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Cleartrip shows the value of mobile web
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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
Startup pitch: Proxce gives hotels mobile check-in and keyless entry
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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
Connected and seamless continue to be vital pieces of the traveler experience
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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
Shazam could do for travel what it did to music search
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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
Haiwan secures large Series B to push activities to Chinese outbound travellers
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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
Booking Boss raises $2 million to bring activities software to Europe
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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
$11 million to LuxuryRetreats to continue building luxury villa portfolio
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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
Emoji-only URL worked wonders for Norwegian Air. More to come?
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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
Startup pitch: Mobile-only Mesmo works to connect the world around common interests
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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
Selling dreams, delivering nightmares, how airline personalisation helps
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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
The internet of things in travel - great with machines, less so with people
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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
Eight reasons why travel websites fail the consumer and lose a booking
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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
Could YouTube release 'Travel Insights' to help travel brands target video ad spend?
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Could YouTube release 'Travel Insights' to help travel brands target video ad spend?
By Nick Vivion | June 5, 2015
YouTube recently announced a feature called Music Insights that offers artists a dashboard featuring their most popular videos — and the geographic location of those viewers. In fact, this dashboard i... Read More
Airbnb releases pricing algorithm to devs, jeopardizing startups
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Airbnb releases pricing algorithm to devs, jeopardizing startups
By Nick Vivion | June 5, 2015
Airbnb has made a move that could jeopardize the budding ecosystem of pricing startups promising to help renters achieve the greatest profits: The popular platform has made its internal pricing predic... Read More
Think email marketing in travel is dead? Three ways travel brands can still win
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Think email marketing in travel is dead? Three ways travel brands can still win
By Viewpoints | June 5, 2015
With 49% of UK travellers buying their holidays online, travel brands need to be making full use of the channels available to them in order to secure sales. NB: This is a guest article by Chad Harw... Read More
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