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SONIFI seeks to shake LodgeNet nightmare with new products and innovation lab
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SONIFI seeks to shake LodgeNet nightmare with new products and innovation lab
By Nick Vivion | June 25, 2014
LodgeNet wisely announced a wholesale rebrand last year at HITEC, shedding the skin of a former life that saw the company miss the boat on consumer content consumption shifts. The company now goes by... Read More
Singapore Airline's mall, RezNext and Internet Moguls, and more
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Singapore Airline's mall, RezNext and Internet Moguls, and more
By PhocusWire | June 25, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for June 2014. Wednesday 25 June 2014: Kuaidi Dache teams up with eLong Kuadi Dache, the C... Read More
HotelTonight claims industry first with mobile check-in and key-less entry
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HotelTonight claims industry first with mobile check-in and key-less entry
By Kevin May | June 25, 2014
Bragging rights it seems to HotelTonight with an update to its mobile app to include mobile check-in for hotels and the ability to enter rooms without a key. The same-day mobile hotel booking claim... Read More
This is what it feels like when a startup fails
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This is what it feels like when a startup fails
By PhocusWire | June 25, 2014
STARTUPS: Travel startups, like newbies focusing on countless other industry verticals, fail fast and fail often (to coin a well-trodden phrase). You might assume over time, given the increasing num... Read More
How much could consumer brands like Priceline disrupt the hotel technology market?
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How much could consumer brands like Priceline disrupt the hotel technology market?
By Sean O'Neil | June 25, 2014
This month, Priceline Group has been dropping several pieces into the business-to-business (B2B) puzzle. Might a hotel booking engine be next? Several experts Tnooz interviewed say a major onlin... Read More
TravelByDrone needs no explanation - view the world from user generated drone videos
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TravelByDrone needs no explanation - view the world from user generated drone videos
By Kevin May | June 25, 2014
Going back a few years there were countless travel sites that fed in content to Google Maps from third parties. Championed by the likes of the Google Maps Mania blog for many years, integrating con... Read More
Hotel consolidator JacTravel sold for $135 million to Vitruvian Partners
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Hotel consolidator JacTravel sold for $135 million to Vitruvian Partners
By Karthick Prabu | June 25, 2014
JacTravel, a UK-based hotel consolidator and inbound travel service provider, has been sold to private equity group Vitruvian Partners for $135 million. Vitruvian gets its hands on JacTravel from B... Read More
HomeAway reaches one million listings, has eye on several million more
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HomeAway reaches one million listings, has eye on several million more
By Nick Vivion | June 25, 2014
Today marks a milestone for vacation rental company HomeAway, as the platform now features one million listings scattered across the globe. No other company in the vacation rentals vertical has man... Read More
Skyscanner signals China intent via Youbibi acquisition (for its tech)
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Skyscanner signals China intent via Youbibi acquisition (for its tech)
By Kevin May | June 25, 2014
Two years after entering the Chinese metasearch market, Skyscanner has performed another move with the acquisition of local competitor Youbibi. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Skyscanner l... Read More
Moving airlines from Argos (minus the catalogue) to a grit-free web experience
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Moving airlines from Argos (minus the catalogue) to a grit-free web experience
By Linda Fox | June 24, 2014
Analogies describing the online travel experience are plentiful and yet Argos without the catalogue sticks in the mind as an image of what it can be like for users. The analogy comes from Comair ec... Read More
Booking.com hotel white label product hints at Priceline's B2B ambitions
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Booking.com hotel white label product hints at Priceline's B2B ambitions
By Sean O'Neil | June 24, 2014
Online travel agency powerhouse Booking.com hasn't publicized its latest white-label product, which, unlike most of its past efforts, is aimed at hotels instead of affiliates. Marketing materials f... Read More
Chinese online travel agents get ten times more reviews than actual review sites
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Chinese online travel agents get ten times more reviews than actual review sites
By Karthick Prabu | June 24, 2014
Perhaps a surprise - user review giant TripAdvisor's Chinese brand DaoDao has fewer hotel reviews than online travel agencies in China. A PhoCusWright-BrandKarma study (Traveler Reviews and Social... Read More
Jailing of journalists in Egypt triggers outrage against tourism board
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Jailing of journalists in Egypt triggers outrage against tourism board
By Kevin May | June 24, 2014
A political and media storm following the jailing of three journalists in Egypt is spilling over into anger against its tourism authority. Earlier this week three al-Jazeera reporters, Australian P... Read More
Travel marketers - Google Universal Search shows more images, YouTube retains top spot
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Travel marketers - Google Universal Search shows more images, YouTube retains top spot
By Karthick Prabu | June 24, 2014
With constant changes to the way Google displays search results (Panda, Hummingbird), it is key for travel marketers to keep a check on new features and trends that might ultimately affect a company's... Read More
Millennials overtake Generation X in vacation spending, says US survey
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Millennials overtake Generation X in vacation spending, says US survey
By Sean O'Neil | June 23, 2014
Millennials are vacationing more than before. Their annual holiday spending now even surpasses that of Generation X's. Roughly one out of four millennials are planning more overnight trips for leis... Read More
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