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Five tips to make sure that customers transact with your travel app

By Viewpoints | May 5, 2015

The challenge with mobile commerce apps is that they need to engage your customers positively while generating revenue for your company. NB: This is an analysis by David Pope, marketing director fo Read More

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eLong starts 2015 with more supply, more losses, room nights steady

By Martin Cowen | May 3, 2015

Chinese OTA eLong continues to focus on growing mobile room night bookings through its apps as competition in China shows no sign of slowing down. During the Jan-March quarter eLong booked 9.3 mill Read More

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Lonely Planet links up latest guidebook with companion app in multimedia play

By Nick Vivion | April 30, 2015

There hasn't been much news out of Lonely Planet since being acquired in 2013. Recently, however, the brand has begun to once again come alive. After switching strategies to make Skyscanner its def Read More

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Indian Railways takes cue from THack, launches ticketless booking

By Nick Vivion | April 22, 2015

In an effort to go completely paperless, the Indian Railways has created a mobile ticketing system for its unreserved seating. The app features a full workflow that allows mobile users to search for d Read More

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Startup pitch: GTRIIP brings biometrics to hotel check-in [UPDATED]

By Nick Vivion | April 22, 2015

UPDATE: The team from GTRIIP has decided to take a specific focus on hotels and has decided to make its primary headquarters in Silicon Valley so that it can be more ideally positioned for sales with Read More

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Really, mobile is the travel destination

By Viewpoints | April 20, 2015

“On and shortly after April 21, 2015, a lot of people in e-commerce and SEO at travel companies are going to get fired." This is how Susan Black, Co-Founder of Black & Wright, got the attention Read More

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Time for the communicative airport to take flight

By Viewpoints | April 20, 2015

Over the past few years, airlines and third-parties have been the primary source of day-of-travel information. But today's travelers now expect airports to keep them informed through mobile technology Read More

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Revenue gap widens between iOS and Android ecosystems

By Nick Vivion | April 20, 2015

App developers pay keen attention to this: the revenue gap between iOS and Android ecosystems has grown even larger, says the latest App Annie report. Despite Android's global install dominance, iO Read More

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Addressing the mobile fraud versus convenience conundrum

By Viewpoints | April 15, 2015

Travel has gone mobile. But with new customer channels come new challenges, one of which is eliminating the threat from fraudsters without compromising the convenience expected by mobile travellers. Read More

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The best day to promote your travel app is...

By Nick Vivion | April 7, 2015

Sensor Tower has crunched the data to find the best time for mobile engagement across all iOS categories, and has found that the weekend is the best time to promote travel apps. The team pulled est Read More

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Startup pitch: Polarsteps automatically tracks and plots worldwide jaunts

By Nick Vivion | April 2, 2015

As mobile technology evolves, startups are granted new ways to offer travel services - such as Polarsteps, which is leveraging ambient location technology to provide frictionless travel tracking. T Read More

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If TripAdvisor is a gateway to other travel apps, will its strategy fall flat?

By Nick Vivion | March 26, 2015

A recent survey of mobile users found that those with the TripAdvisor app downloaded to their phones were far more likely to have also downloaded another travel app, such as a third-party OTA, airline Read More

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Wayfindr is a new student-led technology for the visually impaired traveler

By Nick Vivion | March 17, 2015

It's not often that the mainstream tech press covers ways in which destinations and cities can use technology to ease navigation challenges for the visually impaired. A group of students have tackled Read More

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How to protect yourself from joining the plague of forgotten travel apps

By Nick Vivion | March 17, 2015

Forgotten travel apps are a blot on the landscape of the travel and holiday sectors, according to new Ipsos UK research. The research included a survey of 400 users online in each of three vertical Read More

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Qunar marks shift from meta to OTA, from PC to mobile

By Martin Cowen | March 17, 2015

Qunar has grown its revenues for 2014 by 106% compared with 2013, with mobile revenues up by a blockbuster 435%. The results put 2014 revenues at $283.1 million, with mobile accounting for 40% of t Read More

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