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How a SpiceJet cabin crew stunt turned sour when YouTube clips went viral

By Karthick Prabu | March 21, 2014

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Travel brands and bloggers beware - understanding the legitimate guest post

By Viewpoints | March 21, 2014

Guest blogging is dead, declared Matt Cutts, Google’s head of webspam team in January. Citing the fact that what once was an authentic and legitimate way of sharing content and views has become ove... Read More

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Are these eight of the most social media-friendly hotels in the world?

By Karthick Prabu | March 21, 2014

In the classification of hotels by type - airport hotels, beachfront hotels, downtown hotels, etc - perhaps it's high time to add a new category: "social media-friendly"? Online reputation manageme... Read More

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Locish locates $820k for pivot into question-and-answer for locals

By Nick Vivion | March 20, 2014

Local knowledge travel startup Locish has raised $820k to fund a pivot into a question-and-answer service for local experiences. The mobile startup (TLabs here) originally launched from Greece, and... Read More

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Facebook speaks: how engagement in travel is evolving

By Sean O'Neil | March 20, 2014

Lee McCabe has been the global head of travel at Facebook, the social network with 1.2 billion users, since October 2012. A veteran of Expedia, he knows the travel industry well. McCabe recently sp... Read More

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Delta links with LinkedIn, Momondo uses compass for friendly flight searches, and more...

By PhocusWire | March 20, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SOCIAL in tourism and hospitality for March 2014... Thursday 20 March 2014: Delta links with LinkedIn for a class in innovation... Read More

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Sabre brings map-based hotel shopping to agents

By Linda Fox | March 20, 2014

Sabre plans to test technology with agents enables them to research, compare and book hotels via a map-based interface. The global distribution system has partnered with travel technology company Zoo... Read More

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South Korean search engine inspires Thomas Cook content strategy

By Linda Fox | March 20, 2014

Thomas Cook claims it is reaping the benefit of online content created via its Ask & Answer service launched last year. The tour operator's digital boss, John Straw, says there has been an upli... Read More

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ibiboGroup acquires tracking and analytics service YourBus

By Karthick Prabu | March 20, 2014

India-based ibiboGroup has acquired online bus tracking and analytics service provider YourBus for an undisclosed fee. YourBus's system alerts (via SMS) bus passengers about the exact location of t... Read More

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The reviews are in, and the world's top-rated luxury hotel is...

By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2014

ReviewPro has done the gruntwork, parsing 839,593 online guest reviews of 1,692 properties published during 2013 to determine the top luxury hotels worldwide. This is the first annual report on the S... Read More

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TUI Travel helps customers find dream trip via immersive video

By Linda Fox | March 19, 2014

TUI Travel is enabling customers to put together their dream holiday using an interactive video. The Holiday Open Day online initiative allows travellers to make decisions about the type of holiday... Read More

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Brazil upgrades air traffic technology ahead of the World Cup/Olympic double header

By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2014

Brazil might just be the host of the decade, welcoming both the World Cup and the Summer Olympics in a short multi-year span. This could be seen as a coming out of sorts, eclipsing Russia's recent Oly... Read More

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Flight MH 370 - Malaysia Airlines and its social media strategy

By Kevin May | March 19, 2014

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370 has inevitably captured the attention of the world - not least because so little of its fate is known. As dozens of countries continue the pains... Read More

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Startup pitch: Tinker thinks it knows what it takes to make the perfect airport taxi booking

By Sean O'Neil | March 19, 2014

Tinker is a Dutch startup that aims to solve the "last mile" problem for booking ground transportation between between an airport and a destination. In a unique touch, when a customer is arriving a... Read More

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Is it the bells and whistles why travellers pick an airline? Think again...

By Karthick Prabu | March 19, 2014

Irrespective of stellar in-flight entertainment systems and on-time performance, Australians pick price (unsurprising) as the most important factor when booking flights. Australia-based OTA Wotif s... Read More

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