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THack Bangalore: Winners - waitlist predictor, social travel and trip planning

By Karthick Prabu | November 12, 2013

For the first time in India, a travel vertical focused hackathon (THack) took place in the country's own Silicon Valley - Bangalore. THack Bangalore was planned to be slightly different from the ot... Read More

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Airbnb catalyzes messaging and guest experience, asking hosts to rally to change laws

By Nick Vivion | November 12, 2013

Airbnb produced an event, the Airbnb Open, focused on the short-term rental site's host community, both showcasing the company's capacious new offices and some specific inspiring stories of the websit... Read More

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Mario and Nintendo's cast of characters expands again across Norwegian's full fleet

By Nick Vivion | November 12, 2013

Norwegian Cruise Line has expanded their initial trial with Nintendo, bringing the Wii U gaming system to all Norwegian ships fleet-wide. After deploying Nintendo's original Wii gaming system acros... Read More

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Increasing your social media following is easy - right?

By PhocusWire | November 12, 2013

SOCIAL: Let's face it, there are many ways to "game" the system and attract followers or fans (or whatever term other social networks use) to a brand. But actually making good use of them is another... Read More

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GuidePal - notes from a startup in transition

By Linda Fox | November 12, 2013

For city guide app, GuidePal, 2013 has been a transition year. Founder and current chief executive David Janson says the startup (TLabs here) has spent time reflecting on and adjusting the business... Read More

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Google wades into personal trip planning with Tour Builder

By Karthick Prabu | November 12, 2013

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Moses muses - the Ten Commandments of content marketing

By PhocusWire | November 12, 2013

MARKETING: Content marketing is the buzz phrase on the lips of many a digital specialist (or guru) over the past few years. But, typically for a reasonably youthful discipline, best approaches to ta... Read More

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Airport IT investment rockets towards $6 billion with focus on passenger experience

By Nick Vivion | November 12, 2013

Airport IT investment is set to reach $6 billion in 2013, according to the latest data from SITA. The survey outlines large-scale growth as airports drill down into an understanding of the passenge... Read More

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Shijiebang raises $10 million to serve growing China outbound market

By Karthick Prabu | November 11, 2013

Shijiebang has raised around 10 million in Series A funding led by angel investors such as Jerry Yang (co-founder of Yahoo), Fosun Capital Group and Chinarock Capital Management. Shijiebang also la... Read More

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Travel guide apps have work to do as consumers rarely use them

By Kevin May | November 11, 2013

For all the promotion, PR in the mainstream media and buzz on social media, it appears travel guide applications on devices are not resonating so much with travellers. British Airways tested the pu... Read More

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(Big) Data paralysis is standing between you and your customers

By PhocusWire | November 11, 2013

SYSTEMS: On the one hand having big data pouring from every, err, pore in the digital ecosystem is a good thing. It means brands can target their customers more efficiently and effectively (hopefull... Read More

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Welcome to the Xbox One hotel (seriously)

By Kevin May | November 11, 2013

It goes with the territory these days that most blockbuster films will have reams of merchandising and tie-ins with other products to help with marketing. Any parent visiting a Lego store or fast f... Read More

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Startup pitch: ShareTrips drops collaboration tools into the hotel booking process

By Nick Vivion | November 11, 2013

A new travel startup called ShareTrips focuses on bringing friends, family and groups together in the hotel selection process. Rather than making a decision in a vacuum, or an endless string of e-mail... Read More

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Gen-Ys get all the attention - spare a thought for the Silver Surfer in travel

By Kevin May | November 11, 2013

The media (us included), analysts, researchers and marketers are all probably a little bit guilty of giving too much attention to the generation coming round the corner. This is natural: Gen-Yers (... Read More

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Social seating gets a room - checks in to hotel sector

By Linda Fox | November 11, 2013

Social seating, it seems, has been quietly making headway in the background - although perhaps not in the direction we might have expected. Rather than announcements of airlines flocking to integra... Read More

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