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Can travel agents thrive by partnering with travel media companies — and vice versa?

By Nick Vivion | May 27, 2015

AFAR Media continues to push the boundary between media company and travel curator with its latest... Read More

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Batuta raises $2.5m for booking platform

By Linda Fox | May 27, 2015

Palestine-based online travel service Batuta has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding from local... Read More

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Plenty of room? Heavyweight-backed, China gets a brand-new online travel agency

By Martin Cowen | May 26, 2015

The hyper-competitive online travel market in China welcomes - if that's the world - a new entrant... Read More

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Nigerian travel booking site Hotels.ng raises $1.2M, plans expansion

By Sean O'Neil | May 26, 2015

Hotels.ng, the Nigeria-based travel booking startup founded by Mark Essien, has raised a $1.2 million... Read More

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Facebook continues content push by adding critic reviews to restaurant pages

By Nick Vivion | May 26, 2015

In its bid to increase the quality of hosted content beyond user-generated tidbits, Facebook has added... Read More

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Is virtual reality ready for deployment in commercial airliner cockpits?

By Nick Vivion | May 26, 2015

Boeing is pushing to make virtual reality a standard piece of technology in aircraft cabins. The... Read More

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Mapquest shifts gears, partners with Mapbox for its mapping UI

By Nick Vivion | May 22, 2015

Clearly we're not the only ones that were paying attention with Mapbox's product that can fuel all... Read More

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One in every five dollars spent on travel now coming from mobile

By Nick Vivion | May 22, 2015

Mobile continues to drive more bookings in travel, with one in five dollars now coming from the... Read More

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VCs buy stake in hotel tech provider Ariane for Euro 3 million

By Martin Cowen | May 22, 2015

Ariane Systems, a provider of self-check-in/out technology for hotels, has sold a minority stake to... Read More

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Startup pitch: Experitus is a travel experience marketplace

By Sean O'Neil | May 21, 2015

Experitus is a marketplace for locals and guides to sell short lessons in their hobbies and careers to... Read More

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