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Why is it hard for big companies to be innovative?

By PhocusWire | October 4, 2013

Innovation success stories are all strikingly similar: a bright idea, supported by a zealot-innovator who sees it through. The windfall of goodies follows.... Read More

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Why the New Distribution Capability debate needs to move on

By Kevin May | October 4, 2013

The usual array of travel buyers, other intermediaries, suppliers, technology and distribution companies, lobbyists and industry groups were in the Czech capital of Prague last week. The annual GBT... Read More

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What do travel companies look for when hiring travel bloggers and writers?

By Viewpoints | October 4, 2013

Travel writers and travel bloggers dream of getting paid to do the two things they love most: travel and write. NB: This is a viewpoint by Andre Van Kets, co-founder and director at the Discover Af... Read More

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TripAdvisor shows who is the boss, top source for direct hotel bookings

By Karthick Prabu | October 4, 2013

TripAdvisor has overtaken the OTAs and all other sources to become the number one source of traffic for bookings made in a hotel's website. A study by WIHP, a hotel marketing agency, among 15,000+... Read More

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HRS taps into electronic payments trend with Airplus deal

By Linda Fox | October 4, 2013

Online hotels service HRS is offering corporate customers an alternative to direct payments at hotels following a tie-up with AirPlus International. HRS says the Global Payment service is available... Read More

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Airbnb’s Brian Chesky blinks, finally talks taxes

By Sean O'Neil | October 3, 2013

In a bold move, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has moved his company's position closer to that of New York City's regulators, agreeing that hosts should pay some tax. Today Chesky blogged a response to th... Read More

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Verified user reviews, enhanced mobile apps, and travel planning hallmarks of digital geniuses

By Nick Vivion | October 3, 2013

L2Think Tank, which delivers digital innovation insights from across industries, has released their latest Digital IQ Index for Hotels. W Hotels came out on top of the last Index, which was the onl... Read More

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KLM unveils MyDreamCatcher, a mashup of local information on a Pin-type dashboard

By Karthick Prabu | October 3, 2013

After launching a series of innovative contests, now KLM Airlines has launched a new service by name 'MyDreamCatcher' that is aimed at helping travellers by providing them access to local knowledge ab... Read More

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Stayzilla raises series A funding and plans for aggressive growth in India

By Karthick Prabu | October 3, 2013

India-based hotel reservation provider Stayzilla has raised its first institutional funding round from Matrix Partners India by offering a significant minority stake. The investment amount was not dis... Read More

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Three types of Tweets for travel marketers

By Viewpoints | October 3, 2013

Some travel marketers are chatty. Other people are salesy. Some people just talk about themselves too much. Others probably should talk about themselves a bit more. It’s the same with Twitter accounts... Read More

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Using science to get the most out of Twitter and Facebook

By PhocusWire | October 3, 2013

Since social media is still relatively new, a lot of the research available to people is very conflicting when it comes to understanding Facebook and Twitter.... Read More

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Kayak ploughs ahead with international expansion as travel search gets super hot

By Linda Fox | October 3, 2013

Kayak has had its thunder stolen with news of Europe-based Skyscanner's investment windfall on the same day as its own announcement of sites in eight new markets. Priceline-owned Kayak has already... Read More

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Skyscanner gets backing from Sequoia Capital, valuation pegged at $800 million

By Kevin May | October 3, 2013

If any more evidence was needed that the metasearch sector is getting red hot, then here it is - Skyscanner has secured a massive investment round from Sequoia Capital. The level of funding ploughe... Read More

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THack is coming to Bangalore - the first travel hackathon in the Silicon Valley of India

By Karthick Prabu | October 2, 2013

It's raining hackathons at Tnooz. In September, we took our THack roadshow to San Francisco. Later this month, Big Data comes to the fore with an event at Hack/Reduce in Boston. Now, we are bringin... Read More

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Chatting in Seattle about harnessing Big Data, defining disruption and evolving distribution

By Nick Vivion | October 2, 2013

This week marked the second annual Travel & Technology Conference in Seattle, Washington, where a slew of travel industry insiders from across competencies came together to explore some of the mor... Read More

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