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Geo-targeted advertising poised for serious growth in coming years
By Nick Vivion
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February 15, 2013
Travelers have been leading the mobile charge for some time now, toting tables and clutching phones on trips all over the world. With all of these connected travelers roaming localities around the world, mobile advertising is poised to grow exponentially in the years to come....
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The Scan: Visit Suffolk and HomeAway campaigning, Datalex and Onefinestay recruiting and other travel tech news
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February 15, 2013
Visit Suffolk, HomeAway, Datalex, Onefinestay, Ebookers, Farelogix, Dolphin Dynamics, Farelogix, Vayable, EZY-Go, RyanairHotels and Egypt also get a mention in our scan of briefs and other items making the news on February 15....
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And in other M&A news... Tnooz acquires Travopia in Asia-Pacific expansion
By Gene Quinn
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February 15, 2013
After three years of reporting on almost 500 TLabs startups and chronicling every day the dizzying number of young companies that rock the digital travel economy... Tnooz decided to join the party....
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Kayak ends tours and activities on mobile via GetYourGuide, cites low popularity with users
By Kevin May
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February 15, 2013
Mobile users with tours and activities - a perfect match, right? Perhaps not so obvious after all, with Kayak deciding to end its partner deal with GetYourGuide....
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Tnooz THack heads down under to Sydney
By Kevin May
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February 14, 2013
We've seen what developers can do in London, Las Vegas, Singapore, San Francisco and Boston - now it's time to see what their Australian counterparts can muster....
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Brazil prepares fans for World Cup with 3D-style destination clips
By Linda Fox
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February 14, 2013
With the FIFA World Cup 2014 now 500 days away, Brazil is looking to give travellers and fans a taste of what to expect with a series of videos showcasing its host cities....
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Shifting sands of technology and distribution as American Airlines and US Airways merge
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne
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February 14, 2013
The announcement of the unification of US Airways and American Airlines marks the end of the current run of consolidation of the major US carriers....
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Valentine's Day Massacre: American Airlines-US Airways love-in sees end of polarised models
By Evan Konwiser
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February 14, 2013
Is there really a difference between mainstream low cost and network carriers? The merger between American Airlines and US Airways might answer that....
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More break-up than make-up with Babbel's Valentine's Day initiative [VIDEO]
By Linda Fox
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February 14, 2013
There's doesn't seem to be much love in the air from online language learning tool, Babbel...
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TripAdvisor basks in social graph integration with Facebook, eye-watering numbers revealed
By Kevin May
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February 14, 2013
TripAdvisor, wallowing in a 20% jump in revenue for 2012 compared to the previous year, also appears to be enjoying the fruits of its partnership with Facebook....
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What travel can learn from American cookie brand Oreo's best tweet ever
By Nick Vivion
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February 13, 2013
While "continuing the conversation" is perhaps the most overused guru-fied social media phrase, it points to the underlying point of all brand-related marketing: to maintain the top-of-mind status that leads to purchase....
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BBC defends suspension of Lonely Planet Thorn Tree as details emerge over original complaint
By Kevin May
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February 13, 2013
Lonely Planet and its BBC masters have said the recent suspension of the Thorn Tree forum was carried out in the interests of the community, rather than due to a specific threat of exposure....
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Planning trips with heatmaps based on photos
By Linda Fox
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February 13, 2013
We've seen heatmaps, cue the world's tourism hotspots based on Panoramio photos from Estonia-based Bluemoon Interactive, and some are pretty cool...
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Valentine's Day brings out the forgetful or last-minute nature of travellers
By Kevin May
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February 13, 2013
An interesting snippet in the midst of the St Valentine's Day-related PR nonsense this week comes in the form of search and booking data from Ebookers....
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The death of SEO and why keywords are possibly being removed to push paid traffic
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February 12, 2013
Here is a piece of so-called Inside Baseball analysis that is slowly affecting large swathes of the travel industry, in particular hotels....
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