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Chaos ensues - user likes everything he sees on Facebook for 48 hours

By PhocusWire | August 12, 2014

SOCIAL: Brands the world over are still trying to figure out exactly how to work the mechanics behind the Facebook news feed - in other words, how content is shared around a person's use of the soci... Read More

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Startup pitch: Inspired Challenge lets users crowd-fund their philanthropic and adventure travel

By Karthick Prabu | August 12, 2014

Inspired Challenge acts as a platform for adventure travellers to indulge in philanthropic activities during their trip. The UK-based company lists a set of adventure travel challenges (climbing, s... Read More

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Wotif Group reports substantial traffic and bookings from mobile channels

By Karthick Prabu | August 12, 2014

Mobile continues to play a significant role at Wotif Group with 44% of total traffic to its consumer-facing sites coming via mobile channels. For its flagship brand, Australian online travel agency... Read More

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Couchsurfing's new CEO is optimistic, as Erik Blachford and Joel Cutler join board

By Sean O'Neil | August 11, 2014

Last autumn, the board of Couchsurfing met to review Tony Espinoza's stormy tenure as CEO. The travel social network had seemed powerless in the face of a small, but vocal minority of digital stone... Read More

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Why it is right to defend the arrogance of Silicon Valley

By PhocusWire | August 11, 2014

STARTUPS: It is easy to mock Silicon Valley for its navel-gazing ways and how often many of the startups which emerge from it seem to operate operate in a vacuum of common sense (i.e. who in Real Wo... Read More

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Three online travel giants and three approaches to the new travel ecosystem

By Viewpoints | August 11, 2014

This year has illustrated that major online players now appear to want the traveler to get everything they need in a single point of sale. The evolution of the Airbnb brand, Priceline's acquisition... Read More

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Multi-device in action - two-thirds of Hong Kong travellers use three devices to book flights

By Karthick Prabu | August 11, 2014

Have your cross-platform strategy sorted yet? Another pointer you should, with 65% of users in Hong Kong using three devices for their flight booking journey. Market research company, GFK, conducte... Read More

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Priceline earnings: Profit and revenue shine in the first half

By Sean O'Neil | August 11, 2014

Priceline Group reported its second quarter earnings this morning, US time. The topline: Looking at the first half of the year, the online travel giant reported total revenue of $3.76 billion, jump... Read More

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eLong finds almost half of room nights now booked on a mobile

By Karthick Prabu | August 11, 2014

Expedia-backed Chinese OTA eLong is seeing 45% of room nights are being booked via mobile channels. Mobile is the largest booking channel, eLong says as part of its second quarter 2014 results last... Read More

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How this piece of paper will change travel marketing forever

By Nick Vivion | August 8, 2014

Finally, a piece of travel marketing technology worthy of writing about: a piece of cold, hard, and decidedly undigital paper. Yes, paper! How is this particular piece of paper going to change trav... Read More

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Hey B&B, hotel, and holiday rental sites: Wix now has a cheap booking widget

By Sean O'Neil | August 8, 2014

It was 1995 when Paul Graham -- who has since become famous by creating the Y Combinator startup accelerator -- helped to build the first tool to enable mom-and-pop businesses to build online stores.... Read More

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Behold, a CPC attribution model for hotels using Google, TripAdvisor, Facebook and metas

By Kevin May | August 8, 2014

The value of each click on CPC campaigns isn't necessarily the value that you are paying. Some clicks are worth more than others yet that's not how the budget is allocated. I haven't seen any compl... Read More

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Every travel sharing economy startup pitch rolled into one [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | August 8, 2014

It is very easy to see why so many startups have become clichés - the circle-jerking over one another, similar pitch language and identikit video presentations. That's just for starters - roll in t... Read More

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Not just for the workers - hotel gives guests a pair of Google Glass specs

By Karthick Prabu | August 8, 2014

Lots of talk of travel brands arming their staff with Google Glass to help with services - but what about giving customers a pair, too? The Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine, a Spanish five star hotel, giv... Read More

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Expedia (and others) will be affected big-time by Priceline-Ctrip marriage

By Morris Sim | August 8, 2014

Priceline’s planned investment in Ctrip is a smart move for both companies, though not as unexpected as some might believe. Many employees and partners of both companies have had suspicions since t... Read More

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