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Booking.com moves up rankings, nestles in with stalwarts - Top US travel sites, April 7 2012
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Booking.com moves up rankings, nestles in with stalwarts - Top US travel sites, April 7 2012
By PhocusWire | April 11, 2012
Priceline-owned Booking.com is beginning to feature heavily in the list of top travel websites in the US and is now sitting alongside the likes of Hotels.com and Marriott.... Read More
QR codes take to the slopes, is it just a ski thing?
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QR codes take to the slopes, is it just a ski thing?
By Linda Fox | April 11, 2012
On a family ski holiday last week I spotted what seemed like a simple and quirky marketing idea using Quick Response (QR) codes on skis and snowboards... Read More
TnoozLIVE - next episode: travel tech news and a Big Data special
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TnoozLIVE - next episode: travel tech news and a Big Data special
By Kevin May | April 11, 2012
What's hot (or not) in the world of travel tech in recent weeks? What are the most talked about news items? Who is setting the agenda for the months ahead?... Read More
What Else? Wanderfly guides, Naughty advertisers, TemptingPlaces, LateRooms bloggers
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What Else? Wanderfly guides, Naughty advertisers, TemptingPlaces, LateRooms bloggers
By PhocusWire | April 11, 2012
Wanderfly unveils 600 new guides, ASA slams British pair, TemptingPlaces and DropGift, LateRooms loves bloggers... A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
Delta wins out in Twitter response times analysis
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Delta wins out in Twitter response times analysis
By Linda Fox | April 11, 2012
Airlines have in the main embraced social media although in some cases perhaps because they have been forced to respond to some vociferous consumer conversations... Read More
Joobili - sad tale of a travel startup with lots of promise that ended up in the deadpool
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Joobili - sad tale of a travel startup with lots of promise that ended up in the deadpool
By Kevin May | April 11, 2012
Remember Joobili, the travel inspiration startup from Europe which had a nifty user interface and the financial backing of high profile tech investor Esther Dyson?... Read More
Clerk wants to bring the wonders of the cloud to hotels
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Clerk wants to bring the wonders of the cloud to hotels
By Kevin May | April 10, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Chile-based Clerk, a cloud-based technology platform for small and medium-size hotels.... Read More
Priceline takes on HotelTonight threat at global scale with last-minute service for Booking.com
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Priceline takes on HotelTonight threat at global scale with last-minute service for Booking.com
By Kevin May | April 10, 2012
Buoyed perhaps by the launch of a same-day hotel booking service on its mobile app, Priceline has launched a similar service for its global hotel service Booking.com.... Read More
Does a good digital strategy ensure profits for hoteliers?
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Does a good digital strategy ensure profits for hoteliers?
By Glenn Gruber | April 10, 2012
That's what the latest Digital IQ Index report from L2 Think Tank says when it reviewed the "digital competence" of 52 of the world's leading hotel brands.... Read More
Ryanair and Isango best buddies again, create tour and activity selling service
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Ryanair and Isango best buddies again, create tour and activity selling service
By Kevin May | April 10, 2012
Ryanair is giving the tour and activity end of its drive to increase ancillary revenues another try - once again through online retailer Isango.... Read More
What Else? AirAsiaX social promo, AirPlus safari, Expedia new platform, Blackberry Indonesia
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What Else? AirAsiaX social promo, AirPlus safari, Expedia new platform, Blackberry Indonesia
By PhocusWire | April 10, 2012
AirAsiaX in curious social promo, AirPlus goes wild on Safari, Expedia unveils new hotel tech platform, Blackberry travel app hits Indonesia... A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
Another rumour quashed then - Amadeus backs growing anti-Google lobby
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Another rumour quashed then - Amadeus backs growing anti-Google lobby
By Kevin May | April 9, 2012
The floodgates have opened - last week's frenzy of activity, when Expedia and then TripAdvisor submitted complaints to the European Commission about Google, has clearly triggered something.... Read More
Innovative ways airlines are using the new Facebook Timeline
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Innovative ways airlines are using the new Facebook Timeline
By Viewpoints | April 9, 2012
We recently talked about the Eight steps to driving results for travel brands from the new Facebook Timeline, highlighting some key aspects of the new layout for brands.... Read More
EveryDayOffers wants to cut out the fat-cat middle-men of flash sales sector
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EveryDayOffers wants to cut out the fat-cat middle-men of flash sales sector
By Kevin May | April 9, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based EveryDayOffers, a deal site which allows suppliers to list offers without paying commission to brokers.... Read More
Best of Tnooz Last Week – Web minutes, Tingo warning, Snubbing bloggers, Fixing issues
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Best of Tnooz Last Week – Web minutes, Tingo warning, Snubbing bloggers, Fixing issues
By PhocusWire | April 8, 2012
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
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