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What might a new approach by Google to the hotel industry look like?

By Viewpoints | October 2, 2014

Consider this: Google has invested in flight information provider ITA Software and hotel metasearch engine Room77. NB: This is an opinion by Richard Vaughton, director at DiscoveryHolidayHomes. It... Read More

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One click travel by 2020 via devices not even invented

By Linda Fox | October 2, 2014

The year 2020 doesn't seem that far away so findings in a Switchfly study on future travel trends make for an interesting read in terms of people's expectations. In its quarterly trends report the... Read More

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Expedia bid for Wotif takeover back on track

By Martin Cowen | October 2, 2014

Panic over - an Australian regulator has decided that Expedia Inc's proposed takeover of wotif.com won't damage competition after all. Early in September the Australian Competition and Consumer Com... Read More

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Startup Pitch: Sépage sees semantic as the answer

By Martin Cowen | October 2, 2014

Milan Stankovic was frustrated that the semantic web was failing to break free from academia. Disparaging remarks from a Google director about the potential of the semantic web in the mainstream promp... Read More

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Startup pitch: TourDigger is a new tours-and-activities marketplace

By Sean O'Neil | October 1, 2014

New Ottawa-based startup Tourdigger.com, a B2C aggregator of tours and activities in about a thousand cities worldwide, is off to a strong start. Since its July 2013 launch, 752 tour operators have... Read More

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Big Data is not the Messiah coming to save travel personalisation

By Viewpoints | October 1, 2014

Over the last year I’ve exposed myself to a lot of Big Data blogs, articles, conferences, webinars, technologies, chats over beers, and industry investments. Enthralling stuff to read about the pot... Read More

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Marketing watch: Marriott's Teleporters entertain and inspire newlyweds with virtual reality

By Nick Vivion | October 1, 2014

Without a doubt, the emergence of virtual reality has been the hottest travel trend of 2014 - and yes, that statement is fraught with implications for an industry that makes money by physically moving... Read More

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Meta wins: Ongoing implications as bot scraping continues to be good business in travel

By Nick Vivion | October 1, 2014

Deploying robot scripts to scrape content is nearly as old as the Internet itself - as the Web shifted from human-curated lists (think the original Yahoo), the infrastructure became reliant on automat... Read More

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Dear 2015, seven wishes for the coming year from hotels

By Pamela Whitby | October 1, 2014

If you work in hospitality you will know that in this fragmented, complicated business things are changing faster than your best barista can make a cappuccino. Among the forces driving this are fre... Read More

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Tips for dramatically better email marketing

By PhocusWire | October 1, 2014

MARKETING: Any brand with half a brain cell will know that email marketing is still, despite the rise of social media, one of the most important and fruitful methods of communicative with customers.... Read More

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LastRoom's pivot: 5 travel startup truths learned the hard way

By Viewpoints | September 30, 2014

Mexico City-based LastRoom.com recently pivoted from courting leisure travelers as the "Latin American HotelTonight" to a business-to-business (B2B) model. Here's why -- including the five truths I... Read More

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Skyscanner completes 2024 futurescape with focus on space travel

By Nick Vivion | September 30, 2014

Metasearch site Skyscanner has released the final phase of its extended forecast of what travel will be like in 2024. This last installment focuses on space travel, and how the newest - and perhaps la... Read More

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Lessons for travel - omni-channel shopping and the new digital consumer

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | September 30, 2014

Understanding the digital consumer from research outside of the travel industry is both relevant and timely. CapGemini one of the leading professional service companies has just published its lates... Read More

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CWT mobile bookings, HolidayIQ revamps, Clink Hostels, Edinburgh Airport Glass, and more...

By PhocusWire | September 30, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for September 2014. Tuesday 30 September 2014: Carlson Wagonlit Travel pilots in-app hotel booki... Read More

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Don't sell me a suitcase after a trip, tap the moments that matter

By Viewpoints | September 30, 2014

Advertisers crafting contextual advertising campaigns based on literal keyword search-based actions or past guest actions are losing the war in what I’m calling “moments that matter”. The movement... Read More

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