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Nor1 pushes out new mobile merchandising product eReach

By Nick Vivion | May 16, 2014

Incremental revenue technologist Nor1 has created a new mobile merchandising platform that allows hotels to explicitly target the guest experience on mobile. The new mobile product is called eReach... Read More

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Qunar reports over 400% revenue growth via mobile channel

By Karthick Prabu | May 16, 2014

Qunar has reported revenue of $54 million for the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 83.6% year-on-year. Gross profit for Q1 2014 was $42.2 million, an increase of 76.8% over the same period. Th... Read More

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Travel personalization startup Olset raises $1.1M

By Sean O'Neil | May 16, 2014

Olset, which offers personalized recommendations for hotels, has raised $1.1 million of seed funding on a convertible note. This includes a $500,000 tranche that Tnooz previously reported. The lead i... Read More

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Time to build travel applications that will move the world again

By Sean Arena | May 16, 2014

Late last year, Sabre hosted a webinar on Tnooz to provide thoughts on how the digital landscape is evolving — as well as a few key trends that are influencing that evolution. As I mentioned on the... Read More

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OpenJaw widens retailing capabilities for S7

By Linda Fox | May 16, 2014

Russian airline S7 has extended flight and ancillary shopping capabilities on its website after deploying the OpenJaw t-Retail Platform. The technology enables airline customers to use the website,... Read More

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Sometimes you just have to simplify in order to grow in mobile

By PhocusWire | May 16, 2014

DEVICES: Many startups focusing on mobile, especially in the travel sector, can perhaps be forgiven for trying to be all things to all people - overloading products with features and things people s... Read More

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Will technology enhance or destroy the corporate’s hotel-travel policy?

By Kevin May | May 15, 2014

When thinking about hotels, the travel manager is constantly challenged to balance the needs of the company with the needs of the traveler colleague. Corporate travelers, like their leisure counter... Read More

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Restaurant data, marketing and analytics platform fires up $3.2 million

By Nick Vivion | May 15, 2014

Posiq, a Big Data play in the restaurant space, has announced a $3.2 million series A. The financing round was led by hospitality VC firm Thayer Ventures, with additional participation by SVG Partners... Read More

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Sabre's debt, revenue and passengers boarded all increase in Q1

By Nick Vivion | May 15, 2014

Sabre Corporation completed its first earnings call as a publicly traded company - and generally things are consistent with where the company was prior to re-entering public markets earlier this year.... Read More

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A reality check on tours and activities (bubble?)

By Viewpoints | May 15, 2014

It's that time again, on the heels of another big tours and activities study from Phocuswright, when the hive starts buzzing about this sector in travel. I love this time. NB: This is an opinion... Read More

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Thomas Cook continues journey to lean, mean online machine

By Linda Fox | May 15, 2014

Thomas Cook provided an update of its "digital transformation" this morning as part of half-year results ended 31 March, 2014. The company has come a long way in the months since it embarked on its... Read More

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TripIt is latest travel company on Google Glass, adds trip planning app

By Linda Fox | May 15, 2014

TripIt has developed an application enabling travellers to access travel plans on Google Glass. A statement says the Concur-owned itinerary management specialist was selected, alongside a group of... Read More

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Gogobot redesigns app, responding to the behavior of mobile travelers

By Sean O'Neil | May 15, 2014

Gogobot, a travel reviews startup in San Francisco, has fully re-designed its app for iPhone and Android, to better reflect how mobile users research and book travel on the go. One of Gogobot's key... Read More

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Online travel agents vs hotels - friends, enemies or frenemies?

By Karthick Prabu | May 15, 2014

As the industry knows, online travel agents (OTA) bring additional bookings to hotels, but while doing so, the hotel pays a commission that it could otherwise have avoided via a direct booking on its... Read More

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More landmarks as eLong says mobile is largest hotel booking channel

By Karthick Prabu | May 15, 2014

Chinese OTA eLong has reported net revenues of $39.6 million for the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 13% ($35 million) compared to first quarter of 2013. However, the NASDAQ-listed, Expedia-o... Read More

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