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Trip planning for food and drink - a match and a hack made in heaven for travellers
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Trip planning for food and drink - a match and a hack made in heaven for travellers
By Kevin May | September 26, 2012
Foodies or wine lovers will often design their latest jaunt based specifically on the best spots to eat and drink - but few travel sites reverse engineer the search process.... Read More
Hotel prices in Asia - September to November 2012
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Hotel prices in Asia - September to November 2012
By PhocusWire | September 25, 2012
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Asia.... Read More
British Airways claims to have invented the flight check-in of the future
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British Airways claims to have invented the flight check-in of the future
By Kevin May | September 25, 2012
Bold and bold statement from British Airways as it starts trialling a new system that it claims will revolutionise how passengers will check-in for flights with the carrier.... Read More
DataArt hacks away to bend your trip into something new
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DataArt hacks away to bend your trip into something new
By Kevin May | September 25, 2012
One of the participants at last week's THack @ SFO was DataArt, pulling together APIs from Vayant, Travelport and LocalGuiding to create BendMyTrip.... Read More
Travel products dominate savings from daily deal sites, as does Groupon
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Travel products dominate savings from daily deal sites, as does Groupon
By Kevin May | September 25, 2012
Interesting data out of UK-based DealZippy after analysing a year's worth of deals from across a range of industries and platforms, showing how popular the channel remains in travel.... Read More
The Scan: TourWrist's iPhone 5 panos, VRMA evolves and more news
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The Scan: TourWrist's iPhone 5 panos, VRMA evolves and more news
By Nick Vivion | September 25, 2012
Anywayanyday.com, VRMA, Vayant, Inntopia, and TourWrist all make our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 25 September.... Read More
Can a road-tripper make his way around the US on $11-a-day using social media sites?
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Can a road-tripper make his way around the US on $11-a-day using social media sites?
By Viewpoints | September 25, 2012
If the internet made the world into a community, social media is making it into a family. Complete strangers can catch a ride, bum a bed, and meet up for dinner.... Read More
When trip planning and frequent flyer tools collide - Traxo buys GoMiles
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When trip planning and frequent flyer tools collide - Traxo buys GoMiles
By Kevin May | September 25, 2012
Two and a half years after arriving on the scene as a place to manage frequent flyer services, GoMiles has been acquired by social travel and trip planning provider Traxo.... Read More
Business travellers love apps for maps and social media but shun the specialised travel stuff
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Business travellers love apps for maps and social media but shun the specialised travel stuff
By Kevin May | September 25, 2012
Business travellers appear to be using mobile applications for pretty much the same as their jetsetting leisure counterparts rather than the vast array of tools their employers would perhaps like.... Read More
The buzz of San Francisco Bay, taking off the rose-tinted specs, and seeing the Space Shuttle
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The buzz of San Francisco Bay, taking off the rose-tinted specs, and seeing the Space Shuttle
By Kevin May | September 24, 2012
With a mixture of nerves and excitement, Tnooz rolled into San Francisco last week to host the latest stop on its roadshow of developer THack events.... Read More
Twitter troll slapped down by judge after poking fun at Thomas Cook, account now deleted
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Twitter troll slapped down by judge after poking fun at Thomas Cook, account now deleted
By Kevin May | September 24, 2012
When everyone is a "publisher" and says nice things about you, social media is wonderful, right? But companies are less impressed when the message is negative and the tone bitter.... Read More
Zagat drops paid apps, will it drop quality as well?
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Zagat drops paid apps, will it drop quality as well?
By Nick Vivion | September 24, 2012
In Google's continued integration of the Zagat properties, the company has announced that all of Zagat's paid apps will now be free for download.... Read More
Crisis creates opportunity - how responsive design can help travel brands in bad economic times
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Crisis creates opportunity - how responsive design can help travel brands in bad economic times
By Viewpoints | September 24, 2012
As everybody is aware, for the past four years Greece has been on a rollercoaster of economic turmoil. Travel is always hugely affected by these situations as domestic sales decrease.... Read More
Traveller types based on social media and technology habits [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | September 24, 2012
Is there a correlation between how consumers use mobile phones or embrace social media channels such as Twitter and the type of traveller they are and trips they prefer taking?... Read More
Tagwhat announces publishing tool to add location data to content from across the web
By Nick Vivion | September 24, 2012
Boulder, US-based Tagwhat has announced some major features today, including a Publishing Tool that allows anyone to tether digital content from across the Web to a specific geo-tagged real-world location.... Read More
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