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LocalGuiding brings destination tour guides to global audience
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LocalGuiding brings destination tour guides to global audience
By Kevin May | July 25, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Uruguay-based LocalGuiding, a global marketplace for private tours and local tourist guides.... Read More
Airbnb captures $112M funding round, wants global domination
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Airbnb captures $112M funding round, wants global domination
By Kevin May | July 24, 2011
Almost two months after rumours first surfaced of a mammoth funding round, Airbnb has finally completed its Series B injection of $112 million in capital.... Read More
Gap narrows again between MakeMyTrip and Yatra - Top India travel websites, July 16 2011
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Gap narrows again between MakeMyTrip and Yatra - Top India travel websites, July 16 2011
By PhocusWire | July 24, 2011
Just 6% market share separates rivals MakeMyTrip and Yatra in the leading travel websites in India.... Read More
Hotel pricing - Middle East - July to September 2011
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Hotel pricing - Middle East - July to September 2011
By PhocusWire | July 24, 2011
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 the Middle East, July to September 2011.... Read More
Best of Tnooz This Week - Review killer, Flash DNA, Tricky disruption
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Best of Tnooz This Week - Review killer, Flash DNA, Tricky disruption
By PhocusWire | July 24, 2011
What were the best articles on Tnooz this week?... Read More
Virgin America promotes federal tax evasion through social media
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Virgin America promotes federal tax evasion through social media
By Dennis Schaal | July 23, 2011
With talks snagged on an FAA re-authorization bill, leading to a partial FAA shutdown, Virgin America immediately took to Twitter and Facebook to promote "tax evasion," or at least flights with fewer federal taxes.... Read More
American Airlines: Sabre increased GDS booking fees again
By Dennis Schaal | July 22, 2011
With a just few weeks to go before their full-content agreement expires, American Airlines says Sabre substantially increased some of the fees it charges the airline for bookings in the Sabre global distribution system.... Read More
Ask a Nomad iPad app has answers [VIDEO]
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Ask a Nomad iPad app has answers [VIDEO]
By Dennis Schaal | July 22, 2011
Couch potatoes and travelers -- You can try to get all of your travel questions answered with World Nomads' new Ask a Nomad iPad app.... Read More
Hotel Urbano creeping up on Decolar - Top Brazil travel sites, July 16 2011
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Hotel Urbano creeping up on Decolar - Top Brazil travel sites, July 16 2011
By PhocusWire | July 22, 2011
The gap between runaway market leaders - Decolar and Hotel Urbano - in the Brazil agency category of leading travel websites has narrowed to just 2%.... Read More
What countries are most likely to want to use social travel websites?
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What countries are most likely to want to use social travel websites?
By Viewpoints | July 22, 2011
The internet has allowed the world to become a much more global environment where geographic boundaries are eliminated and human interaction goes way beyond national borders.... Read More
Appi Holidays wants to revolutionise mobile travel search
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Appi Holidays wants to revolutionise mobile travel search
By Kevin May | July 22, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based Appi Holidays, a mobile-based travel search engine.... Read More
Rough guide to enhancing travel affiliate marketing – Part Two of Two
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Rough guide to enhancing travel affiliate marketing – Part Two of Two
By Viewpoints | July 22, 2011
In the previous article we looked at channel diversity and how this relates to new opportunities in affiliate marketing, as the discipline continues to grow and evolve.... Read More
Google kills web reviews for hotels on Maps and Places
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Google kills web reviews for hotels on Maps and Places
By Kevin May | July 22, 2011
Swift and decisive move by Google last night as it axed all third party reviews appearing against hotels on Google Maps and Google Places.... Read More
Local Deals: Go wide or deep? Travelzoo chooses expansion with 27 new markets
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Local Deals: Go wide or deep? Travelzoo chooses expansion with 27 new markets
By Dennis Schaal | July 21, 2011
Travelzoo accelerated its expansion pace and launched Local Deals in 27 new markets in the second quarter, all part of its goal to be emailing Local Deals to consumers in 100 markets by the end of the year.... Read More
Kayak to Google: Bring it on
By Dennis Schaal | July 21, 2011
With Google believed to be fine-tuning its ITA Software-powered flight search product, Kayak will have to compete, whether or not it executes an IPO.... Read More
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