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Skypicker, a flight search start-up, accelerates growth and may add a B2B play

By Sean O'Neil | August 7, 2014

Cheap flight search engine Skypicker says it is finding a growth niche in youth and budget travelers who want to tour Europe. Since Skypicker was profiled by Tnooz a year ago, the Czech start-up ha... Read More

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Thoughts on BYOD from a mobile industry stakeholder

By Nick Vivion | August 7, 2014

Mobile network Sprint has dropped its hat into the long-running BYOD conversation with an on-topic whitepaper. The conversation is gaining more traction at industry conferences and events, as more com... Read More

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Sabre reports drop in debt due to IPO amid profit growth

By Nick Vivion | August 7, 2014

While overall adjusted revenue dipped 6.2%, Sabre posted strong revenue growth in EBTIDA in the second quarter of 2014. Total revenue was in the black, coming in at $637 million (3.6% increase) whi... Read More

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Seven critical elements for a successful hotel website (which often get forgotten)

By Viewpoints | August 7, 2014

Hotels have priorities when it comes to maintaining their websites - but there are many, less obvious tactics they should all doing as well. NB: This is an analysis by Kelsey Nupnau, interactive ma... Read More

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Time for a shake-up - why we should consider axing code share flights

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | August 7, 2014

Consumer expectation should be (and is in general) that if they buy a ticket on airline X then the same conditions apply no matter who actually carries them. Conventional wisdom in the airline worl... Read More

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Now we spend more time using technology than sleeping

By PhocusWire | August 7, 2014

SYSTEMS: Should such research which outlines how long we spend using our laptops and mobiles surprise us? Not really. Whilst there are obvious questions regarding our overall tech-life balance, bran... Read More

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Priceline to invest $500 million in Ctrip

By Karthick Prabu | August 6, 2014

Priceline Group is to bolster its Asia-Pacific presence by ploughing $500 million into China's largest online travel agency, Ctrip. The Group will acquire up to 10% of Ctrip shares in the open mark... Read More

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Social Tables stakes out $8 million to bolster hospitality product

By Nick Vivion | August 6, 2014

Special event diagramming and management startup Social Tables, which has been making the conference circuit this year with its cloud solution, has secured $8 million in Series A financing. The rou... Read More

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Opportunities in video marketing remain, as brands become media companies

By Nick Vivion | August 6, 2014

Consumers increasingly perceive brands as media companies, a perception that is both fueled by companies creating more engaging content and consumer expectation of more interactive and interesting adv... Read More

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Crawling is the new API - a legal and technical rough guide for the travel industry

By Kevin May | August 6, 2014

For the past six years, we have been asking ourselves one fundamental question for our business. "How do we get data from the transport providers we want to integrate?" NB: This is an analysis by Ve... Read More

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Something for modern car rental providers to aim for: heads-up display navigation

By Kevin May | August 6, 2014

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKL4PJICS40" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/navdy.jpg"] Over in sat-nav-land th... Read More

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Ctrip asserts supremacy, but gears up for even deeper penetration

By Viewpoints | August 6, 2014

Chinese OTA Ctrip is building the accelerated growth momentum shown by the strong results in the recent quarters. And going forward, it is targeting even a bigger slice of the total pie. NB: This a... Read More

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Startup pitch: BidTravel, an agency for Spanish speakers, gets digitally savvy

By Sean O'Neil | August 5, 2014

Bidtravel is the new online presence of an offline travel agency in Spain named Viajes Malabi. For English-speakers, the name is a bit misleading: There is no auction, or bidding, aspect; BidTravel... Read More

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Travelport looks beyond even Beyond Air, eNett possibly bigger than mothership some day

By Kevin May | August 5, 2014

Travelport has signalled one of the reasons it has upped its stake in eNett, the payment service joint venture of which it now owns 73%. Speaking following the release of its latest financial earni... Read More

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Hotel lands in media maelstrom with anti-review site policy for weddings [UPDATED]

By Nick Vivion | August 5, 2014

The horror stories of social media gone astray are covered in depth, especially when they are related to anti-Yelp or other anti-review sentiment. One recent case has soared into the outrage strato... Read More

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