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GoAir sues IndiGo airlines over booking site name issue

By Karthick Prabu | December 11, 2013

IndiGo Airlines, India's biggest low-cost carrier (LCC) by market share, has landed in a legal battle with one of the country's other significant LCCs, GoAir. According to Economic Times (ET), GoAi... Read More

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Deep dive into digital behaviour on New Zealand tourism website

By Karthick Prabu | December 11, 2013

NewZealand.com, the consumer facing website of New Zealand Tourism, has seen an all-time high in terms of traffic and referrals to travel brands listed in the site. The site was launched in 2011, a... Read More

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What is a traveller's motivation for sharing on social media?

By Viewpoints | December 11, 2013

"Consumers" used to be characterized according to predefined demographic criteria, and later according to lifestyle and choices. This has now eventually morphed into social behaviour trends, led by... Read More

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Mobile and tablet taking a chunk out of desktop hotel booking volume

By Karthick Prabu | December 11, 2013

Mobile and tablets are not only bringing down hotel bookings via desktop, but also page views, visits, room nights and revenue. HeBS Digital, a digital marketing company for the hospitality industr... Read More

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Startup pitch: Poached Jobs brings a full-featured hiring tool to hospitality

By Nick Vivion | December 10, 2013

The hospitality industry is known for its relatively high turnover rate. Whether due to the nature of the job or the personalities of those in the industry, hospitality has always been challenged to f... Read More

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Travel STARTUPS roundup - 9Flats, Rome2Rio, MyTab, Jetpac, RouteHappy

By PhocusWire | December 10, 2013

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel STARTUPS in tourism and hospitality on Tuesday 10 December 2013... 9flats closes operations in Berlin after government ban The market p... Read More

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Skobbler adds Wikitravel and TripAdvisor to its navigation app for Apple devices

By Sean O'Neil | December 10, 2013

Skobbler, a Berlin-based start-up, said today that it has added a crowdsourced travel guide from Wikitravel and point-of-interest reviews from TripAdvisor to its OpenStreetMaps-powered mapping app for... Read More

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TUI Travel upgrades web offering, sets out digital vision

By Linda Fox | December 10, 2013

TUI Travel has shared some of the elements it wants to put in place to improve the customer experience from inspiration and research through to the holiday and when they return. Peter Long, chief e... Read More

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Booking engines on tourism websites - they're good, not evil

By Viewpoints | December 10, 2013

Debates about whether to have booking engines on DMO sites comes up very often in conferences and webinars. Should we have one? Does it really work? NB: This is an analysis by Ashwin Kamlani, pr... Read More

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Digital Santa gives WestJet passengers a surprise gift [VIDEO]

By Karthick Prabu | December 10, 2013

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Amadeus decides virtual cards are back in vogue

By Kevin May | December 10, 2013

Heard something similar to this before? Amadeus has created a joint initiative with AirPlus to give travel agencies virtual credit cards for payments to suppliers. The Amadeus AirPlus Travel Agency... Read More

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Google allows travellers to create their own StreetView

By Karthick Prabu | December 10, 2013

A new feature from Google has taken on the existing customised StreetView service for brands so users can also create their own personalized versions. Users can build their own StreetView and share... Read More

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Brands to display Google+ posts on ads across Google network

By PhocusWire | December 10, 2013

MARKETING: Some argue that Google has been and will always be on the back foot when it comes its own social network (Plus), simply because it was late to the game behind Facebook. But many forget th... Read More

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Disney parks receive more Facebook check-ins than any other commercial travel attractions

By Sean O'Neil | December 9, 2013

Social network Facebook has released a list of global hotspots with the most check-ins in 2013, and Disney Parks dominate the top slots. Taking 25 countries, the list highlights the most popular ch... Read More

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Hotel flash sales are often more "flash" than "sale", finds study

By Karthick Prabu | December 9, 2013

How much do you really save when you make a booking through one of the flash/private sale sites like Jetsetter, Voyage Prive, and Vacationist? A new study says the savings might be almost 10 percen... Read More

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