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Destinations, hotels, tours and activities - now groups can vote for their favourite on Facebook
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Destinations, hotels, tours and activities - now groups can vote for their favourite on Facebook
By Kevin May | September 27, 2012
The winning product in the category for three developers or more at THack @ SFO last week came via Amadeus, using a dizzying array of APIs to create TVote.... Read More
Latest assault on travel from Google: A virtual tour guide for mobiles
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Latest assault on travel from Google: A virtual tour guide for mobiles
By Nick Vivion | September 27, 2012
Following Google's movement of Schemer to mobile, the company continues to push deep into the mobile travel application space with the FieldTrip app for Android.... Read More
The Scan: Half of daily deal sites may disappear in 2013, SkyTeam mulls an IT change, and other news
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The Scan: Half of daily deal sites may disappear in 2013, SkyTeam mulls an IT change, and other news
By PhocusWire | September 27, 2012
Living Social, Medallia, SkyTeam, and Everbread make our roundup of the stories that are driving the travel tech conversation on 27 September.... Read More
Google AuthorRank promises major changes for travel search [UPDATED]
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Google AuthorRank promises major changes for travel search [UPDATED]
By Viewpoints | September 27, 2012
For the first time, Google may rank individual content creators by their own personal authority, and use those authority metrics to determine how highly their work should feature in other people's search results.... Read More
Is your neighbourhood Hot or Not? UrbanGems aims to crowd-source the best parts of London
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Is your neighbourhood Hot or Not? UrbanGems aims to crowd-source the best parts of London
By Sean O'Neil | September 27, 2012
Launched yesterday, the site ranks London's top five most beautiful, calm and happy public spaces.... Read More
TUI Travel acquires MalaPronta, Brazil's rising OTA
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TUI Travel acquires MalaPronta, Brazil's rising OTA
By Sean O'Neil | September 27, 2012
Brazil’s fourth largest hotel-only OTA, Malapronta, samba-danced into the spotlight today as Europe's largest tour operator purchased it.... Read More
Managing the last-minute channel: the hotel perspective
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Managing the last-minute channel: the hotel perspective
By Nick Vivion | September 27, 2012
Hotel revenue managers are dealing with a rapidly shifting landscape, especially when it comes to last-minute bookings via mobile applications like HotelTonight.... Read More
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - September 2012
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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - September 2012
By PhocusWire | September 27, 2012
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during September 2012 - all here, in one easy read.... Read More
Google aims to release a Maps app for iPhone and iPad
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Google aims to release a Maps app for iPhone and iPad
By Sean O'Neil | September 26, 2012
Travellers griping because Apple removed Google Maps from iOS 6, take heart: Google plans to make a standalone map app available by the end of 2012.... Read More
Unused vacation days: The fall travel marketing opportunity
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Unused vacation days: The fall travel marketing opportunity
By Nick Vivion | September 26, 2012
A new survey shows that Americans have a lot of vacation days to use up by the end of the year, providing a targeted marketing opportunity to savvy travel marketers across the world.... Read More
Transit app Embark surges in popularity thanks to Apple Maps promotion
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Transit app Embark surges in popularity thanks to Apple Maps promotion
By Sean O'Neil | September 26, 2012
Embark, an app for figuring out how to use public transit in major cities, has enjoyed a huge spike in adoption by iPhone users since Apple debuted its operating system, iOS 6, which replaced Google Maps with a buggy mapping tool.... Read More
Travelport takes a tablet to combine the social graph of Facebook with activities, flights and hotels
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Travelport takes a tablet to combine the social graph of Facebook with activities, flights and hotels
By Kevin May | September 26, 2012
Another hack from the recent THack @ SFO event in San Francisco, this time featuring the product created by a development team from Travelport.... Read More
Google Maps deep dives into the world's great underwater landscapes
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Google Maps deep dives into the world's great underwater landscapes
By Nick Vivion | September 26, 2012
Google Maps is officially swimming with the fishes: Street View has partnered with the underwater experts at the Catlin Seaview Survey to create the world's first high-resolution, interactive panoramas of the world's most diverse ecosystem: the ocean.... Read More
HomeAway retires Holiday-Rentals brand, claims poor brand recognition
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HomeAway retires Holiday-Rentals brand, claims poor brand recognition
By Kevin May | September 26, 2012
Seven years after starting its aggressive expansion strategy outside of its US homeland, HomeAway is axing the brand of one of its first acquisitions, Holiday-Rentals.... Read More
The Scan: Hackers strike Australian tourism sites, Worldhotels unveils its digital branding, and Expedia sees strong bookings
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The Scan: Hackers strike Australian tourism sites, Worldhotels unveils its digital branding, and Expedia sees strong bookings
By PhocusWire | September 26, 2012
Tourism New South Wales, Worldhotels, and Expedia US make our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 26 September.... Read More
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