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Priceline ups advertising ante with sponsored listings for hotels
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Priceline ups advertising ante with sponsored listings for hotels
By Linda Fox | September 16, 2013
Priceline has unveiled a pay-per-click service enabling hotels to target potential guests at the time of purchase.... Read More
Olset uses Big Data to pick the three best hotels for you
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Olset uses Big Data to pick the three best hotels for you
By Sean O'Neil | September 16, 2013
Debuting today, Olset is a virtual agent that detects when a traveler may have an upcoming trip and autosuggests three hotels based on either their preferences or their Expedia, Priceline, and Orbitz booking history.... Read More
Air Canada loses ground to WestJet - Top Canada travel websites, August 2013
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Air Canada loses ground to WestJet - Top Canada travel websites, August 2013
By PhocusWire | September 16, 2013
WestJet has extended its lead over rival carrier Air Canada in the list of leading travel websites in Canada in August.... Read More
2025 and beyond: Visioning the future of the airport experience
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2025 and beyond: Visioning the future of the airport experience
By Nick Vivion | September 16, 2013
The think tank arm of the Future Travel Experience has envisioned the airport experience of the future, looking to 2025 and laying out just what the airport travel experience will look like.... Read More
How to turn something as unsexy as car rental into a social media hit
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How to turn something as unsexy as car rental into a social media hit
By Viewpoints | September 16, 2013
Like many other industries and businesses, social media isn’t the new thing to figure out for car rental brands.... Read More
Expedia campaign to make Twitter more interesting
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Expedia campaign to make Twitter more interesting
By Linda Fox | September 16, 2013
In a bid to push its mobile application and make tweets less dull, Expedia is running a promotion on Twitter.... Read More
Ten reasons why many websites end up in the dead-pool
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Ten reasons why many websites end up in the dead-pool
By PhocusWire | September 16, 2013
The way we market online, and the way we build websites, hasn't evolved with the huge change in buyer behavior we've experienced over the past decade.... Read More
EasyJet looks to drive further agency bookings via Amadeus light ticketing tech
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EasyJet looks to drive further agency bookings via Amadeus light ticketing tech
By Linda Fox | September 16, 2013
Amadeus has unveiled a service improving the process for travel agents making easyJet reservations.... Read More
Travel STARTUPS - Product news, launches and more - September 2013
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Travel STARTUPS - Product news, launches and more - September 2013
By PhocusWire | September 14, 2013
CityBot secures ex-UpTake executive Thomas Brown to advisory team.... Read More
Lessons learned about the state of sharing in attempt to cross the USA on $11 a day
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Lessons learned about the state of sharing in attempt to cross the USA on $11 a day
By Nick Vivion | September 13, 2013
Last year I graduated from college and embarked on an experimental road trip to test the real-life usefulness of the sharing economy. Here's what I learned.... Read More
Hotels put best foot forward on social media [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Hotels put best foot forward on social media [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Linda Fox | September 13, 2013
Best Hospitality Degrees has come up with this cute infographic on how hotels are using social media to best effect.... Read More
You're grounded - (social) media storms and airline responses
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You're grounded - (social) media storms and airline responses
By Linda Fox | September 13, 2013
It hasn't exactly been an Indian summer for airlines with unsettled skies for a number of carriers especially when it comes to reaction to media coverage... Read More
Land of the Rising GDS - Travelport builds new distribution platform for Japanese market
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Land of the Rising GDS - Travelport builds new distribution platform for Japanese market
By Kevin May | September 13, 2013
Travelport is poised to begin migrating corporate and leisure agents to a brand new GDS it has created in Japan as part of an agreement with the JAL-run AXESS system.... Read More
Most recent data breaks down summer travel trends [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Most recent data breaks down summer travel trends [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Nick Vivion | September 13, 2013
Looking back at the summer months of June, July and August, travel data clearinghouse Sojern breaks down who went where, why and for how long.... Read More
Booking.com winning the multichannel stakes, apps and mobile sites lagging overall
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Booking.com winning the multichannel stakes, apps and mobile sites lagging overall
By Linda Fox | September 13, 2013
Seems like a two horse race when it comes to the results of a multichannel study assessing travel brands for their performance with booking.com and hotels.com consistently scoring well.... Read More
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