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The airline website of the future - A concept design [VIDEO]
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The airline website of the future - A concept design [VIDEO]
By Karthick Prabu | July 26, 2013
Fantasy Interactive, a digital design agency, has come up with a concept design of airline website in the future. It looks sharp.... Read More
Expedia admits that TripAdvisor and Booking.com are hurting it hard
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Expedia admits that TripAdvisor and Booking.com are hurting it hard
By Sean O'Neil | July 25, 2013
TripAdvisor's switch to hotel metasearch away from pop-up ads hurt Expedia's revenue numbers harder than expected, though Expedia's purchase of Trivago was a net plus for the corporation.... Read More
The most popular mobile OTA and metasearch apps so far in 2013
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The most popular mobile OTA and metasearch apps so far in 2013
By Sean O'Neil | July 25, 2013
We have the rankings on which travel apps were the most popular in the first half of this year.... Read More
Concur steps closer to Perfect Trip, reveals further investments
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Concur steps closer to Perfect Trip, reveals further investments
By Linda Fox | July 25, 2013
Concur has revealed a raft of new investments which are part of its $150m Perfect Trip fund.... Read More
Update on Routehappy's innovation in flight meta search
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Update on Routehappy's innovation in flight meta search
By Sean O'Neil | July 25, 2013
Reviews are not just for hotels, according to NYC startup Routehappy. We check in on this two-year old start-up that now presents Amazon-style product pages for each individual flight.... Read More
The changing face of loyalty programs in the travel industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
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The changing face of loyalty programs in the travel industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | July 25, 2013
Loyalty programs are beyond perks and free upgrades, says a Google+ Advertiser Insights Travel Habits Study.... Read More
NusaTrip wants to be the preferred OTA for the Indonesian market
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NusaTrip wants to be the preferred OTA for the Indonesian market
By Karthick Prabu | July 24, 2013
Indonesian online travel market is very interesting. The market is fragmented, maturing, and works slightly different compared to other markets.... Read More
Australian government launches plug and play online booking widget
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Australian government launches plug and play online booking widget
By Karthick Prabu | July 24, 2013
Australian Government and Australia Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) have launched a booking widget that tour operates can embed in their websites.... Read More
TripAdvisor reveals early impact of hotel metasearch
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TripAdvisor reveals early impact of hotel metasearch
By Sean O'Neil | July 24, 2013
The transition away from pop-up ads toward hotel metasearch has been going smoothly so far, says CEO Steve Kaufer.... Read More
Statistics on the US TV fight among TripAdvisor, Expedia, and Priceline
By Sean O'Neil | July 24, 2013
TripAdvisor is set to overtake Expedia Inc and Priceline.com Inc to become the leader in TV ad spending in the US this autumn.... Read More
Gogo lays out which airports see greatest uptake of in-flight WiFi [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Gogo lays out which airports see greatest uptake of in-flight WiFi [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Nick Vivion | July 24, 2013
In-flight WiFi provider Gogo has aggregated usage of WiFi on enabled flights into an infographic that shows which departure airports have the most and least WiFi users.... Read More
Taking it back to basics with hotel big data
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Taking it back to basics with hotel big data
By Viewpoints | July 24, 2013
Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, estimates humans now create in two days the same amount of data that it took from the dawn of civilization to 2003 to create... Read More
GetGoing adds hotel booking, via Expedia, plus UX tweaks
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GetGoing adds hotel booking, via Expedia, plus UX tweaks
By Sean O'Neil | July 24, 2013
CEO Alek Vernitsky talks about what's new at his startup, which seems -- anecdotally, at least -- to be taking off at a faster trajectory than its peers launched in the past year.... Read More
GDSs are still strong in the US hotel market
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GDSs are still strong in the US hotel market
By Sean O'Neil | July 24, 2013
Let's pause to remember that, despite the doomsaying talk, GDSs are as strong as ever when it comes to hotel sales in the US.... Read More
Digital travel trends and some common sense take aways
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Digital travel trends and some common sense take aways
By Linda Fox | July 24, 2013
Digital design agency Huge has drawn together some of the current trends in online travel in its What Matters Now report.... Read More
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