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Travelport squeezes more juice out of customer feedback
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Travelport squeezes more juice out of customer feedback
By Linda Fox | November 22, 2012
Agile, nimble and GDS - not words that traditionally you would find together but all of the... Read More
GateGuru iPhone app adds same-day booking for car rentals and TripIt-like itinerary management
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GateGuru iPhone app adds same-day booking for car rentals and TripIt-like itinerary management
By Sean O'Neil | November 21, 2012
Think, Hotel Tonight for rental cars. Think, TripIt with detailed airport maps.... Read More
Socializing hotels becomes call-to-arms for LobbyFriend
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Socializing hotels becomes call-to-arms for LobbyFriend
By Nick Vivion | November 21, 2012
A new startup called LobbyFriend is aiming to make a spontaneous social atmosphere de facto for hotels... Read More
3 Web apps that make Google Street View seem amazing again
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3 Web apps that make Google Street View seem amazing again
By Sean O'Neil | November 21, 2012
From Instant Street View to writing a message across an image, we've found some creative uses of... Read More
Clip the Trip reaches out to the local crowd for travel guides
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Clip the Trip reaches out to the local crowd for travel guides
By Linda Fox | November 21, 2012
Clip the Trip is a crowd-sourced travel guide, currently covering 200 cities, that wants to help users... Read More
Social travel by numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Social travel by numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Linda Fox | November 21, 2012
Touristlink has created this infographic drawing together some of the numbers around how social media... Read More
CNNGo.com is folded into the main CNN brand, leaving lessons for travel content creators
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CNNGo.com is folded into the main CNN brand, leaving lessons for travel content creators
By Sean O'Neil | November 20, 2012
Whether you're a journalist, blogger, or content creator for a travel site like a hotel or metasearch... Read More
The Scan: Independent hotels struggle online, Rome2Rio has an open-source app, and more news
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The Scan: Independent hotels struggle online, Rome2Rio has an open-source app, and more news
By Sean O'Neil | November 20, 2012
Micros eCommerce, HGK, Rome2Rio, MapBox, Google+, Aviasales, Minube, Voyage Privé, TripFlick, Viator,... Read More
Grand City Hotels rolls out anonymous guest socializing application, MeetMeIn
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Grand City Hotels rolls out anonymous guest socializing application, MeetMeIn
By Sean O'Neil | November 20, 2012
A quite interesting new way of hotel socializing is being implemented in the Grand City Hotels in... Read More
India: MakeMyTrip buys HotelTravel for $25M, RezNet debuts for hotels, and iXiGO grows in metasearch
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India: MakeMyTrip buys HotelTravel for $25M, RezNet debuts for hotels, and iXiGO grows in metasearch
By Sean O'Neil | November 19, 2012
Two eye-catching stories out of India: RezNext, a hotel distribution platform targeting Asian... Read More
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