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Here's what US travelers want from hotels as far as digital experiences

By Nick Vivion | March 5, 2014

Digital customer experience agency MCD Partners has queried 1,000 American travelers about their views on the average hotel digital experience. The results are outlined in a hospitality white paper... Read More

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Boxever reveals $6m in funding to accelerate growth

By Linda Fox | March 5, 2014

Travel big data specialist Boxever is eyeing Asia Pacific for expansion as it announces $6 million in funding led by Polaris Partners. Dublin-based Boxever, which was founded in 2012, helps airline... Read More

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Peek brings in $5 million to push further into tours and activities

By Nick Vivion | March 5, 2014

Tours and activities startup Peek has added $5 million in investment, bringing its total haul to $6.4 million. The initial round was supported by Jack Dorsey, Eric Schmidt, SV Angel, Khosla Venture... Read More

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Startup pitch: TagTagCity gets funding, targets destination infobesity

By Linda Fox | March 5, 2014

Destination information startup TagTagCity has raised EURO 1.5 million in funding from Holland-based Javest Investment Fund and others. The funding comes on top of EURO 215,000 from Iminds and a pr... Read More

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Understanding different travel website users (and what they do there)

By Viewpoints | March 5, 2014

Visualizing travel website visitor data, rather than simply collecting it in a vacuum, shows how different types of people use a search box and various filters. At the same time, segmenting visitor... Read More

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Five tips to create viral content [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Karthick Prabu | March 5, 2014

Content in any form (text, image, video) is STILL king and perhaps that's the reason every travel brand is striving to create quality content for their sites. But, what does it takes to create vira... Read More

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HomeAway buys Glad To Have You mobile concierge platform

By Kevin May | March 5, 2014

Vacation rental giant HomeAway is aiming to arm property owners with a one-to-one mobile service for their guests after acquiring system provider Glad To Have You. Terms of the acquisition announce... Read More

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Qunar (once again) shows mobile bookings are absolutely soaring

By Karthick Prabu | March 4, 2014

After reporting massive mobile channel growth in its recent quarterly earnings, now Qunar has revealed booking numbers during the Chinese New Year (CNY). Flight bookings during the new year holid... Read More

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How do you persuade customers to post images on Instagram?

By PhocusWire | March 4, 2014

SOCIAL: Alongside the filter-heavy use of Instagram by consumers the world over to show off their travels, there should be more to the image-sharing network for actual brands in the sector beyond ju... Read More

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Harnessing rogue spending on corporate travel: reward the right behavior

By Viewpoints | March 4, 2014

There's been a lot of buzz recently in the world of corporate travel management. Studies show that more and more employees are "going rogue". Millennial workers spend more freely and travel spend i... Read More

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ArrivalGuides partners with Tiqets for tours and activities

By Linda Fox | March 4, 2014

ArrivalGuides plans to offer online activities and events via a tie-up with business-to-business startup Tiqets. The B2B destination content specialist plans to make tours and activities as well as... Read More

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Tips to boost travel bookings: Right email subject, at right time with right content

By Karthick Prabu | March 4, 2014

With booking abandonment rates as high as 81% (at least) in the travel industry, the issue is perhaps one of the top problems travel brands face daily. SaleCycle, a remarketing specialist lists three... Read More

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How native travel app and mobile site usage shakes out

By Karthick Prabu | March 4, 2014

Most holiday related research takes place in mobile websites (94%) versus native applications, claims a new study. Market research company GFK looked at the mobile internet usage of more than 300,0... Read More

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Holy grail of wearable technology - kit that people actually want to wear

By PhocusWire | March 3, 2014

DEVICES: The reasonably big problem with Google Glass and other early-stage wearable technology is that it just isn't cool enough - at least for mass adoption beyond the geeks who think it's the tre... Read More

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Lessons learned on how to use crowd-funding for a travel startup

By Viewpoints | March 3, 2014

I’ve spent many months crowd-funding an Indiegogo campaign, a process which was ultimately successful. Yet, I have mixed feelings about the concept, especially for travel. NB: This is an analysis f... Read More

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