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VIDEO: Asia Pacific as a new global hub for travel startups
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June 25, 2018
A lot of investment has flowed into travel startups from Asia Pacific in recent years - with the region rivaling its noisy counterpart in Silicon Valley.
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Travelers losing interest in home-sharing, Google gaining ground as travel resource
By Jill Menze
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June 20, 2018
For all the chatter of Airbnb stealing scene time away from hotels, traveler interest in home-sharing seems to be waning.
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QOTW: Something about throwing out the playbook
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June 15, 2018
Quote from Jen O'Twomney, vice president of Expedia Local Expert.
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Grab hits top gear with record $1 billion injection from Toyota
By Kevin May
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June 13, 2018
A $1 billion investment by Toyota into ride-hailing service Grab is being touted as the largest ever by a car manufacturer.
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Uber targets emerging markets with slimmed-down Lite app
By Jill Menze
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June 12, 2018
Uber is shrinking the size of its app in order to expand its presence in emerging markets.
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Modern travel marketing, part 2: Social media
By Jill Menze
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June 11, 2018
For the second installment on modern travel marketing, we explore the power of social media and how it influences consumer behavior, as well as the tactics travel brands are using to grow their reach...
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VIDEO: How to succeed in Europe's online travel agency landscape
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June 8, 2018
Europe's online travel agencies are not just about the two names that appear to capture the lion's share of attention: Expedia and Booking.com.
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STARTUP STAGE: TRILL turns Instagram content into bookable travel experiences
By Jill Menze
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June 8, 2018
With TRILL, users can turn their Instagram content into bookable experiences. By using the platform, TRILL tastemakers earn cash when people book off their content.
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Roadmap raises $4.6M to expand corporate travel offerings
By Jill Menze
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June 1, 2018
Corporate travel management platform Roadmap has raised $4.6 million in Series A funding. Newion Investments led the round, in addition to the Roadmap founders.
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VIDEO: Why Asia is eating the world
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June 1, 2018
A rapid-fire presentation is perhaps the perfect metaphor to outline the fast, jaw-dropping growth and influence of the Asia region.
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In the Big Chair - Cree Lawson of Arrivalist
By Mitra Sorrells
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May 16, 2018
Arrivalist measures the movement of network-enabled mobile devices to determine what digital content influences consumers to visit a physical location.
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Uber goes on charm offensive, promises new tools and culture
By Kevin May
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May 14, 2018
This time last year the wheels at Uber were pretty much ready to fall off - such were the negatives headlines that the company couldn't escape from.
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STARTUP STAGE: Tripcents brings idea-save-pay process to trip planning
By Kevin May
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May 11, 2018
Founded in mid-2017, Tripcents has a different take on the trip planning model by tapping into one of the most important parts of traveling: paying for the trip.
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Research Spotlight: The rise of mobile bookings
By Jill Menze
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May 7, 2018
Bookings via mobile are growing faster than through any other channel - with mobile websites and apps accounting for more than one in five US online travel bookings in 2017.
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How to improve the travel payment process in mobile and increase conversions
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May 3, 2018
Sponsored by Worldpay. We asked 16,000 mobile users across 10 global markets (UK, US, China, India, Japan, Brazil, Russia, Germany, South Korea and Australia) about their last mobile shopping and b
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