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Behind the scenes: Tourism Victoria talks about its Remote Control Tourist project
By Karthick Prabu
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October 22, 2013
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Among car rental companies, these are the digital marketing stars
By Sean O'Neil
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October 22, 2013
Car rental brand names are typed into search engines every day, but many travelers don't realize there is an online battle over those words fought by the largest rental car chains in the US, Britain,...
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A map of the world's favorite websites highlights the raging battle for Number One
By Nick Vivion
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October 22, 2013
Short and sweet, the graphic below shows which website is the most popular in every country, as measured by Alexa. The world's favorite websites are not all that surprising, but they do show how th...
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Expedia to add HomeAway vacation rentals to its travel search results
By Sean O'Neil
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October 22, 2013
North American online travel agent Expedia says that it will test adding HomeAway vacation rentals to its search results. The plan is to include roughly 10,000 US and Mexican standalone vacation re...
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Farewell Dopplr, hello Radar
By Linda Fox
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October 22, 2013
Startups are often known for being nimble but just as Nokia announced plans to finally shutter Dopplr next month, one rapid startup saw an opportunity to fill the gap. Step forward Radar, which eve...
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Major shifts at Google shine a curious light on the future of SEO
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October 22, 2013
MARKETING: You have to love search engine optimisation - it keeps brands on their toes, ensures marketing remains a dynamic discipline, and can also flatten the playing field between the big and the...
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Tours and activities provider BeMyGuest raises $400,000 angel fund
By Karthick Prabu
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October 21, 2013
More goings on in the tours and activities sector. Singapore-based tours and activities player BeMyGuest has raised $400,000 angel fund to boost its marketing effort, improve technology and acquire co...
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Google urges travel brands to make it simple, personal and mobile
By Kevin May
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October 21, 2013
Google has released the findings of a hefty travel study this week - the results of which are being plugged with a plea to the industry to up its game with consumers on the web. The results range f...
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Big travel data becomes fodder for some intriguing hacks at THack Boston
By Nick Vivion
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October 21, 2013
The results from the THack event in Boston are in: over 60 people formed into 10 teams to compete for three prizes of $1,000 each, in addition to $500 worth of hotel rooms as door prize. The teams wer...
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MasterCard targets TMCs with Travel Controller's virtual card tech
By Sean O'Neil
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October 21, 2013
Giant payment network MasterCard said today that it is piloting its own virtual card number technology to connect with travel management companies (TMCs). To be released globally in early 2014, the...
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Excursiopedia expands outdoor tours and activities via RangeUp acquisition
By Linda Fox
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October 21, 2013
More developments in the tours and activities sector this week as Excursiopedia has acquired outdoor-activity specialist RangeUp with terms of the deal undisclosed. Excursiopedia plans to integrate...
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70,000 signatures for Save Airbnb in New York City petition
By Sean O'Neil
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October 21, 2013
On October 11, Airbnb, an Internet marketplace that helps people rent rooms, received a handy propaganda tool from one of its users. On that day, Mishelle Farer, an Airbnb host of a spare room in B...
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Amadeus says IATA plan to modernize distribution is no panacea
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October 21, 2013
The New Distribution Capability (NDC) is an additional treatment, but not a panacea, to modernize distribution of airline content. NB: This is a guest viewpoint by Decius Valmorbida of Amadeus, the...
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Turning the ugly duckling of the travel industry into a beautiful swan
By Stephen Joyce
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October 21, 2013
There have been days in the not so distant past when I have felt like an ugly duckling, paddling about furiously in the vast pool of order and normality in the travel industry. Despite the hype aro...
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Believe it or not, great web companies do not need to come from Silicon Valley
By PhocusWire
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October 20, 2013
STARTUPS: There is such an intense focus on Silicon Valley as THE place to be in order to succeed in the world of tech startups that whilst the scene there continues to celebrate itself other cities...
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