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Italians probe the practices of TripAdvisor, Expedia and Booking.com

By Sean O'Neil | May 20, 2014

Italy's antitrust and competition authority is investigating TripAdvisor to see if the user-generated hotel review website does enough to delete fake opinions. In a statement, it noted concern abou... Read More

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Royal Caribbean to install metamorphic venues on its megaships cruising in China

By Sean O'Neil | May 20, 2014

Global cruise lines are in a race of one-upmanship to build ever more outrageously extravagant ships. The latest cruise line to raise the stakes is Royal Caribbean, whose two new Quantum Class shi... Read More

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Are star ratings and other hotel industry classifications still relevant?

By RJ Friedlander | May 20, 2014

Originally created to set expectations for hotel experiences, the star rating system and industry classifications like luxury, upscale or budget are increasingly coming under pressure for lack of rele... Read More

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Are Indian hoteliers ready for technology automation and analytics?

By Karthick Prabu | May 20, 2014

In the context of a hotel, automating various processes end-to-end might benefit the hotel, but just how automation-ready are Indian hoteliers? This was one of the key questions discussed by a pane... Read More

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Tripping, a metasearch site for rental lodging, nabs funding led by Recruit Holdings

By Sean O'Neil | May 20, 2014

Though Tripping, a one-time social travel site, has begun to make a name for itself in metasearch for vacation rentals, the start-up has bigger ambitions. Now it will get a boost with the help of v... Read More

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China online travel brands suggest users cancel trips to Vietnam

By Karthick Prabu | May 20, 2014

At least one online travel agency in China has recommended customers either cancel or postpone travel to Vietnam due to the anti-China protest and unrest in Vietnam. Ctrip, the Chinese OTA, told Tn... Read More

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New transportation app Bounce connects passengers to licensed drivers

By Nick Vivion | May 20, 2014

There's a new transportation app on the travel scene: Bounce. UK-based Bounce is a minicab app that directly connects passengers with professionally licensed drivers. The app is currently functioni... Read More

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Startup pitch: Explora solves the international mobile conundrum

By Nick Vivion | May 19, 2014

There are few large problems left in travel that aren't being tackled in some way by a startup somewhere on the planet - and yet, there hasn't been a startup attempting to change the way that traveler... Read More

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WaterPlay, reservation system for water T&A, splashes out with $400k seed round

By Nick Vivion | May 19, 2014

WaterPlay USA, a reservation system focused exclusively on water-based tours and activities, has announced a $400k seed round. The company uses TourCMS as the tech underpinnings for the service, wh... Read More

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Abracadabra, there is a budget for your hotel marketing

By Viewpoints | May 19, 2014

When it comes to hotel marketing, as for any marketing budget, you need a goal. Marketing is all about how much you will earn, not about how much you will spend. NB: This is a viewpoint from Antoni... Read More

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Are travel brands taking advantage of the selfie phenomenon?

By Kevin May | May 19, 2014

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTlXttQL_Yk" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lion-selfie.jpg"] It is difficult t... Read More

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Ryanair tripling marketing spend to push website and customer experience revamp

By Linda Fox | May 19, 2014

Ryanair says customer experience improvements and lowering of fares last September year helped improve traffic volumes in the second half of the year. The airline reported an 8% drop to Euro 523 mi... Read More

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One year in, Fiz unwraps deal to power TUI Travel app

By Linda Fox | May 19, 2014

Place discovery startup Fiz has signed up Le Boat, a TUI Travel brand, as its first partner. Fiz, which launched last year (TLabs here), brings together user-generated content from a variety of web... Read More

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Alibaba acquires air fare service provider Aslan

By Karthick Prabu | May 19, 2014

Alibaba's latest addition to its travel industry product suite is China's B2B air fare service provider Aslan, according to a source familiar with the acquisition. The company has not responded to... Read More

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Samsung buys temporary naming rights to Heathrow's Terminal 5

By Nick Vivion | May 16, 2014

UPDATE: Heathrow is saying that Samsung didn't officially buy "naming rights" to the terminal. Take that at face value - because it seems like Samsung thinks they did! In an effort to cause as much... Read More

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