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Kayak ahead of Hotwire and Travelocity - Top US travel sites, February 25 2012
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Kayak ahead of Hotwire and Travelocity - Top US travel sites, February 25 2012
By PhocusWire | February 29, 2012
After Hotwire surprised many last week after overtaking Travelocity, it's now the turn of Kayak to leapfrog both brands and become the fourth most popular intermediary site in the US.... Read More
Booking.com big for Priceline but only scratching the surface in Europe
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Booking.com big for Priceline but only scratching the surface in Europe
By Linda Fox | February 29, 2012
Priceline's annual results published this week leave us much to speculate about regarding Netherlands-based booking.com and it's strategy going forward... Read More
Groupon acquires Uptake in a move to double down in data and travel
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Groupon acquires Uptake in a move to double down in data and travel
By Dennis Schaal | February 28, 2012
Groupon has acquired Uptake in a move that may see the deals site make good on its pledge to get more deeply involved in travel.... Read More
Travelzoo launches mobile site and Android app -- if you come, they will build it
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Travelzoo launches mobile site and Android app -- if you come, they will build it
By Dennis Schaal | February 28, 2012
With 17.5% of its global website traffic already coming from mobile browsers, Travelzoo unveiled its first mobile website, in the US, and debuted an Android app, as well.... Read More
TripAdvisor dips toe into world of verified reviews via collection service for partners
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TripAdvisor dips toe into world of verified reviews via collection service for partners
By Kevin May | February 28, 2012
Big developments from TripAdvisor with news that is has unveiled a system to allow third parties to collect reviews from customers which will then be flagged as verified on the main site.... Read More
What happens when you apply semantic search technology to hotel websites?
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What happens when you apply semantic search technology to hotel websites?
By Viewpoints | February 28, 2012
A hotel is dynamic -- a veritable revolving door of people and activities. Yet most hotel websites are dynamic only in the booking process.... Read More
Time to wake up and smell the coffee in hotel management [FREE eBOOK]
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Time to wake up and smell the coffee in hotel management [FREE eBOOK]
By Patrick Landman | February 28, 2012
Over the last six years we have trained over 6,000 hoteliers in hotel revenue management, distribution and internet marketing strategies.... Read More
Tech to cut through the glut of daily deals - for hoteliers and consumers
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Tech to cut through the glut of daily deals - for hoteliers and consumers
By Linda Fox | February 28, 2012
Two bits of technology have come across the Tnooz desks in the past couple of weeks aim to address the flash deals fatigue that many are feeling... Read More
Love Home Swap targets high-end owners with home swap service for travelers
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Love Home Swap targets high-end owners with home swap service for travelers
By Dennis Schaal | February 28, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-base Love Home Swap, a new platform for luxury home and apartment owners to exchange properties in short-term deals.... Read More
What else? 2012 Maya app, WhichAirline suggests, Marin funded
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What else? 2012 Maya app, WhichAirline suggests, Marin funded
By PhocusWire | February 28, 2012
TimeTravel turns to the Maya, WhichAirline suggests and extends, Marin lands $30M investment round. A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
Priceline loves hotels and cars, but business travel no so much
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Priceline loves hotels and cars, but business travel no so much
By Dennis Schaal | February 27, 2012
With gross bookings and hotel room nights up more than 50% each in the fourth quarter, Priceline says its Booking.com, Agoda and Priceline.com brands all gained hotel market share.... Read More
Sky is the limit as mobile kicks in for travel brands
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Sky is the limit as mobile kicks in for travel brands
By Dennis Schaal | February 27, 2012
Mobile is big and getting bigger -- OK we knew that. But, Groupon and travel research firm PhoCusWright separately released mobile usage statistics documenting the surge.... Read More
Five ingredients of basic digital marketing that can help hotel SEO, but many still ignore
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Five ingredients of basic digital marketing that can help hotel SEO, but many still ignore
By Viewpoints | February 27, 2012
Independent hotels are paranoid about visibility. The industry is extremely competitive: as within any market with oversupply, capturing market share means someone else is losing out.... Read More
Travelocity launches iPad app and Mobile Exclusive Deals beats desktop
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Travelocity launches iPad app and Mobile Exclusive Deals beats desktop
By Dennis Schaal | February 27, 2012
The newly available Travelocity App for iPad features Mobile Exclusive Deals which indeed beats hotel prices on the desktop version of Travelocity.... Read More
How one travel brand is making its Facebook page almost identical to the web mothership
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How one travel brand is making its Facebook page almost identical to the web mothership
By Kevin May | February 27, 2012
Build it and they will come - apparently. But why, then, have travel brands not really given much effort to making their Facebook profile as functional as the main website?... Read More
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