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Startup pitch: Growth hacker Zilyo applies metasearch to vacation and peer-to-peer rentals

By Sean O'Neil | July 1, 2014

In 2013, Hamed Al-Khabaz was kicked out of Montreal’s Dawson College after stumbling upon a giant security flaw in one of its major computer systems. A couple of months later, in April 2013, he and... Read More

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NDC - capable of its lofty ambitions or dead in the water?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 1, 2014

New Distribution Capability gets tentative approval in the US but is it too little, too late and at what cost? NB: This is part one of a two part analysis looking at the technology and commercial i... Read More

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Why the travel industry needs the web to remain open and neutral

By Viewpoints | July 1, 2014

I have a dream of a perfect, utopian internet. But regulators have other ideas. Here in the US, for example, the Federal Communications Commission is proposing rules which will allow Internet Servi... Read More

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Just one per cent of travellers plan trips in the last 24 hours

By Karthick Prabu | July 1, 2014

Despite the rise of same-day booking services, apparently just 1% of leisure and business travellers plan their trip within the final 24-hour window. Digital marketing agency Sociomantic asked 1,00... Read More

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Opaque bookings on the wane: Priceline, Hotwire, and a changing landscape

By Sean O'Neil | June 30, 2014

Priceline built its business in 1998 on opaque bookings, or buyer-driven pricing. But the supply of opaque deals appears to be shrinking for it and all players in the industry, according to Tnooz i... Read More

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Happiness Blanket stunt sparks debate for British Airways

By Nick Vivion | June 30, 2014

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Startup pitch update: LugLess keeps on shipping luggage worldwide

By Nick Vivion | June 30, 2014

LugLess is one of the startups competing in the door-to-door luggage shipping space, and was covered in a startup pitch last year. In an update chat with the team, Tnooz learned how the startup has f... Read More

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Travefy acquires Tripeese in group travel merger

By Sean O'Neil | June 30, 2014

Travefy, a group travel planning service, knows that some things are done better in groups. Today the Lincoln, Nebraska-based startup says it has acquired San Francisco-based group vacation organizer... Read More

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The next thing Silicon Valley should disrupt is... itself

By PhocusWire | June 30, 2014

STARTUPS: Silicon Valley is held up, quite rightly in some respects, where good things happen to those that come up with a great tech idea and work tirelessly to make it succeed. But for every Twitt... Read More

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Turning casual browsers of travel to loyal customers of brands

By Viewpoints | June 30, 2014

We’ve all done it. At work, on the train, on the way home, sitting in front of the TV. We’ve even done it with multiple devices. Browsing the web. From searching for that next big holiday, the w... Read More

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CreateTrips lands seed round for trip planning app

By Linda Fox | June 30, 2014

Mobile travel startup CreateTrips has received funding of $600,000 via Butterfly Ventures, Frontier and Rkapital which it plans to invest in marketing. Up to now the social trip planning service ha... Read More

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Secret Escapes acquires Travelist, wants to get flashy elsewhere in Europe

By Kevin May | June 30, 2014

Secret Escapes is showing there is still life in the flash hotel sale model, buying fellow Polish brand Travelist in a bid to expand in Europe. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Traveli... Read More

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Not so pioneering now - KLM loses face in social media as Holland wins in World Cup

By Karthick Prabu | June 30, 2014

Oh dear - KLM is well known for leading the way with its use of social media, but its enthusiasm has perhaps gone a little awry for once. Over the weekend, Netherlands won a match in the last 16 of... Read More

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Trip planning site TripHobo raises Series A in bid to scale platform

By Karthick Prabu | June 30, 2014

TripHobo, a crowd-sourced trip planning service, has attracted Series A funding from Indian venture capital firm, Kalaari Capital. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but TripHobo told Tnooz... Read More

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For AVgeeks: Timelapse of in-flight WiFi aircraft installation [VIDEO]

By Nick Vivion | June 27, 2014

It's Friday, so for fellow aviation geeks, here's a quick timelapse video of a Gogo in-flight internet system being installed on a Virgin America A320. The process takes around 5 days, and requires... Read More

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