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The right stuff in travel: quality content, accurate content, available content

By Viewpoints | February 11, 2015

Great quality content on travel websites speaks to people: it’s inspiring, it’s relevant and it’s bookable. NB: This is an analysis by Eric Dumas, CEO at Vayant Travel Technologies. For the firs... Read More

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Expedia spent $2.8 billion on marketing in 2014 (four times its investment in tech)

By Kevin May | February 11, 2015

Pumping in $686 million into developing technology sounds like a princely sum for Expedia Inc - but is a shadow of its marketing outlay. During 2014, some $2.8 billion was spent on marketing across... Read More

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Thomas Cook target of half of bookings online looking doubtful

By Linda Fox | February 11, 2015

Thomas Cook has admitted it may not hit its ambitious target of 50% web penetration in 2015. Announcing first quarter results for the period ended 31 December 2015, the tour operator says group web... Read More

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Legal softening for accommodation sharing in London

By Linda Fox | February 11, 2015

The UK Government says it is giving a boost to London's sharing economy through more flexible legislation currently before Parliament. The Department for Communities and Local Government has reveal... Read More

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Accor and Okura hotels join TripAdvisor's instant booking

By Sean O'Neil | February 10, 2015

Accor, the world's sixth-largest hotel group by number of rooms, said that it has begun to participate in TripAdvisor's recently launched instant booking tool. Adding Accor (and its brands like Ibi... Read More

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Skiplagged settles with Orbitz on hidden-city ticketing

By Sean O'Neil | February 10, 2015

Travel startup Skiplagged has agreed to stop using Orbitz Worldwide sites to find so-called "hidden city" airline tickets. Last November, Orbitz joined a United Airlines lawsuit against Skiplagged,... Read More

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Delta Airlines' Facebook page was hacked, shared obscenities

By Sean O'Neil | February 10, 2015

Delta Airlines' Facebook page shared obscene and questionable content Tuesday afternoon after it was hacked. Rather than the usual content marketing about travel destinations and photos of planes,... Read More

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Don't give up on Google Glass in travel: Schiphol Airport launches year-long trial

By Nick Vivion | February 10, 2015

It was only two years ago that we were wondering if Google Glass was to be the next big thing in travel. And while Google Glass may be on the outs with mainstream consumers, the technology is still be... Read More

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Apple Pay takes to the JetBlue skies in first airline deal

By Nick Vivion | February 10, 2015

In the first deal of its kind, JetBlue will soon begin accepting Apple Pay as a form of in-flight payment. The first flights to enjoy the mobile payment option will be non-stops between New York's... Read More

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Instant versus personalized - the next travel search dilemma

By Viewpoints | February 10, 2015

When it comes to online travel, we see a constant evolution in technology. This is fuelled mostly by end-consumers’ rising expectations and the need to address key industry developments. At this st... Read More

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Chinese fall out of love with social media [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Martin Cowen | February 10, 2015

Kantar has released its second China Social Media Impact Report as a supersized infographic. Travel is only mentioned once, as part of a look at more than two million tweets from 10,000 Weibo users... Read More

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TUI looks to make more of customer relationship and dynamic packaging

By Linda Fox | February 10, 2015

TUI Group is giving itself until May to formulate strategy on five core areas, the operator said today during its first quarter results presentation. The company, which was reporting its first set... Read More

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IBM sues Priceline Group for alleged patent infringement

By Kevin May | February 10, 2015

This could get messy. IT giant IBM claims the Priceline Group has refused to negotiate a license to use four of its patents. In a complaint filed at the US District Court in Delaware this week, IBM... Read More

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Startup pitch: Kenavo blends multimodal with metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | February 9, 2015

Kenavo is a new metasearch website from France that is taking on the Skyscanners and Kayaks of the world by answering the question of "how do I get from A to B" a little differently. Unlike major m... Read More

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Startup pitch: HotelsByDay checks in to during the day stay trend

By Linda Fox | February 9, 2015

HotelsByDay sees opportunity in the micro-stay trend - hotel stays during the day for a minimum of four hours. The founders come from luxury hotel and travel technology backgrounds and drew inspira... Read More

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