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Nor1, the provider of upsell technologies to the hotel industry, has closed a Series B round of $9 million led by Seattle-based Concur.... Read More

I have a few years of experience of the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit under my belt - a couple as an on-stage critic and during its most recent outing as CEO of one of the competitors.... Read More

Lots of talk in recent months about purchasing via social networks, f-commerce and whether is will really take off... Read More

Given enough time mentors and mentees invariably swap roles. Students become the teachers. Industries operate under similar cycles. No truer is that the case then when it comes to loyalty programs and the airline industry... Read More

Autumnal joy at TripAdvisor as it moves into prime position at the top of the list of leading travel websites in New Zealand for November.... Read More

Picking names that are close to those of other brands often ends in tears (or at least lawyers trousering some money), but user review giant TripAdvisor appears to have a relaxed attitude to it all.... Read More

Montreal-based Localmind has announced that it has been acquired by Airbnb last week, the second acquisition by Airbnb in 4 months demonstrating the company's continued pursuit of dominance in the local travel space.... Read More

Duetto Research, a self-styled big data-driven specialist for hospitality revenue management and technology, has secured a hefty $10 million funding from a string of high profile investors.... Read More

Is anyone perfect (especially when it comes to travel content) when returning search results to users? Probably not.... Read More

In previous years, European tour operators would book entire hotels so they could accommodate the passengers on their planes.... Read More

US regulators may end their antitrust investigation of Google’s search business by letting the company make voluntary changes, such as limiting use of restaurant and travel reviews from other websites, say two news reports.... Read More

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More

Word-of-mouth has always been one of the most powerful - and valuable - forms of marketing, and the age of social media has clearly accelerated the pace and efficacy with which word-of-mouth marketing (WOMM) campaigns can spread.... Read More

Chicago, Guangzhou, the USA, Hong Kong, Iceland, and International Banana Museum are all stars in the latest crop of top-rated, critically acclaimed short digital films.... Read More

The growth of big data and availability of APIs is providing exciting new opportunities for making sense of travel data, even for a fledgling start-up like Rome2rio... Read More