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Trekksoft raises $800,000 for tours and activities push - again

By Karthick Prabu | February 10, 2014

Swiss-based tours and activity technology solution provider Trekksoft (TLabs here) has raised another $800,000 from Redalpine Capital II and other prominent investors in Switzerland. Sound familiar... Read More

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Expedia tapping into business-leisure travel fuzziness

By Linda Fox | February 10, 2014

Expedia big boss Dara Khosrowshahi was in London last week banging the drum about the blurring of lines between leisure and business travel. Social sharing and technology developments are making th... Read More

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Rocketrip raises $2.6 million to speed up product development

By Karthick Prabu | February 9, 2014

Rocketrip has raised $2.6 million in Series A led by Canaan Partners with participation from Gencast Ventures and other investors. The New York-based travel management company (TLabs startup pitch... Read More

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Taking a tumble in the snow - Sochi hotels not so popular on the web

By Kevin May | February 7, 2014

The 2014 Winter Olympics may not be popular in some quarters for political and ethical reasons - but it also appears much of the accommodation in Sochi isn't up to scratch either. It is somewhat ha... Read More

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Industry standards: How do you measure up to the Periodic Table of B2B Digital Marketing Metrics?

By Nick Vivion | February 7, 2014

Fridays are always valuable days for reflection on the week, applying lessons learned to prioritizing the next week's tasks. One of they key variables in this always-learning cycle is the actual resul... Read More

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Beyond the sharing economy-hipster hype - The REAL Airbnb effect

By Viewpoints | February 7, 2014

If I had an apartment or a house in a popular tourist destination, Airbnb would be my dream come true. NB: This is an opinion from Steve Brenner, co-owner of the Cross-Pollinate information site, o... Read More

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Expedia plays down search visibility drama, constantly audits SEO practices

By Kevin May | February 7, 2014

After Expedia insisted on an inevitable "no comment" for weeks, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was always going to face questions during its latest financial results about the search saga. Expedia.com was r... Read More

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New Facebook service Paper is for people who hate Facebook

By PhocusWire | February 6, 2014

SOCIAL: Perhaps Facebook is turning into a Google type brand, where it creates new things in the hope that they will resonate with enough of the audience, and then be given a wider promotion and rol... Read More

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MakeMyTrip buys EasyToBook hotel service for $5 million

By Kevin May | February 6, 2014

Just two and a half years after selling up to BCD Holdings-owned leisure group Travix, hotel booking site EasyToBook has another owner - MakeMyTrip. The deal sees India-based (but US-listed) online... Read More

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Mobile iterations: TripAdvisor, TripLingo and Trover update mobile experience

By Nick Vivion | February 6, 2014

A trio of companies have made noteworthy iterations to their mobile offerings. Here's how it all shakes out. TripAdvisor TripAdvisor has released a small iteration that could have big impact for... Read More

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Tourico takes to the Web to curate classes of new employees

By Nick Vivion | February 6, 2014

Hiring is one of the toughest parts of any industry, and travel industry executives are continually facing those HR challenges. Especially in the travel agent/travel wholesaling segment, where constan... Read More

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Broken down, how OTAs are eating hotel business

By Linda Fox | February 6, 2014

Fact - online travel agents are taking everyone's lunch, apparently charging pretty high commissions and have become pretty good at the whole hotel distribution game. No discussion about OTAs and h... Read More

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Kayak decides to continue working with ITA Software after all

By Kevin May | February 6, 2014

Kayak says it will stay best buddies (of sorts) with ITA Software after all - despite being at the forefront of the lobbying group opposed to Google buying ITA in 2010. The travel search company's... Read More

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KLM backs cabin crew technology startup MI Airline with Euro 1.2 million round

By Kevin May | February 6, 2014

MI Airline, a device-based system to help air cabin crew organise and assist passengers during a flight, has secured Euro 1.2 million in a second round of investment. The capital comes by way of th... Read More

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Flightfox runs from the crowd and heads straight for the individual expert

By Nick Vivion | February 5, 2014

In a dramatic shift, Flightfox has changed their business model from that of competitively crowdsourcing to connecting directly with one individual expert. The new business model is that each trave... Read More

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