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GoBook makes impressive debut, sweeps aside Expedia - Top New Zealand travel websites, September 2013

By PhocusWire | October 20, 2013

Heavy promotion for the launch of GoBook has seen it jump straight into number one spot in the list of leading New Zealand travel websites. The GrabOne-run service launched in the first week of Sep... Read More

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I'll take the standard room with the big cat, please (AKA how Agoda tests its web pages)

By Kevin May | October 19, 2013

Developers and web engineers are notorious for testing out web pages with cheeky and often weird content - but did the Agoda team mean to do so in a live environment? Word reaches us of a mysteriou... Read More

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Big travel data meets curious minds at THack Boston

By Nick Vivion | October 19, 2013

Tnooz has decamped to Boston for our latest THack, which is addressing an exciting and continually challenging area of the travel business: big travel data. With access to several large databases f... Read More

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LocalUncle calls uncle, ceases operations

By Nick Vivion | October 18, 2013

LocalUncle has called it quits after a two-and-a-half year run that included a name change from Loqize.me (TLabs here). The co-founders, Philip Estrada Reichen and Philipe Fatio, announced the clos... Read More

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Farewell Dopplr - a pioneer of social travel

By Linda Fox | October 18, 2013

Who remembers Dopplr, the Finnish and London-born social network bought by Nokia in 2009? The company launched in beta in 2007 amid much excitement in digital circles and was an early, but fast gro... Read More

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Goodbye data roaming fees, hello lucrative niche markets in travel?

By Viewpoints | October 18, 2013

Moves to scrap mobile data roaming charges have been swift and this is (or should be) a wake up call for the travel industry. NB: This is a report by Pamela Whitby, editor for EyeforTravel. The... Read More

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Localisation as a brand - how to launch in a completely new market

By Karthick Prabu | October 18, 2013

Wego launched its Taiwan website in May 2013, since then its booking revenue has been growing at 20% every month. The Singapore-based company has taken a localisation approach for its Taiwan servic... Read More

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How to predict within four hours if a Kickstarter project will fail

By PhocusWire | October 18, 2013

STARTUPS: Online crowd-funding service Kickstarter has evolved massively during 2013 - and, some argue, not for the better. Some individuals are using just to get money for trips, others for ideas w... Read More

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MyGola raises $1.5 million in bid to become top travel planning site

By Karthick Prabu | October 17, 2013

Travel planning service Mygola has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding in an aim to become the world's best travel planning website. The total funding amount raised by mygola stands at $2.6 mil... Read More

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Travel agents feel the pinch of the Internet - and it doesn't hurt that much

By Nick Vivion | October 17, 2013

At a recent invite-only roundup for American Express-affiliated travel agents, the assembled agents were surveyed about how the Internet has impacted their businesses. Traditionally, the Internet h... Read More

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TourRadar unveils mobile chat app for group tours

By Linda Fox | October 17, 2013

TourRadar, an online tours and activities provider, describes its "Meet Others" mobile application as Whats App for the group tours industry. The service enables users to sign in, via Facebook, Tou... Read More

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All signs continue to point north for tours and activities

By Karthick Prabu | October 17, 2013

It seems everybody wants a piece of the tours and activities pie right now with developments across major online travel agencies, other intermediaries and startups. Details are emerging from a PhoC... Read More

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HomeAway offers up commission-based rentals and new Professional Referral Network

By Nick Vivion | October 17, 2013

HomeAway announced an expansion of its business model today, with commission-based rentals for owners and a Professional Referral Network for add-on services. The new offering expands the business... Read More

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Five reasons TripAdvisor TripConnect will rob Google of hotel ad spend

By Viewpoints | October 17, 2013

Hotels will shift a portion of their online search marketing budgets from Google to TripAdvisor's new TripConnect, a new metasearch auction bidding tool. NB: This is a guest post from Craig Stewart... Read More

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Why there is no magic fairy dust available for content marketing

By PhocusWire | October 17, 2013

MARKETING: Publishers (like us), travel content sites and many others are probably on the receiving end of numerous requests - often several a day - from travel brands looking to spread their messag... Read More

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