | October 18, 2013
Wego launched its Taiwan website in May 2013, since then its booking revenue has been growing at 20% every month. The Singapore-based company has taken a localisation approach for its Taiwan servic... Read More
How to predict within four hours if a Kickstarter project will fail
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How to predict within four hours if a Kickstarter project will fail
By PhocusWire | October 18, 2013
STARTUPS: Online crowd-funding service Kickstarter has evolved massively during 2013 - and, some argue, not for the better. Some individuals are using just to get money for trips, others for ideas w... Read More
MyGola raises $1.5 million in bid to become top travel planning site
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MyGola raises $1.5 million in bid to become top travel planning site
By Karthick Prabu | October 17, 2013
Travel planning service Mygola has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding in an aim to become the world's best travel planning website. The total funding amount raised by mygola stands at $2.6 mil... Read More
Travel agents feel the pinch of the Internet - and it doesn't hurt that much
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Travel agents feel the pinch of the Internet - and it doesn't hurt that much
By Nick Vivion | October 17, 2013
At a recent invite-only roundup for American Express-affiliated travel agents, the assembled agents were surveyed about how the Internet has impacted their businesses. Traditionally, the Internet h... Read More
TourRadar unveils mobile chat app for group tours
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TourRadar unveils mobile chat app for group tours
By Linda Fox | October 17, 2013
TourRadar, an online tours and activities provider, describes its "Meet Others" mobile application as Whats App for the group tours industry. The service enables users to sign in, via Facebook, Tou... Read More
All signs continue to point north for tours and activities
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All signs continue to point north for tours and activities
By Karthick Prabu | October 17, 2013
It seems everybody wants a piece of the tours and activities pie right now with developments across major online travel agencies, other intermediaries and startups. Details are emerging from a PhoC... Read More
HomeAway offers up commission-based rentals and new Professional Referral Network
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HomeAway offers up commission-based rentals and new Professional Referral Network
By Nick Vivion | October 17, 2013
HomeAway announced an expansion of its business model today, with commission-based rentals for owners and a Professional Referral Network for add-on services. The new offering expands the business... Read More
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