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Control of TripAdvisor is not at risk in the near-term, says chairman

By Sean O'Neil | March 3, 2015

TripAdvisor's fate is not entirely in its own control. But recent speculation about the company's ownership seems to have been overheated. Since TripAdvisor’s initial public offering, controlling i... Read More

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Google to rank brands with Android apps higher in mobile searches

By Nick Vivion | March 3, 2015

Developers, pay attention: Google has changed its ranking algorithm for mobile searches and will prioritize results for those brands with Android apps installed on the searcher's phone. The announc... Read More

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The new Ryanair - a mobile-first travel retailer

By Martin Cowen | March 3, 2015

Ryanair is promising "a big investment in digital and a big investment in data" this year as it enters the second year of its "Always Getting Better" approach. Kenny Jacobs, chief marketing officer... Read More

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Six ways to connect user-generated content with marketing

By Viewpoints | March 3, 2015

Ready to integrate that beautiful picture of a guest enjoying your hotel’s pool into your marketing mix? How about that priceless video of a couple celebrating their honeymoon on the deck of your crui... Read More

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From pizza parlour to global beast of the industry - that would be...

By Kevin May | March 3, 2015

There are many aspects of the TripAdvisor story which are well known - the fact that CEO Steve Kaufer co-founded the business above a pizza shop. Or that fellow founder Langley Steinert now runs a... Read More

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Options Away, an airfare lock startup, raises $3.5 million

By Sean O'Neil | March 2, 2015

Options Away, a provider of a service for locking in airfares as a hedge against airline price hikes, has locked in $3.5 million of fresh funding. The Series A equity round was led by OCA Ventures.... Read More

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THack Berlin - winners, presentations, pictures and more

By Kevin May | March 2, 2015

Nearly 100 developers took part in our debut hackathon in Germany, conveniently timed ahead of this week's ITB Berlin extravaganza. THack Berlin took place at the Factory co-working space in the ci... Read More

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Android to become central nervous system — including seamless translation into any language

By Nick Vivion | March 2, 2015

Seamless translation into any language via a "lightweight wearable" could soon be a reality, suggested Google's mobile czar Sundar Pichai during today's session at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelo... Read More

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CreateTrips adds to seed round, explores b2b potential

By Linda Fox | March 2, 2015

Trip planning mobile application CreateTrips has added $800,000 to its seed funding bringing the total to US$1.4 million. The Helsinki-based startup initially secured $600,000 last June with existi... Read More

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Zip lining through the Amazon is Google's next StreetView trick

By Nick Vivion | March 2, 2015

Google is constantly sending its StreetView bubble — called a Trekker — around the world to document every last nook and cranny of the planet. This has led to some fairly interesting deployments of... Read More

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Google Flights comes out of beta, but still isn't profitable

By Sean O'Neil | March 2, 2015

Google Flights, the travel metasearch tool, has officially come out of beta. The Flights product now appears as an option within the Google products dropdown menu. While no longer in beta, Google F... Read More

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Make your responsive website respond quickly on mobile

By Viewpoints | March 2, 2015

As mobile starts to matter even more in travel and hospitality, it is important that the user experience comes up to speed, literally. NB This is an analysis by David Hsieh, VP Marketing at Instar... Read More

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Ola buys TaxiForSure for $200 million

By Martin Cowen | March 2, 2015

India's biggest taxi app Ola has bought TaxiForSure, the country's second largest taxi firm, in a cash and shares deal worth $200 million. Ola, formerly OlaCabs, already has 100,000 "driver-entrepr... Read More

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TUI throws in the towel with AsiaRooms hotel booking site

By Kevin May | February 28, 2015

The recently created TUI Group has made its first strategic move and will close the under performing AsiaRooms brand. The company confirmed the plan this weekend after hotel partners were informed... Read More

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5 hotel distribution trends in 2015 [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Nick Vivion | February 27, 2015

March is upon us, and as winter theoretically fades into spring, there's still a solid bit of 2015 remaining to plan strategies and achieve goals. eRevMax has compiled five distribution trends that... Read More

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