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Google and its peculiar plunge into virtual reality

By PhocusWire | June 15, 2015

The rise of Google Cardboard shows the unusual way Google operates when it comes to virtual reality.... Read More

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Uber takes to a mobile game to improve driver navigation skills — and recruitment

By Nick Vivion | June 15, 2015

Uber snags headlines with delivery cute kittens or delicious food — but never before has the transportation app released a mobile game. The game is called UberDRIVE and its aim is to showcase "a day i... Read More

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Flyr begins selling airfare insurance that locks in the lowest price

By Sean O'Neil | June 12, 2015

Flyr, a San Francisco startup that predicts airfare and seat availability, has finally launched FareKeep, its version of a fare lock, or an option to keep an airplane ticket price valid for a week.... Read More

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Millennials - how and when are they connecting with travel online

By Kevin May | June 12, 2015

Another week, another major study into the search and shopping behaviour of so-called millennials for their travels. The latest research comes from Yahoo Advertising which surveyed almost 1,500 tra... Read More

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KDS opts for the red pill, opens up Neo with major upgrade

By Linda Fox | June 12, 2015

Remember Neo? Not of The Matrix fame, but the door-to-door travel and expense system from KDS first unveiled about two years ago. Well, it has grown up, according to the company after unveiling lat... Read More

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Iglu sells minority stake for c£60m

By Martin Cowen | June 12, 2015

Online cruise and ski specialist Iglu.com has sold "a significant minority stake" to LDC, the investment arm of Lloyds Banking Group. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed, although it is under... Read More

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I left my hack in San Francisco - THack returns to the City By The Bay

By Kevin May | June 12, 2015

Tnooz will return to San Francisco for a fourth year during the latest stop on its global hackathon extravaganza. The event (#THackSFO on Twitter) will take place at San Francisco International Air... Read More

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Startup pitch: TripCombi digs up hidden fares with its flight search [UPDATED]

By Sean O'Neil | June 11, 2015

TripDelta -- since renamed TripCombi -- is a metasearch startup that aims to help travelers discover "hidden" flights. Its motto is "find flights like a travel hacker." Its search tool combines riv... Read More

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What you audit know about Florida's hotel tax final ruling [CORRECTED]

By Sean O'Neil | June 11, 2015

Florida's highest court has ruled that online travel agencies (OTAs) do not need to pay special taxes that 17 counties attempted to charge on a portion of their hotel transactions. The "bed tax" c... Read More

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How Facebook's retail beacons and buy button work to create a new ecommerce reality

By Nick Vivion | June 11, 2015

Travel is tied to brick-and-mortar — you have to move physically through the world to experience the industry. This means that there are physical items at all points throughout the journey. Of cour... Read More

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Tourism 101: online marketing to China

By Viewpoints | June 11, 2015

Chinese tourists represent quite a juicy market - 100 million tourists in 2014, rising to a whopping 200 million by 2020. This is a guest article by Thomas Meriaux, a digital marketing specialist a... Read More

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Amadeus slots a major piece into its merchandising puzzle

By Linda Fox | June 11, 2015

Amadeus slotted a key element of its merchandising jigsaw into place last week with the launch of a Customer Experience Management system. The technology is central to the distribution giant's visi... Read More

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Three luxury hotels are victims of spectacular hackings, says security firm

By Sean O'Neil | June 10, 2015

Three luxury hotels's systems that connect to their computers, phones, and elevators were hacked by a sophisticated virus, according to Kaspersky Lab, a company that sells digital security tools. A... Read More

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Despite promise, travel bookings on mobile devices still lagging

By Nick Vivion | June 10, 2015

The push towards mobile bookings has been a long slog, with a recent push of strength showing that 1 in 4 consumers had completed bookings via mobile. Yet this number might be a bit generous, espec... Read More

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Audi follows BMW and Daimler with on-demand car sharing service

By Nick Vivion | June 10, 2015

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em — or at least follow the winds of change and control the disruption of your own business model. Audi has joined the sharing economy ranks with Audi On Demand, an app... Read More

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