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GetYourGuide woos ex-Booking.com boss and others to invest $4.5M

By Kevin May | January 30, 2014

More investment capital pouring into Getyourguide - this time in the shape of $4.5 million from Kees Koolen and Fritz Demopoulos, ex-respective CEOs of Booking.com and Qunar. The latest round comes... Read More

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KDS joins more dots in the corporate travel journey

By Linda Fox | January 30, 2014

A year on from launching its Neo door-to-door service, it seems KDS has slotted another piece of the corporate travel journey into place. The travel and expense management company is claiming to ha... Read More

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Anyone who remembers the 1980s will cringe at new Delta in-flight video

By Kevin May | January 30, 2014

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eduNjwNvcH4" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/delta-1980s.jpg"] For every cool ind... Read More

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American Airlines points to a new movement in airline IT

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | January 30, 2014

Sabre and American Airlines have formally agreed to a deal whereby both US Airways and its sister carrier will use Sabre as the passenger service system for the merged airline. While this is hardly... Read More

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Travel MARKETING roundup - January 2014

By PhocusWire | January 30, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for January 2014. 30 January 2014: CheapAir connects each customer with a personal travel advi... Read More

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Japan named most viewed destination in Asia on Google Street View

By Karthick Prabu | January 29, 2014

In Asia, China has been attracting media and business attention for its massive outbound travel market, but the country that has got the travellers (online) attention is the land of rising sun - Japan... Read More

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Travel SYSTEMS roundup - January 2014

By PhocusWire | January 29, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for January 2014. 28 January 2014: American Airlines has tapped Sabre as its unified hosting pro... Read More

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15below helps airlines help travelers during disruptions like the Polar Vortex

By Sean O'Neil | January 29, 2014

The US polar vortex has been the latest example of unusual events disrupting travel for thousands of people as well as airlines including JetBlue, Westjet, Frontier, and Copa. Addressing such disru... Read More

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Navigating the online travel landscape - a guide for startups

By Viewpoints | January 29, 2014

If you take a look at Travel Weekly’s top 50 travel companies there are a few familiar names. We all know Priceline, Expedia and Orbitz. But if you are shocked to find FC USA on that list (ahead of... Read More

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$6.5 million in financing for RocketMiles, which offers miles for hotel bookings

By Sean O'Neil | January 29, 2014

Rocketmiles, a travel site created in Chicago, only came out of beta last April. Yet as the company's pace of growth has quickened, so has its funding schedule. In an announcement on Wednesday, Roc... Read More

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Tencent invests in China map service Linktech Navi

By Karthick Prabu | January 29, 2014

Tencent, the Chinese web giant and also the world's fourth largest internet company, has invested in a China map service provider Linktech Navi. Terms of the deal were not announced. However, lo... Read More

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Startup pitch: Homestay.com claims growth, fostered by 3 million euro in funding

By Sean O'Neil | January 28, 2014

Homestay accommodation is not a new phenomenon in the student and youth travel sector. But the market for online booking and management services for educational and leisure short-term lodging is ma... Read More

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Airlines are mobile but responsive design is not on the radar [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Linda Fox | January 28, 2014

The majority of the world's top 50 airlines (76%) have a dedicated mobile website but none are using responsive design according to a study. The report, from digital agency 8 Million Stories, into... Read More

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Extensive Cornell analysis shows real impact of hotel loyalty program

By Nick Vivion | January 28, 2014

Cornell's School of Hotel Administration has released a compelling study measuring the direct impact of the Stash Rewards loyalty program on hotels, one of the first detailed studies showing how a loy... Read More

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11 lessons learned as a legal alien running a US travel tech company

By Viewpoints | January 28, 2014

I grew up in a small town, Grimstad, on the southern coast of Norway. It’s very different from Boston, where I’ve lived and worked for the past decade. I’m fortunate enough to lead the team at Stud... Read More

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