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Are virtual tours of cruise ships and excursions enough to woo a new generation?

By Kevin May | April 28, 2015

The cruise sector has a problem - one that its operators and biggest fans will kind of acknowledge, but always claim is evaporating. It's an image issue, where the very concept of a cruise trip is... Read More

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Travel startups: Don't bring a knife to a gunfight

By Alex Bainbridge | April 28, 2015

The travel industry has not been very receptive recently to digital travel startups. Yes, articles are written, conference startup pitch invites are received, but generally the incumbents, or digit... Read More

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Time for a quick glance at who has wound up on Apple Watch

By Linda Fox | April 28, 2015

As Apple Watch fever takes hold, this is a roundup of news and announcements dedicated to applications for the device from tourism and hospitality for April 23 and 24, 2015. Babbel charting languag... Read More

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Meet LEK Consulting, the airlines' fairy godmother

By Sean O'Neil | April 27, 2015

It's well known that management consultants help airlines analyze fleet purchases, potential mergers, and joint ventures with other airlines. But what's less appreciated is how consultancies have p... Read More

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Travefy, a group travel planner and TMC tool, lands $1.8M in funding

April 27, 2015

Travefy, a website that helps groups plan trips, has raised $1.8 million in equity investment in its Series A round of funding. The money is in addition to the startup's $320,000 seed round in autu... Read More

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Uber is the Rashomon of our time

By PhocusWire | April 27, 2015

Travel and the tech industries love a rashomon, and in the past year or two, our collective subject of debate has been Uber.... Read More

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How the Twitter tool Flock To Unlock can bring visitors flocking

By Viewpoints | April 27, 2015

How do you combine the social muscle of a service such as Twitter with a travel brand in order to increase awareness of a destination? Expedia Media Solutions partnered with The Netherlands Board o... Read More

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Headout raises seed round for US cities expansion

By Linda Fox | April 27, 2015

Headout, a mobile application for tours and activities, has raised $1.8 million in seed funding to continue its expansion across US cities. Funding for the company which is live in New York and Las... Read More

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Does your age make any difference to likely startup success?

By PhocusWire | April 25, 2015

STARTUPS: How many times have you heard the comment along these lines: "My goodness, the founders look about 18 years old!". Plenty of times, especially in travel, where many wonderfully enthusiastic... Read More

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Startup pitch: Ventoura drops into P2P tours with mobile only

By Nick Vivion | April 24, 2015

Ventoura is a new travel startup taking on this very same P2P local tours and activities vertical. The model is familiar: Locals apply to join the platform and then create curated tours for travelers... Read More

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Polarsteps will track travel statistics live from the Apple Watch

By Nick Vivion | April 24, 2015

Apple Watch is here. The device has begun to ship and a lucky few — namely celebrities — are already showing off their wrists. Travel startup Polarsteps, which we covered here, is one of the first... Read More

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Hoteliers claim Booking.com parity agreement still wrong and anti-competitive

By Kevin May | April 24, 2015

Booking.com's move to appease regulators over rate parity agreements with hotels has not been met with universal applause. Far from it, in fact. The Priceline Group-owned accommodation giant cla... Read More

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Zomato riding high with Uber, buys again

By Martin Cowen | April 24, 2015

Two of travel tech's busiest businesses of 2015 - food site Zomato and taxi-app Uber - have linked up, giving Zomato users direct access to Uber. A "Ride There with Uber" button will appear on the... Read More

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Ixigo joins in as taxis and ride-sharing take hold in India

By Martin Cowen | April 23, 2015

Indian travel search site ixigo.com has launched a metasearch app for taxis and signed a distribution deal with Blablacar as the taxi/ride-sharing sector in India reverberates in the wake of Ola's $40... Read More

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HomeAway makes C-suite changes, reports solid earnings

By Sean O'Neil | April 23, 2015

Vacation home platform Homeaway announced several changes in its executive positions along with its first quarter earnings report today. Total revenue is expected to be in the range of $493 to $500... Read More

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