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Profiling the next generation of travelers

By Nick Vivion | September 20, 2013

Research on the habits and trends among Millennials - those roughly aged 18-30 - continues relentlessly, as companies strive to understand how best to serve their needs. Why is this important? Well Read More

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Google Wallet comes to iPhone, and travel companies sign up for mobile payments

By Sean O'Neil | September 19, 2013

Two announcements today about Google Wallet suggest travelers may soon start paying for things at US destinations with their mobile devices. Google Wallet -- an app that lets users send money from Read More

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TripAdvisor grabs tenth of all traffic to hotel-related sites - Top US travel websites, July 2013

By PhocusWire | August 8, 2013

TripAdvisor's dominance in the world of online hotel activity is illustrated once again with data showing it is capturing one tenth of traffic to accommodation sites in the US. Read More

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Need some help collecting hotel reward points? There's a social-led game for that at Marriott

By Karthick Prabu | August 8, 2013

In an effort to promote Marriott Rewards program, Marriott has launched an iOS travel game that users can play and win upto 1 million reward points. Read More

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DEVICES - Product news, launches and more - July 2013

By PhocusWire | July 31, 2013

Thomas Cook and Toggle Mobile team up to offer free incoming calls while abroad Read More

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Marriott adds additional touchpoint with stylized trip sharing tool Tripographer

By Nick Vivion | July 29, 2013

Marriott Hotels has been on the warpath lately, working tirelessly to refresh and reinvent their brand. Now the company has released an additional touch point in the travel lifecycle. Read More

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MARKETING - Product news, launches and more - July 2013

By PhocusWire | July 14, 2013

British Airways launches VisitMum campaign - promoting flights from US to India. Read More

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Come on travel companies - why are you not investing in tablet applications?

By Glenn Gruber | July 2, 2013

Travel companies are forever claiming how app-savvy they are - and now independent research tells us all that tablets are grabbing a significant share of hotel website traffic. Read More

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Marriott steps (un)squarely into Starwood territory with rebrand and co-creation platform

By Nick Vivion | June 17, 2013

Marriott Hotels, with over 500 properties in nearly 60 countries, has unveiled a full-on rebrand and rethink of its positioning. Read More

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The SCAN - Marriott gets million fans, Google fined for Streetview and more news

By PhocusWire | April 24, 2013

Travel tech news from OneFineStay, Goibibo, RateGain, Marriott Hotels, Mercator, Air Indiam, Unisys, United Airlines, Honeywell, WAYN, Air Asia and Google. Read More

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The Scan: Skyscanner heads to the US, Marriott tests lobby booking, and more travel tech

By Sean O'Neil | February 6, 2013

Skyscanner, PhoCusWright, Marriott, Yatra, OneTwoTrip, WAYN, TripRental, Rover, TUI, TourWrist, Yelp, JetBlue, and American Airlines are mentioned in today's round-up of travel tech news. Read More

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The Scan: Wired magazine and Marriott partner, and more travel tech news

By PhocusWire | September 18, 2012

Four events hosted exclusively at US Marriott hotels through December will focus on the needs of digital travelers, and more items in our roundup. Read More

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The Scan: UK hotels scolded for online rate display, the first use of Facebook's Were Here API, and more

By Sean O'Neil | August 30, 2012

Eleven major hotel chains are routinely breaching British government guidelines and advertising standards rules by not including VAT in headline prices online, and more items in our roundup. Read More

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Another hotel price fixing class action emerges in the US, same defendants as previous complaints

By Kevin May | August 28, 2012

Are we seeing the floodgates beginning to open with the hotel price parity issue? Perhaps so, with news of another attempt at a class action in the US against online travel agencies and hotel chains. Read More

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Hotel price fixing case will likely do little but generate legal fee bonanza

By Viewpoints | August 22, 2012

A class action suit was filed this week in California against various major online travel retailers and hotel chains alleging antitrust violations in relation to resale price management (RPM)... Read More

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