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Brussels' locals hear call to attract visitors back
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Brussels' locals hear call to attract visitors back
By Linda Fox | January 11, 2016
Visit.Brussels is hoping to attract tourists back to the city following a noticeable dip in the number of visitors attributed to media coverage of the city's lockdown. The destination marketing org... Read More
Man uses an NFC chip implanted in his hand as his boarding pass
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Man uses an NFC chip implanted in his hand as his boarding pass
By Sean O'Neil | January 8, 2016
Andreas Sjöström, a Stockholm-based technology consultant, recently boarded a SAS flight by waving his hand at the electronic gate. Here's what happened, in the words of a blog post he published to... Read More
As Yelp struggles, might a travel giant eat it?
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As Yelp struggles, might a travel giant eat it?
By Rob Lovitt | January 8, 2016
With almost 170 million monthly visitors, estimated annual revenues of half-a-billion dollars, and a stock price that’s tumbled from a 2014 high of $97 to today's mere $26, could Yelp be the next grea... Read More
Airbnb finding favour with German and Spanish travellers [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Airbnb finding favour with German and Spanish travellers [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Martin Cowen | January 8, 2016
A snapshot of travel booking habits across Europe, carried out by marketing tech firm Rocket Fuel, has a few eyebrow-raising findings, specifically around the popularity of Airbnb. It said that "Tr... Read More
Crack the code of ethical travel by using social data
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Crack the code of ethical travel by using social data
By Kevin May | January 8, 2016
Technology and the ability to mine data and social behaviour will be at the heart of attempts by companies to reach the caring hearts of so-called ethical travellers. Amadeus has been examining the w... Read More
As Apple and others get emotional, where might travel fit in?
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As Apple and others get emotional, where might travel fit in?
By Linda Fox | January 8, 2016
There's lots of coverage across mainstream and technology press in the past few hours about Apple buying a company called Emotient. Most of what Apple does generally gains column inches but this on... Read More
CES 2016: These three new cameras may wow travel marketers
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CES 2016: These three new cameras may wow travel marketers
By Sean O'Neil | January 7, 2016
Among the many new cameras that were previewed at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, a select few may appeal to marketers eager for fresh tools for influencing traveler purchase... Read More
US class action lawyers add to Qunar's woes
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US class action lawyers add to Qunar's woes
By Martin Cowen | January 7, 2016
Qunar's management shake-up announced this week, which coincided with a 16% drop in its share price on the day, has caught the attention of a New York-based "corporate litigation boutique" law firm.... Read More
Skyscanner adds white-label car rental search, Mundi is first taker
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Skyscanner adds white-label car rental search, Mundi is first taker
By Sean O'Neil | January 7, 2016
Skyscanner, the Edinburgh-based metasearch giant, has begun to offer a white-labeled version of its car rental search product through its trade division, Skyscanner for Business. The search tool co... Read More
Holidu raises $6 million to push its vacation rental search
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Holidu raises $6 million to push its vacation rental search
By Kevin May | January 7, 2016
The investment keeps on coming into the vacation rental search engines - this time it's Holidu with a $6 million (Euro 5 million) Series A. The Germany-based startup, which launched in 2014, has se... Read More
Ctrip invests $180 million in MakeMyTrip [UPDATED]
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Ctrip invests $180 million in MakeMyTrip [UPDATED]
By Martin Cowen | January 7, 2016
China's biggest OTA Ctrip is investing  US$180 million in MakeMyTrip, India's biggest OTA. Part of the deal, when approved, sees Ctrip getting a place on the MakeMyTrip board. Ctrip has also been g... Read More
Big data: from an investment decision to business as usual
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Big data: from an investment decision to business as usual
By Sponsored Content | January 7, 2016
The success of the Hotels.com online booking platform is based on the power of data being harnessed every step of the way. NB: This is a viewpoint by Thierry Bedos (pictured above), chief technolog... Read More
Behold the wacky cruise ship/hotel of the future
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Behold the wacky cruise ship/hotel of the future
By Kevin May | January 7, 2016
Architect and engineer, Gianluca Santosuosso, has come up with one of the more intriguing concepts on the future of the hotel and cruise sector. Rather than following the path that most cruise oper... Read More
Our shrinking world, illustrated with travel data
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Our shrinking world, illustrated with travel data
By Kevin May | January 7, 2016
Ever heard of an "isochronic map"? Nope, neither had we until this bit of number-crunching from Rome2Rio came our way. The multi-modal travel search engine has worked out how long it takes a travel... Read More
Startup pitch: MaxMilhas, a miles broker, ascends in Brazil
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Startup pitch: MaxMilhas, a miles broker, ascends in Brazil
By Sean O'Neil | January 6, 2016
MaxMilhas is a Brazilian marketplace for brokering the buying and selling of frequent flier miles. Since it began two years ago this month, more than 70,000 airline tickets have been purchased thro... Read More
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