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What are the implications of true Open Internet for the travel industry?

By Nick Vivion | February 4, 2015

Today marks a watershed moment in the fight for Net Neutrality in the United States, as the governing body in charge of regulating communications, the FCC, has announced a full commitment to protectin Read More

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Hoping to be cool, Marriott trials Netflix, Hulu, and GoPro tie-ups

By Sean O'Neil | January 20, 2015

On the one hand, Marriott International has been facing a public relations disaster over its brief attempt to block personal wifi hotspots at its properties. On the other hand, Marriott is trying t Read More

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Marriott won't block personal wifi hotspots after all

By Sean O'Neil | January 15, 2015

Marriott has backed off of its plan to block guests from using their personal wifi devices at any of its managed hotels, including its conference facilities, the US-based conglomerate said in a statem Read More

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The war on wifi: Hotels need to stop fighting the future

By Viewpoints | January 12, 2015

Despite unprecedented growth in recent years, hotels have forgotten what every Stan Lee fan already knows: with great power comes great responsibility. As we all know now, one of the leaders of the Read More

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Targeting Marriott, Hyatt to set wifi free worldwide

By Sean O'Neil | December 22, 2014

Hyatt will offer free unlimited wireless internet at its properties worldwide starting in February. The goal is to draw travelers in to a marketing portal, and also to out-do rival chains in the ameni Read More

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APAC travel sweet spot: Forget the rich, here come the value-conscious

By Pamela Whitby | December 12, 2014

With the younger generation earning more and intra-APAC travel on the rise in 2014, online travel companies better be in fighting form in 2015. NB: This is a report by Pamela Whitby, editor for Eye Read More

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Looking for a metatrend - Euromonitor goes tech-crazy

By Martin Cowen | November 11, 2014

Euromonitor International's annual trends report, released at World Travel Market last week, was more about digital than destinations, highlighting braggies, online rail bookings, transactional instan Read More

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Marriott free wifi plan labelled anti-corporate travel

By Kevin May | November 10, 2014

Free wifi for all members of a Marriott loyalty programme should be a cause for celebration, right? Think again. The global hotel chain announced last week that it will provide free wifi to th Read More

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Marriott claims wifi jamming legal, but still pays to resolve dispute

By Kevin May | October 6, 2014

Marriott has given the US government $600,000 to end an investigation into its practice of blocking the personal wifi of guests. The hotel chain will pay the "civil penalty" to the Federal Communic Read More

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Marketing watch: Marriott's Teleporters entertain and inspire newlyweds with virtual reality

By Nick Vivion | October 1, 2014

Without a doubt, the emergence of virtual reality has been the hottest travel trend of 2014 - and yes, that statement is fraught with implications for an industry that makes money by physically moving Read More

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Six Degrees of separation, possibly less at a Marriott

By Linda Fox | September 1, 2014

Forget social seating on planes, Marriott Hotels has been working with MIT Mobile Lab Experience to create a more social experience at its hotels. Six Degrees is a prototype social network which wo Read More

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Booking.com quietly gets a big hotel chain signed up to white label services

By Kevin May | August 18, 2014

The hotel industry has been watching closely during 2014 as Priceline (and its Booking.com division) has started flexing its muscles elsewhere. That "elsewhere" is namely around providing business Read More

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More hotels offer loyalty points for posting photos on social media

By Nick Vivion | July 16, 2014

Hotels are eager to garner organic social media attention from guests, as this is one of the most valid means of social proof across networks. Rather than pay for access, these social shares are direc Read More

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Marriott and EasyJet each try tracing travelers' whereabouts, via iBeacon

By Sean O'Neil | July 10, 2014

In unrelated experiments, hotel giant Marriott International, low-cost airline EasyJet, and selected airports worldwide have all begun tests to electronically track customers as they move about, via s Read More

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Ostrovok raises $12 million in latest round, brings total to $50 million

By Kevin May | June 18, 2014

Russian online hotel booking agency Ostrovok has added to its investment coffers with a further $15 million in capital. The latest injection was led by Vaizra Capital Russia and sees the co-founder Read More

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