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Blink Booking raises $2.5M from Brent Hoberman group and investment A-Listers
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Blink Booking raises $2.5M from Brent Hoberman group and investment A-Listers
By Kevin May | May 18, 2012
Another illustration that mobile and hotel distribution is changing with news that Europe-based same-day booking service Blink Booking has raised money from a string of web luminaries.... Read More
Earn Southwest Airlines rewards by watching advertisements
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Earn Southwest Airlines rewards by watching advertisements
By Dennis Schaal | May 17, 2012
Perhaps at some point the latest intrusion by advertisers into travelers lives will lead to the creation of a website called FlyerBalk.... Read More
Will Kayak IPO roadshow tailgate Facebook next week with a $1B valuation?
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Will Kayak IPO roadshow tailgate Facebook next week with a $1B valuation?
By Dennis Schaal | May 17, 2012
With Facebook slated to price its IPO tonight and debut on Nasdaq on Friday with what could turn out to be a $100 billion valuation, can a much more diminutive, yet still substantive tech play in the form of Kayak follow on Facebook's heels?... Read More
Why affiliate deals on online travel agencies are making hotels angry
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Why affiliate deals on online travel agencies are making hotels angry
By Viewpoints | May 17, 2012
A declaration of war such as that of John Guscic, managing director of Australian online booking platform Webjet, cannot be any clearer:... Read More
European hotel prices - May to July 2012
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European hotel prices - May to July 2012
By PhocusWire | May 17, 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 Europe.... Read More
Instadash created in 12 hours to help manage Instagram
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Instadash created in 12 hours to help manage Instagram
By Linda Fox | May 17, 2012
If you believe that image sharing sites like Instagram and Pinterest provide a unique opportunity for the travel industry to inspire consumers' future plans then anything that helps organise that process must be good... Read More
EasyJet loses top position to Air France - Top France travel sites, May 12 2012
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EasyJet loses top position to Air France - Top France travel sites, May 12 2012
By PhocusWire | May 17, 2012
Election fever inspired patriotic travel as Air France overtook rival carrier EasyJet to become the most popular airline website in France last week.... Read More
The battle for small: Is West Africa tougher for hostel OTAs than for the big boys?
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The battle for small: Is West Africa tougher for hostel OTAs than for the big boys?
By Viewpoints | May 17, 2012
Earlier this year I made a booking for a small, independent property called Eshu in Cape Coast, Ghana.... Read More
Expedia and WebJet lose ground - Top New Zealand websites, May 12 2012
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Expedia and WebJet lose ground - Top New Zealand websites, May 12 2012
By PhocusWire | May 16, 2012
The leading quartet of travel websites in New Zealand all saw their share of the agency market slip last week.... Read More
Milestones for Gogobot and the other Travelzoo
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Milestones for Gogobot and the other Travelzoo
By Dennis Schaal | May 16, 2012
Break out your scorecards: Social travel site Gogobot now boasts more than 1 million registered users and Travelzoo Australia has grown the subscriber base of its deal newsletters to 700,000.... Read More
TLabs Reprise - Urban Adventures 12 months on
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TLabs Reprise - Urban Adventures 12 months on
By Kevin May | May 16, 2012
Urban Adventures is a Thailand-based tour and activity platform, which first featured on Tnooz in April 2011. So what happened in the intervening 12 months?... Read More
HomeAway says it is merely like a classified ad, but phishing victims not buying it
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HomeAway says it is merely like a classified ad, but phishing victims not buying it
By Dennis Schaal | May 16, 2012
Airbnb had its moment of viral reckoning last year when "EJ" eloquently wrote of how the San Francisco apartment she rented out got trashed beyond recognition.... Read More
WestJet sees Air Canada fly off into the distance - Top Canada travel sites, May 12 2012
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WestJet sees Air Canada fly off into the distance - Top Canada travel sites, May 12 2012
By PhocusWire | May 16, 2012
Just weeks after resuming its position at the top of the leading travel websites in Canada, Air Canada has added significantly to its market share at the expense of WestJet.... Read More
KDS heralds killer application for business travel
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KDS heralds killer application for business travel
By Linda Fox | May 16, 2012
Corporate travel and expense management specialist KDS has hopes of 'mass adoption' for its latest development, Project Neo, which will be released next year... Read More
How to unlock Big Data to make it big in value for the travel industry
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How to unlock Big Data to make it big in value for the travel industry
By Viewpoints | May 16, 2012
Data is always plural, and it can be big in many ways. Huge, enormous, gigantic, epic - you get the idea.... Read More
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