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Digital travel companies have been churning out the infographics lately. Exhibit A: US-based booking engine CheapOair which recently released an infographic that sums up consumer travel statistics for the week following July 4.... Read More

VFM Leonardo optimises hotel sites for tablets, AirAsia takes to Chrome with web app, Concur automates invoices, travellers opt for airlines with wifi... What else is going on in the world of travel tech...... Read More

Silicon Valley-startup Jetpac has secured an investment round of $2.4 million after having pivoted last November to become a Facebook-friend-powered iPad travel inspiration photo app. Khosla Ventures, Morado Venture Partners, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and a top Facebook exec are funders.... Read More

The community that powers Wikitravel, the user-editable destination database, is abandoning the platform run by for-profit Internet Brands to jump to a new platform that will be hosted by Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia.... Read More

In the first part of the series we looked travel brand newsletters from the perspective sign-ups, opt-ins and thank you pages.... Read More

In the first part of the series we looked travel brand newsletters from the perspective sign-ups, opt-ins and thank you pages.... Read More

Three weeks ago Expedia revealed its first major new ad campaign in years, replacing the arguably hollow (and linguistically awkward) "Where You Book Matters".... Read More

Twitter is now a key channel for airlines to communicate with their customers... Read More

EasyJet trailed Air France by 5% market share in June, as the flag carrier increased its lead over the leading airline websites in France.... Read More

Just a scintilla of market share stood between TripAdvisor and Booking.com in the list of leading travel websites in Canada during June.... Read More

How many user reviews does the average hotel have against its name these days? Are women or men most likely to lead a positive review?... Read More

Stay.com unleashes city guide apps, MakeMyTrip claims India first, Datalex extends Aer Lingus partnership, HotelREZ-Nexus sales platform... What else is going on in the world of travel tech...... Read More

Consolidation in the European online travel market this week as Tomorrow Focus, parent company of HolidayCheck, takes a 51% stake in Webassets, the parent of reviews specialist Zoover... Read More

The common law of business balance, often (but unreliably) attributed to John Ruskin, states this... Read More

Now is the time to look more deeply into supply and demand sides of this sector, including the key enablers for such business models.... Read More