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Bravofly acquires Jetcost as OTA-meta lines continue to merge

By Kevin May | December 23, 2013

Further evidence in the world of intermediaries that umbrella companies are seeing the value adding metasearch to the armoury as Jetcost gets snapped up by Bravofly. The Bravofly Rumbo Group bought... Read More

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How 2013 changed our opinion on privacy

By PhocusWire | December 21, 2013

SYSTEMS: Personal privacy online and via telecommunications was thrown into a spotlight even Wikileaks couldn't highlight this year as US spy shops were found to be either doing their job or stretch... Read More

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Staying the course - social travel service Minube raises $1.4M

By Kevin May | December 21, 2013

Social travel websites were appearing on the scene in 2007 at a similar rate to flash sale startups - in other words: perhaps one or two every month. Minube has managed to buck the trend of those t... Read More

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Adara ties travel intent to Twitter ad platform with eye towards conversions

By Nick Vivion | December 20, 2013

Adara has recently announced an integrated partnership with Twitter that allows travel brands to retarget users with specific behaviors on the social platform. This partnership is a continued evolu... Read More

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10 content marketing ideas (and action points) for 2014

By Viewpoints | December 20, 2013

According to the Content Marketing Institute, 56% of UK marketers expect to increase their CM spend in coming 12 months (11% say ‘significantly’). Debates rage over the practice - its proper defini... Read More

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How Indian airlines perform in social media [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Karthick Prabu | December 20, 2013

Indian aviation is hotting up with three airlines planning to launch in 2014 as well as Etihad taking a stake in Jet Airways and increased competition for market share among existing players, the Indi... Read More

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Ctrip helps China car rental service eHi pocket $100M investment

By Karthick Prabu | December 20, 2013

eHi, a Shanghai-based online car rental service, has secured over $100 million investment from China's leading OTA Ctrip.com and existing investors. In 2012, US-based Enterprise Holdings invested i... Read More

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Reaching for the stars - can Russian travel startups make a mark?

By Viewpoints | December 20, 2013

In a talk I gave at E-Travel 2013 in Moscow last month, I tried to compare some figures from the Russian and international travel startups market and came to some conclusions that seem interesting to... Read More

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Deep dive into Asia Pacific online travel market

By Karthick Prabu | December 19, 2013

Asia Pacific travel market ousted Europe to become the world’s biggest regional travel market in 2012, accounting for bookings worth about $320 billion, according to a report by PhoCusWright. The A... Read More

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Chinese online car rental market shifts to top gear as Yongche raises $60 million

By Karthick Prabu | December 19, 2013

Yongche, a Beijing-based car rental booking service has raised $60 million in Series C funding, led by Ctrip and DCM. The funding will be used for the development of the next version (5.0) of its m... Read More

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One decade in, enterprise-level social matures - so what's next for social in business?

By Nick Vivion | December 19, 2013

Social strategist Altimeter Group has published an overview of enterprise-level social programs in 2013, outlining the results of the company's annual survey of digital strategists. Coupled with ta... Read More

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Twitter adds conversion tracking for promoted tweets, affecting travel marketers

By Sean O'Neil | December 19, 2013

After months of tests, Twitter made its advertising conversion tracking tool available to all marketers in the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland today. The measurement and reporting analytics tool aims t... Read More

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Best travel videos of 2013, as picked by Vimeo

By Sean O'Neil | December 19, 2013

Video-sharing platform Vimeo tends to rise above the mass-market clutter of YouTube, showcasing digital short films of the finest quality. The site regularly names its "staff picks" for the best vi... Read More

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Aerial view of Germany's airline distribution landscape - tech, ancillaries and other challenges

By Viewpoints | December 19, 2013

With a total 2012 travel spend of Euro 133.6 billion, Germany is one of the largest travel markets in the world – and clearly the single largest in Europe. From 2010 to 2013 the market has grown an... Read More

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Startup pitch: Tiqets lands $450K round for its white-label distribution of event tickets

By Sean O'Neil | December 18, 2013

Founded in Amsterdam in late 2013, Tiqets is a white-label business-to-business (B2B) service that aims to help hotels, airlines, and online travel agencies (OTAs) up-sell their customers with ancilla... Read More

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