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HotelTonight raises $9M for international and mobile platform expansion
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HotelTonight raises $9M for international and mobile platform expansion
By Dennis Schaal | November 21, 2011
HotelTonight, the same-day, mobile hotel-booking service, picked up $9 million in a Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures.... Read More
How to combat Fake Review Optimization in travel
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How to combat Fake Review Optimization in travel
By Viewpoints | November 21, 2011
The first installment of this series showed how social media and search engine optimization aligned to create an environment that rewards hotels with high customer ratings.... Read More
HouseTrip wins major $16.9 million second investment round, switches focus
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HouseTrip wins major $16.9 million second investment round, switches focus
By Kevin May | November 20, 2011
Short-term rental specialist HouseTrip is attracting more investment, this time a record $16.9 million from its existing backer Index Ventures and Balderton Capital.... Read More
Peace in our time: Vayant and Everbread settle long-running dispute
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Peace in our time: Vayant and Everbread settle long-running dispute
By Kevin May | November 20, 2011
A bitter row between airfare shopping technology startups Vayant and Everbread, which ended up in the courts, is over - with a settlement agreed last week.... Read More
MakeMyTrip, Yatra, Cleartrip take two-thirds of audience - Top India travel sites, November 12 2011
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MakeMyTrip, Yatra, Cleartrip take two-thirds of audience - Top India travel sites, November 12 2011
By PhocusWire | November 20, 2011
The top three online travel agencies in India - MakeMyTrip, Yatra and Cleartrip - have secured over two-thirds of the web audience in the country.... Read More
Best of Tnooz Last Week - Spawning mutants, Finding idiots, Questioning social
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Best of Tnooz Last Week - Spawning mutants, Finding idiots, Questioning social
By PhocusWire | November 20, 2011
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
Vayant upgrades system, brings real-time to prime time
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Vayant upgrades system, brings real-time to prime time
By Kevin May | November 19, 2011
Vayant is stepping up its attempts to muscle in on the world of airfare shopping technology with a major enhancement to the core service.... Read More
Boyd of Priceline talks, but with a focus on focus there is no inspiration
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Boyd of Priceline talks, but with a focus on focus there is no inspiration
By Dennis Schaal | November 18, 2011
With a $25 billion market cap and counting, how does Priceline do it?... Read More
Orbitz CEO plans to revolutionize hotel sort -- holy Hadoop
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Orbitz CEO plans to revolutionize hotel sort -- holy Hadoop
By Dennis Schaal | November 18, 2011
When you get Barney Harford going about his pet project, turning around Orbitz Worldwide, he talks so fast that he seems to forget that sentences have periods on the end for a reason.... Read More
Mobile specialist delivers Next Gen platform for travel
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Mobile specialist delivers Next Gen platform for travel
By Linda Fox | November 18, 2011
Mobile Travel Technologies has unleashed the latest version of its M2B platform with claims that it will solve many of the frustrations travel companies currently face with mobile.... Read More
Airlines to triple ancillary revenue via travel agency involvement
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Airlines to triple ancillary revenue via travel agency involvement
By Linda Fox | November 18, 2011
Travel agents could boost airline ancillary revenue threefold via technology being integrated by the global distribution systems and other airline system suppliers... Read More
Five tips for fast and effective mobile travel app development
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Five tips for fast and effective mobile travel app development
By Daniele Beccari | November 18, 2011
Cloud-based applications over the past decade have introduced a shift in development processes, moving away from long spec &> dev &> QA phases, into very short release cycles, or sprints.... Read More
Opodo-eDreams-GoVoyages powerhouse Odigeo plots next move, eyes startups and full service
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Opodo-eDreams-GoVoyages powerhouse Odigeo plots next move, eyes startups and full service
By Kevin May | November 17, 2011
Europe's newest online travel giant has a new name and is setting itself a rapid plan to grow geographically as well as reach beyond its current guise as a hotel and air ticket seller.... Read More
GuideHop brings in marketplace for tours and guided activities
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GuideHop brings in marketplace for tours and guided activities
By Kevin May | November 17, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based GuideHop, a peer-to-peer marketplace for tours and guided activities.... Read More
Why mobile roaming charges are killing innovation in the cruise industry
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Why mobile roaming charges are killing innovation in the cruise industry
By Viewpoints | November 17, 2011
Every time there’s a major leap forward in communications, the travel industry has been there to embrace it.... Read More
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