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Amazon adds West End theatre tix, Wayn boosts South Africa, Eurostar goes Dutch, and more...
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Amazon adds West End theatre tix, Wayn boosts South Africa, Eurostar goes Dutch, and more...
By PhocusWire | March 25, 2015
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for March 2015. Wednesday 25 March: Amazon Local UK has begun to sell tickets to West End thea... Read More
OYO Rooms' 21-year-old CEO raises $25M for budget hotel platform
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OYO Rooms' 21-year-old CEO raises $25M for budget hotel platform
By PhocusWire | March 25, 2015
Ritesh Agarwal is the 21-year-old founder of hotel listings startup OYO Rooms in New Delhi.... Read More
Uber and Ola challenged again in New Delhi, following Uber's ban in Germany
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Uber and Ola challenged again in New Delhi, following Uber's ban in Germany
By Nick Vivion | March 25, 2015
Uber and its primary local competitor Ola have both been ordered to cease operations in the Indian city of New Delhi. If either of the companies violate this order, the authority has said that it coul... Read More
Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt and American Airlines are all top performers on social
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Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt and American Airlines are all top performers on social
By Nick Vivion | March 25, 2015
Ritz Carlton, Hyatt and American Airlines all perform well on social, at least according to the latest rankings by social media performance indexer eValue Analytics. The company provides a ranking... Read More
Time for airlines to rethink their social media marketing
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Time for airlines to rethink their social media marketing
By Viewpoints | March 25, 2015
Marketers have been banging the drum about social marketing and its benefits in recent years. However, now it seems that as the potential for organic reach fades, brands will be forced to invest in ta... Read More
Switzerland revs up digital marketing to counter currency shifts
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Switzerland revs up digital marketing to counter currency shifts
By Sean O'Neil | March 24, 2015
Switzerland Tourism faces a currency problem. Since January, the value of the Swiss franc has risen sharply, while the value of the euro has fallen correspondingly. This one-two punch may lead to a dr... Read More
How Expedia makes Scratchpad addictive: Electrodes are the new A/B tests
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How Expedia makes Scratchpad addictive: Electrodes are the new A/B tests
By Sean O'Neil | March 24, 2015
It is well known that Expedia Inc., the online travel titan, does thousands of tests on users of its websites to find out what does, and doesn't, work. In so-called "A/B testing," the company presents... Read More
New Apple Maps streaming patent could prove useful in travel
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New Apple Maps streaming patent could prove useful in travel
By Nick Vivion | March 24, 2015
Apple received a patent that could provide some new ways of streaming location and mapping to different groups. The idea is basically that location sharing could be used within a mapping applicatio... Read More
Exactly how many Facebook fans were lost by hotels in the Great Purge?
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Exactly how many Facebook fans were lost by hotels in the Great Purge?
By Nick Vivion | March 24, 2015
Facebook's Great Purge came to a close last week, and many brands experienced precipitous drops in total likes as the social network removed deactivated or memorialized Facebook pages from counts. So... Read More
Why visual content can damage a travel brand
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Why visual content can damage a travel brand
By Viewpoints | March 24, 2015
Even beyond the debate over distribution, as a hotelier, marketing your property to consumers is essential. And one of the best ways to show off a hotel is with visual content. NB: This is an an... Read More
The What, Where and Who of marketing to millennials
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The What, Where and Who of marketing to millennials
By PhocusWire | March 24, 2015
You often read articles that say 'Millennials are lazy' and want stuff for nothing, but that they are also a golden opportunity.... Read More
Startup pitch: Vidtur offers travelers localized video guidebooks
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Startup pitch: Vidtur offers travelers localized video guidebooks
By Sean O'Neil | March 23, 2015
Vidtur is not the first startup to offer professional video travel reviews in multiple languages about the world's top destinations. It currently has 700 videos, all produced by the company, covering... Read More
Hilton loyalty program site was vulnerable to password-free hacking
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Hilton loyalty program site was vulnerable to password-free hacking
By Sean O'Neil | March 23, 2015
Cybersecurity professionals voiced concerns about vulnerabilities in the website system for Hilton Honors, the global hotel chain's loyalty program. The weakness could have opened the door to theft of... Read More
Could Gyroscope become a new super channel for travel marketers?
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Could Gyroscope become a new super channel for travel marketers?
By Nick Vivion | March 23, 2015
There's a new kid on the block in travel and she doesn't even know that travel is watching. It's a seamless sharing application called Gyroscope, which integrates various online platforms and perso... Read More
Picture evidence, please - the new rules of the social media era
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Picture evidence, please - the new rules of the social media era
By PhocusWire | March 23, 2015
The cultural premium now placed on recording and broadcasting one’s life and accomplishments means that social media has a problem.... Read More
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