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Mobile device hotel bookings grew 300% to $3 billion, says Booking.com, and more travel tech news.... Read More

Another city, another travel hackathon - with a team from Flight Centre creating a mobile service to help travellers on the road and another team helping festival goers organise their trip.... Read More

In the past year, Yapta has gone from virtually 100% of revenue coming from the consumers to more than 70% attributable to FareIQ, a corporate airfare price tracking tool. We speak to one of its clients.... Read More

Targeting influencers in marketing is most definitely not new - from sending out samples to social butterflies to Tupperware parties to the much-hyped 'fam' trip for press to a particular destination, it has all been done before. But what does influence really mean?... Read More

In a deal likely to send a shiver down the spine of budget accommodation websites across the globe, Web Reservations International has acquired HostelBookers.... Read More

Google moves from Webkit to Blink, Samsung seems to be steadily pseudo-forking Android for its own purposes, and other developments in the mobile web.... Read More

Travelport has developed technology enabling airlines to sell their full range of services via whatever channel they choose... Read More

This morning was a special one: this writer's Facebook account was finally welcomed into the new Graph Search format. After covering the launch of Graph Search, and several posts surrounding the new feature, now its time to actual determine what this means in the wild.... Read More

Indian Premier League (IPL), India's favorite cricket season is not only about just cricket. IPL has made travel brands put their innovation cap on.... Read More

At a panel talk in London last night, representatives from the European divisions of these major online players revealed insights into their strategies, the limits to their growth, and which smaller startups in the market they admire the most.... Read More

Technically brilliant time-waster - and potentially heaps of travel-related fun - with a new service which has essentially stitched together Google Streetview images and added speed into the equation.... Read More

Modifying a flight booking successfully can easily be the toughest process in flight reservations. But, Cleartrip wants to be the exception to the rule.... Read More

Six months after officially being put up for sale and following the exit of its CEO earlier in 2012, Jetsetter has a new home: TripAdvisor.... Read More

Location-based check-ins are nothing new - however, the concept of being able to tag a moment in time with location is a developing concept. A relatively new travel startup called Geospike allows users to create time-stamped, location-specific travel journals - without necessarily having to write one.... Read More

Which travel brands are most deftly navigating the tumultuous social media sea? This friendly infographic lays it all out in graphic glory.... Read More