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Tansler picks PayPal exec, GoEuro hits Benelux, Funder gets funded - April 2014

By PhocusWire | April 2, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel STARTUPS in tourism and hospitality for April 2014. Friday 4 April 2014: VacationFutures appoints Simon Lehmann to its advisory boa... Read More

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TripAdvisor rental service Holiday Lettings gets tough on owners who take a booking privately

By Kevin May | April 2, 2014

Holiday Lettings, the vacation rental brand owned by TripAdvisor, has struck off more 2,100 properties from its system this year for bad service. The company says 1% of its total portfolio of renta... Read More

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Japanese tours and activities service Catarizm raises $2 million

By Karthick Prabu | April 2, 2014

Catarizm, the company that runs Asoview, a Tokyo-based online booking service for tours and activities, has raised $1.93 million from Globis Capital Partners and Jafco Ventures. The company will us... Read More

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Hot Hotels brings funding total to $1M, plans international expansion

By Karthick Prabu | April 1, 2014

Last-minute mobile-only hotel booking service Hot Hotels has received a seed investment from Axon Partners Group. Prior to the injection of capital, the Spain-based company had received some financ... Read More

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Airbnb's Shared City initiative spawns paid hotel taxes in Portland, San Francisco

By Nick Vivion | April 1, 2014

Accommodations booked through hosts on Airbnb will soon be charged hotel taxes in both Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco, California. The announcement comes on the heels of CEO Brian Chesky's ove... Read More

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Instagram continues to thrive under Facebook, showing massive surge in 2013

By Nick Vivion | April 1, 2014

Instagram has enjoyed a massive surge in the United States, the latest stats from eMarketer show. In 2013, the photo platform thrived under Facebook's umbrella, seeing a spike of 35% in US-based us... Read More

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How to pull back the sheets on Hotel Tonight and its performance

By Sean O'Neil | April 1, 2014

Like many private companies, Hotel Tonight, a pioneer of last-minute booking apps, is coy about the effectiveness of its e-marketing effort. But clues to its performance can be found in a sample of... Read More

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A deep dive into Asia-Pacific low cost carriers, GDS channels and collaboration

By Karthick Prabu | April 1, 2014

As competition increases among low cost carriers across Asia-Pacific, some are adopting GDSs for the first time or collaborating with other airlines. Abacus, the APAC-based travel technology soluti... Read More

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Six mobile trends to boost sales of travel products

By Pamela Whitby | April 1, 2014

With mobile bookings becoming mainstream and roaming charges falling, could 2014 be the year of in-trip services? NB: This is a report by Pamela Whitby, editor for EyeforTravel. For the past few... Read More

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How one company wants a divorce from Facebook

By PhocusWire | April 1, 2014

SOCIAL: Facebook has evolved (reasonably fast) from being a network for privileged kids at US Ivy League universities to a global phenomenon. For brands which have used the site as a canny marketin... Read More

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TripScanner gets in with Hickory, Hipmunk tackles multi-devices, and more

By PhocusWire | March 31, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel STARTUPS in tourism and hospitality for March 2014. Mondcay 31 March 2014: TripScanner and Hickory Global Partners partner for mana... Read More

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Twitter co-founder's Jelly gels into full Q&A app with a travel use case

By Nick Vivion | March 31, 2014

Text-based Q&A keeps on coming, with yet another pivot into the space; this time by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone's Jelly. The app, which is 3 months old, found little traction as a photo-based... Read More

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Digital love-in: Why Twitter, Facebook, Google and Amazon want to be each other

By PhocusWire | March 31, 2014

SOCIAL: Gone are the clear boundaries between a retailer like Amazon and a search engine such as Google. Add some social media into the mix and the two major networks are also changing their stripes... Read More

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Datalex and Brussels Airlines, Amadeus and RBS, Anite and Neilson, and more

By PhocusWire | March 31, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for March 2014. Monday 31 March 2014: Datalex scoops Brussels Airlines for extras brief The... Read More

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In defence of online travel agencies - they are not evil

By Viewpoints | March 31, 2014

There are multiple opinion pieces pushing ways in which hoteliers can free themselves from online travel agencies and increase their own direct bookings. NB: This is an analysis by Sabrina Lugo at... Read More

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