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Emirates ups the ante on creating jaw-dropping videos for YouTube

By Kevin May | November 6, 2015

Most travel companies have come round to the idea that YouTube can be as important a marketing channel as any other when it comes showcasing a brand. Thus why so many have - often rather desperate... Read More

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Startup pitch: Corner layers a slick mobile UX on flight metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | November 5, 2015

The entrepreneurs behind Corner, a metasearch app, have some travel industry experience under their belts. In 2009, CEO co-founded Russia’s version of Kayak, Airban.ru, he later sold to a large digita... Read More

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TripAdvisor is pausing its TV campaign

By Sean O'Neil | November 5, 2015

It seems that the brand-building benefit that TripAdvisor's big spend on television advertising was meant to bring to the company was not enough to continue it in 2016. The company will be putting... Read More

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THack New York: Travel's next big ideas are built one hack at a time

By PhocusWire | November 5, 2015

Visiting its third continent in three months, Tnooz brings its global hackathon series to New York City on November 13, 14 and 15. Join Tnooz and up to 100 other developers for THack @ NYC at cool... Read More

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How Expedia will help HomeAway battle Airbnb

By Sean O'Neil | November 5, 2015

Today's Expedia Inc's acquisition of HomeAway, the vacation rental platform, for $3.9 billion (mostly in stock) could be understood as an alliance of mutual interest against Airbnb, the peer-to-peer s... Read More

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A glimpse at what Facebook Messenger and M might do for travel

By Linda Fox | November 5, 2015

Most people associate M with a Bond character but that might change when Facebook unleashes its own M. The social giant is currently Beta testing the concierge service in the US. Taking advantag... Read More

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Expedia acquires HomeAway for $3.9 billion

By Kevin May | November 4, 2015

So it wasn't the Priceline Group after all - Expedia has announced its intention to buy vacation rental brand HomeAway for $3.9 billion. It is the second biggest deal in travel tech in this decade,... Read More

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Tourism board brands itself on social media - tweets for tattoos

By Kevin May | November 4, 2015

Fair play to VisitRichmond, the small tourism authority for the state capital of Virginia, for taking an extremely unconventional route to getting exposure on social media. The city recently hosted... Read More

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New TSA chief hopes new technology will smooth airport checkpoints

By Sean O'Neil | November 4, 2015

The new head of the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) believes new technologies will eventually speed up and improve airport security checkpoints. Testifying yesterday before a congre... Read More

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Lufthansa touts Google as big-name partner, direct-connects starting elsewhere

By Kevin May | November 4, 2015

Lufthansa is forging ahead with its efforts to establish partnerships with intermediaries and other travel brands - with Google going live this week. The airline is currently embroiled in a bruisin... Read More

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Why on earth are tours and activities not bigger online?

By Linda Fox | November 4, 2015

Something happens when you put a bunch of tour and activity guys in a room, not so fresh from a day at World Travel Market London. Initially they talk about the nitty gritty of what constitutes a t... Read More

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Airbnb campaign pays off, wins battle in its own backyard

By Kevin May | November 4, 2015

The city of San Francisco has voted against legislation that would have put the skids under the Airbnb model in its home city. Initial results from the Proposition F (as the proposed piece of of re... Read More

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Hotelbeds comes in with big APItude

By Linda Fox | November 4, 2015

Hotelbeds has developed a set of APIs to make it easier for partners such as online travel agents and tour operators to work with it. Branded APItude, the three APIs cover content, caching and book... Read More

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RelayRides rebrands as Turo, lands $47M series C

By Sean O'Neil | November 3, 2015

RelayRides, a peer-to-peer car rental marketplace, is rebranding itself under the name Turo. The San Francisco startup says that it has closed its Series C investment round, led by old-line giant v... Read More

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Skyscanner to provide voice flight search for Amazon Echo

By Kevin May | November 3, 2015

Skyscanner is to be the first travel search provider to integrate with Amazon's Echo system, allowing people to find flights using just their voice. The technology works by connecting the Skyscanne... Read More

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