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Tencent buys stake in China mapping service NavInfo for $187 million

By Karthick Prabu | May 6, 2014

Tencent, in an yet another effort to take advantage of location based services, has acquired 11.28% stake in NavInfo for $187 million. The moves comes less than a month since AutoNavi, a Chinese ma... Read More

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Latest tech utterance: Ok Glass, book me a hotel

By Nick Vivion | May 5, 2014

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Southwest only travel brand to make top list in latest reputation rankings

By Nick Vivion | May 5, 2014

Nielsen's recent tie-up with Harris Interactive has led to the joint release of the latest Harris Poll Reputation Quotient - and only one travel brand made the cut on reputation, Southwest Airlines.... Read More

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The difference between a $1M or $50M+ startup entrepreneur

By PhocusWire | May 5, 2014

STARTUPS: Forgetting what your (lofty or realistic) aspirations are for a moment, actually how you set up and run a business is also a determining factor between being a failure, also-ran and pionee... Read More

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A possible blueprint for success with tours and activities marketplaces

By Viewpoints | May 5, 2014

The meteoric growth of collaborative and P2P consumption in travel is creating new ways for people to connect and to exchange services. NB: This is an analysis by David Urmann, founder of Touristli... Read More

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What is a product manager in the tech world these days?

By PhocusWire | May 5, 2014

SYSTEMS: Many roles in companies, especially larger organisations, are reasonably well defined - the CEO, CFO, commercial director, etc. But the humble product manager seemingly has many job descrip... Read More

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TripAdvisor buys Tripbod as focus broadens to local services

By Kevin May | May 5, 2014

Second acquisition in the space of a week for TripAdvisor as it buys Tripbod, the UK startup which connects travellers with local experts. Terms of the deal were not disclosed by TripAdvisor, but T... Read More

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What's next in social: Travel tidbits from Facebook's f8 conference

By Nick Vivion | May 2, 2014

As expected, Facebook had a slew of announcements of f8, many of which impact those in travel using the social media platform as a marketing tool - so pretty much everyone. Here are some of the more p... Read More

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UK travel brands missing opportunity in App Store optimization

By Nick Vivion | May 2, 2014

Travel brands in the UK are missing the opportunity to optimize placements in the App Store, according to a recent mini-study from mobile marketers Yodel Mobile. The study looked at an unnamed set of... Read More

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GoCarShare crowdfunds a ride-sharing app, and more social news for May 2014

By PhocusWire | May 2, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SOCIAL in tourism and hospitality for May 2014... 2 May GoCarShare crowdfunds an app Sharing economy platform GoCarShare is hal... Read More

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Hotels: take your heads out of the sand and get over the Airbnb threat

By Viewpoints | May 2, 2014

Have you heard the one about wrestling with the jewel case to listen to your new CD? *Crickets* NB: This is an opinion from Susan Barry, president at Hive Marketing. Of course you haven’t – a... Read More

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Crunchtime reading - hot off the newsroom marketing press

By Linda Fox | May 2, 2014

Big brands are seizing the opportunity to put their own agenda (spin) on the news via online marketing channels. On the Econsultancy blog today is this piece exploring why brands are bringing newsr... Read More

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Are travel brands facing an online identity crisis?

By Karthick Prabu | May 2, 2014

With numerous travel startups in the industry, and founders putting on the creative cap in naming their company, are travel brands losing their brand identity? How many times have you faced this si... Read More

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Poking and provoking DMOs about their role in digital travel

By Gene Quinn | May 2, 2014

Aarhus may be the "second city" of Denmark behind Copenhagen, but all eyes this week were on this cultural and tech hub during Internet Week Denmark. The festival included music, food, beer (hey, i... Read More

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Taxi booking service TaxiForSure raises $10 million

By Karthick Prabu | May 1, 2014

TaxiForSure, an India-based online taxi aggregator, has raised $10 million in Series B round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Existing investors - Accel Partners, Helion Venture Partners and Blume... Read More

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