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Startup Pitch: CleverLayover finds connecting flights to save money

By Martin Cowen | June 10, 2015

CleverLayover is a startup created by six students at Harvard Business School. It launched to the public in April and has picked up a lot of interest in the mainstream media travel pages. The propo... Read More

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With remarkable timing, Lufthansa talks up its merchandising strategy

By Linda Fox | June 10, 2015

Last week, as Lufthansa announced a change in commercial direction from its German HQ, half the way around the globe an exec talked of the airline's first steps in ancillary revenue. It's a bit of... Read More

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Online travel in Turkey is now primed for the big time

By Viewpoints | June 10, 2015

Turkey is emerging as an important inbound and outbound tourism market at the same time as its ecommerce sector starts to mature. NB: This is a guest article by Joseph Andrik, business development... Read More

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Cleartrip shows the value of mobile web

By Martin Cowen | June 9, 2015

Indian OTA Cleartrip has outlined a sharp growth in mobile bookings and expects its relaunched mobile web site to drive even bigger numbers in the future. In the first three months of last year, m... Read More

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Startup pitch: Proxce gives hotels mobile check-in and keyless entry

By Sean O'Neil | June 9, 2015

Proxce, a Silicon Valley startup, sells technology that enables hotels to automatically check in their guests by installing sensors that communicate with the guests' smartphones once they arrive at a... Read More

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Connected and seamless continue to be vital pieces of the traveler experience

By Nick Vivion | June 9, 2015

The traveler experience continues to be in focus, as more brands pursue a "connected" and "seamless" approach to travel. This is all according to an extensive new report called the Connected Life b... Read More

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Shazam could do for travel what it did to music search

By Kevin May | June 9, 2015

Remember the days when we would all wonder if QR Codes could ever REALLY become something that people would actually use. Circa 2009-2010, countless travel brands (and many other companies from var... Read More

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Haiwan secures large Series B to push activities to Chinese outbound travellers

By Martin Cowen | June 9, 2015

Chinese outbound tours and activities specialist Haiwan has picked up "tens of millions of dollars" in Series B funding. The round was led by Tiantu Capital with Sequoia Capital, Source Code Capita... Read More

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Booking Boss raises $2 million to bring activities software to Europe

By Kevin May | June 9, 2015

Australia-based tours and activities technology provider Booking Boss has secured a Series A financing round of $2 million. The investment was led by Michael and Daniel Dempsey, the founders of pay... Read More

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$11 million to LuxuryRetreats to continue building luxury villa portfolio

By Nick Vivion | June 8, 2015

LuxuryRetreats, the luxury villa rental platform, has raised $11 million in a Series B from previous investor iNovia Capital. This brings the company's total to $16 million, following a $5 million... Read More

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Emoji-only URL worked wonders for Norwegian Air. More to come?

By Nick Vivion | June 8, 2015

Norwegian Air saw some serious buzz when it decided to announce its latest route, from Oslo to Las Vegas, using only emojis as the URL. The emojis told social media followers that they could fly to... Read More

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Startup pitch: Mobile-only Mesmo works to connect the world around common interests

By Nick Vivion | June 8, 2015

Today's travel startup pitch comes from Mesmo, a new mobile-only networking app focused on connecting like-minded people before, during and after trips. Rather than being a Tinder-style matchmaking... Read More

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Selling dreams, delivering nightmares, how airline personalisation helps

By Linda Fox | June 8, 2015

You're in a travel technology conference and someone starts a presentation by saying it's time for a comfort break as they have nothing new to say. What do you do? Listen more intently? Leave the r... Read More

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The internet of things in travel - great with machines, less so with people

By Martin Cowen | June 8, 2015

As things stand, the internet of things (IoT) in a travel context is all about B2B operations, with the jury is still out on its application as a consumer-facing concept. This was one of the themes... Read More

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Eight reasons why travel websites fail the consumer and lose a booking

By Kevin May | June 8, 2015

Interesting research being released by Triptease this week following a survey and usability testing with consumers into their browsing behaviour on hotel websites. Travel websites have notoriously... Read More

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