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Measuring aggravation: The Congestion Index identifies the world's worst roads
By Nick Vivion
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April 5, 2013
GPS navigation provider TomTom can provide a quick solution by diverting customers around any congestion. Given the trove of data that the company has around the world's congestion, TomTom has created the Congestion Index....
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IATA strikes back at Business Travel Coalition over the NDC
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April 5, 2013
The airlines' main lobbying organization does a point-by-point rebuttal of a draft letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asking the Secretary to reject IATA’s application covering the New Distribution Capability....
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Why you should care about the new Facebook reply button
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April 5, 2013
Facebook wants brands and marketers to be successful. So, let’s take a closer look at how the Reply Button will help you, the marketer, be more successful on the Facebook platform....
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Travel fragmentation is extending to mobile
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April 5, 2013
The pervasive fragmentation in online travel is extending into mobile. Travel companies are simply applying their existing web services to native and mobile web apps....
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Case study: How Starwood boosted its mobile paid search ROI
By Sean O'Neil
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April 5, 2013
Plus, a new online calculator where AdWords buyers can figure out if their ads are converting into purchases....
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Branded fares: American Airlines and Frontier have kickstarted a revolution
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April 5, 2013
A guest article by Jay Sorensen of IdeaWorksCompany on how branded fares are generating profits for airlines. Frontier Airlines attributes a 22% revenue increase to the branded fare approach....
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Getting your head (and pixels) around the ultimate form of travel technology: a trip to Mars
By Glenn Gruber
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April 4, 2013
"Space, the final frontier...". These four words gave fuel to the imagination of countless man, women and children....
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New ad alert: TripAdvisor rolls out new travel advertising product
By Nick Vivion
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April 4, 2013
Online ads are oftentimes the land of the unknown: what exactly is an impression? If a user lands on a page and doesn't scroll down to see any of the ads, do these count as impressions?...
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Sendmybag wants to be the must-have luggage concierge for travelers
By Karthick Prabu
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April 4, 2013
Losing items of baggage when traveling, especially during the airport-airline-airport part of a trip, is one of the most dispiriting and frustrating problems a traveler can face....
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Zozi captures $10 million funding round, threatens more disruption in the activity sector
By Kevin May
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April 4, 2013
Almost two years since bagging a $7 million series B funding round to boost its then local deals business, Zozi has secured another $10 million from some of its original investors and a string of others....
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When April Fool's Day jokes go wrong - Tripping upsets Golden Gate Bridge officials
By Kevin May
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April 4, 2013
Some have wondered if 2013 was one of the dullest years ever for April Fool's Day pranks - the novelty wearing off a bit and various public holidays meaning fewer people were around to read them....
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The SCAN - Vayable adds destinations, Concur tie up with IHG, Minube real-time planning and more travel tech news
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April 3, 2013
The SCAN - Vayable adds destinations, Concur tie up with IHG, Minube launches real-time planning and more travel tech news....
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Best Jobs in the World stunt works wonders for PR again, but technology needed to relieve strain
By Kevin May
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April 3, 2013
To thousands of eager travellers it is the chance of a lifetime - to many marketers in the travel industry it is the PR stunt that just keeps on giving. Again and again....
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Hotels urged to do something with connection between online reputation and revenue
By Karthick Prabu
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April 3, 2013
Ever since Cornell University established a link between online reputation and revenue per room in hotels it was only matter of time before technology came along to make the most of it....
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Twitter enables mobile app deep-linking, helping e-commerce
By Sean O'Neil
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April 3, 2013
Anyone who clicks on the blue link can download the app being tweeted about. Or if the user has already downloaded the app, can be directed to the exact page for a deal on, say, a mobile-only rate on a hotel room....
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