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Chinese car rental web brand eHi files for IPO in the US
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Chinese car rental web brand eHi files for IPO in the US
By Martin Cowen | October 6, 2014
Chinese car rental business eHi Car Services, in which Ctrip is the largest investor, has filed for an... Read More
Fate of TUI web brands still unknown, but details emerge of financial performance
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Fate of TUI web brands still unknown, but details emerge of financial performance
By Martin Cowen | October 3, 2014
Mystery remains as to the long term future of TUI Travel's AsiaRooms and Malapronta consumer websites,... Read More
How do travellers engage with different types of images?
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How do travellers engage with different types of images?
By Martin Cowen | October 3, 2014
Travellers like to see their hotel room before booking, so it makes sense that they might like to see... Read More
As screen sizes increase, mobile becomes the first stop for business travelers seeking certainty
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As screen sizes increase, mobile becomes the first stop for business travelers seeking certainty
By Nick Vivion | October 2, 2014
With the rollout of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the Apple ecosystem now matches most Android phones as... Read More
One click travel by 2020 via devices not even invented
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One click travel by 2020 via devices not even invented
By Linda Fox | October 2, 2014
The year 2020 doesn't seem that far away so findings in a Switchfly study on future travel trends make... Read More
Expedia bid for Wotif takeover back on track
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Expedia bid for Wotif takeover back on track
By Martin Cowen | October 2, 2014
Panic over - an Australian regulator has decided that Expedia Inc's proposed takeover of wotif.com... Read More
Startup Pitch:  Sépage sees semantic as the answer
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Startup Pitch: Sépage sees semantic as the answer
By Martin Cowen | October 2, 2014
Milan Stankovic was frustrated that the semantic web was failing to break free from academia.... Read More
Startup pitch: TourDigger is a new tours-and-activities marketplace
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Startup pitch: TourDigger is a new tours-and-activities marketplace
By Sean O'Neil | October 1, 2014
New Ottawa-based startup Tourdigger.com, a B2C aggregator of tours and activities in about a thousand... Read More
Marketing watch: Marriott's Teleporters entertain and inspire newlyweds with virtual reality
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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,... Read More
Meta wins: Ongoing implications as bot scraping continues to be good business in travel
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Meta wins: Ongoing implications as bot scraping continues to be good business in travel
By Nick Vivion | October 1, 2014
Deploying robot scripts to scrape content is nearly as old as the Internet itself - as the Web shifted... Read More
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