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Smartphones here to stay - wearable technology not powerful enough
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Smartphones here to stay - wearable technology not powerful enough
By PhocusWire | May 15, 2013
Smartphones are going to be around for quite a while, even according to one of Nike's leading wearable technology evangelists.... Read More
Mobile and video influence Middle East travelers, but technology restrains conversions
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Mobile and video influence Middle East travelers, but technology restrains conversions
By Karthick Prabu | May 15, 2013
Google has unveiled data to show how travellers in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia travelers use mobile, video and search engines in their travel decisions.... Read More
Shifting driving trends portend travel changes ahead?
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Shifting driving trends portend travel changes ahead?
By Nick Vivion | May 14, 2013
A newly released report showing a decline in vehicle miles driven is causing a bit of a furor in regards to the future of transportation the United States.... Read More
Why UK regulators okayed the Priceline/Kayak tie-up
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Why UK regulators okayed the Priceline/Kayak tie-up
By Sean O'Neil | May 14, 2013
The UK's Office of Fair Trading had a key point: Kayak makes less than £70 million a year in the UK.... Read More
Facebook: Home falters, in-feed video ads rolling out soon
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Facebook: Home falters, in-feed video ads rolling out soon
By Nick Vivion | May 14, 2013
Two items of interest to travel marketers have come out of the Facebook news feed this week: Facebook Home's popularity and updates to the company's advertising product.... Read More
Travel content marketing across the funnel: Moving from IF to HOW
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Travel content marketing across the funnel: Moving from IF to HOW
By Viewpoints | May 14, 2013
Here we go again: yet more nagging about SEO and keeping up to date with the almighty G’s latest industry-wrecking whims? Well, almost but not quite – hopefully.... Read More
Feature, product or a business? The classic VC question for startups
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Feature, product or a business? The classic VC question for startups
By PhocusWire | May 14, 2013
Venture capitalists are paid to act on a point of view, ideally one that proves profitable.... Read More
The drive for free wifi in hotels reaches the BBC FastTrack show [VIDEO]
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The drive for free wifi in hotels reaches the BBC FastTrack show [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | May 14, 2013
We were asked recently to help out with a BBC FastTrack show which was looking at attitudes in the industry and with travellers to providing free wifi for guests in hotels.... Read More
Printed materials in travel are alive and kicking - just be careful how you tell everyone
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Printed materials in travel are alive and kicking - just be careful how you tell everyone
By Karthick Prabu | May 14, 2013
Beware of sceptical consumers: Jasons Travel Media is getting some heat because of a recent marketing video in which the company emphasised how much travelers still love print media.... Read More
MakeMyTrip eyes acquisitions as pilgrimages and other specialist travel areas beckon
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MakeMyTrip eyes acquisitions as pilgrimages and other specialist travel areas beckon
By Karthick Prabu | May 13, 2013
MakeMyTrip, India's leading OTA tells Tnooz about its acquisition plan with its $70 million cash reserve.... Read More
Online gift cards - a marketing and distribution goldmine for hotels?
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Online gift cards - a marketing and distribution goldmine for hotels?
By Viewpoints | May 13, 2013
Gift certificates - rarely mentioned in the travel industry as a marketing tool but apparently they are the most-wanted gifts by women and the third-most wanted by men.... Read More
Aircraft completes pilot-less flight (people still on-board)
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Aircraft completes pilot-less flight (people still on-board)
By PhocusWire | May 13, 2013
A Jetstream aircraft became the first to fly across UK shared airspace last month without a pilot at the controls - almost.... Read More
Whoops! How did that electronic device stay on during takeoff?
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Whoops! How did that electronic device stay on during takeoff?
By Nick Vivion | May 13, 2013
The businessman in 6A is not heeding the flight attendant's imploration: that iPad is most definitely not switched off. And neither is that smartphone in 14B: according to a recent study, 30 percent of air travelers left their devices on during prohibited times.... Read More
Space drops down to Earth on man-made Barcelona Island
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Space drops down to Earth on man-made Barcelona Island
By Nick Vivion | May 13, 2013
With space travel easily capturing the mass imagination, perhaps it was only time that space found a home here on Earth: Mobillona Space Hotels is a new hyped-up hotel brand that promises a chunk of the space age to guests.... Read More
YourTour brings Mexico on board, seals marketing deal in China
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YourTour brings Mexico on board, seals marketing deal in China
By Linda Fox | May 13, 2013
YourTour, the itinerary planning service, has launched several new partnerships including a deal with the Mexico tourist board... Read More
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