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Applying wearable technology to the airport experience

By Linda Fox | October 16, 2013

As one of the privileged few to be given a pair of Google Glass to play with earlier this year, SITA Lab did not sit on its hands. Instead, the research arm of air transport IT specialist SITA, tho... Read More

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12 questions about TripAdvisor TripConnect you were too embarrassed to ask

By Sean O'Neil | October 16, 2013

TripAdvisor, the giant review site, has launched an advertising bidding tool called TripConnect. For the first time, independent hotels and bed and breakfasts worldwide can bid directly in auctions... Read More

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TripAdvisor's TripConnect lets hotels bid for traffic and bypass Google ads

By Sean O'Neil | October 16, 2013

Last July, Tnooz was the first to report that TripAdvisor, the user-reviews giant, planned to let independent hotels and B&Bs participate in its metasearch pricing display. Today, TripAdvisor l... Read More

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Understanding the terminology around raising startup capital

By PhocusWire | October 16, 2013

STARTUPS: Alongside some of the common phrases in the world or startups, such as "awesome", "killing it" and "disruption", are some of the more vital ones that many a company will have to face as it... Read More

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How are Europe's tourism boards performing on digital, social and mobile?

By Nick Vivion | October 16, 2013

The latest think tank uber-analysis comes from Europe's Digital Tourism Think Tank, which has benchmarked the performance of national tourism boards across the digital, social and mobile landscapes.... Read More

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Getting hotel search on the web past the dreaded Meh

By Viewpoints | October 16, 2013

Let's face it - hotel search today is not very different today from the gunky prototypes that sprouted at the dawn of the internet. NB: This is a viewpoint by Max Rayner, a partner at Hudson Crossi... Read More

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Insights from Japan travel market - top websites and user engagement

By Karthick Prabu | October 16, 2013

Believe it or not, a non-travel industry company's website is the most visited Japan travel website. And, it is none other than Yahoo Travel. ComScore, the web traffic measurement service, reveals... Read More

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Mobile travelers increasingly call to book - travel companies must optimize call centers

By Sean O'Neil | October 16, 2013

The typical travel company thinks it has adapted to the popularity of mobiles. But many act as if it's enough to provide travelers with a pretty app to download or a responsive website design that loo... Read More

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Japan tourist attraction uses digital penguins to increase visits

By Karthick Prabu | October 16, 2013

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK4-zPD_25U" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Penguin-Navi-Hakuhodo-1.png"] Sunshi... Read More

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Latest luxury hotel benchmarks show impact of continued focus on customer service

By Nick Vivion | October 15, 2013

In the latest luxury hotel benchmarking, hotels continue to see traction from word-of-mouth recommendations driven by overall satisfaction and generally healthy Net Promoter Scores. The study relie... Read More

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Hotel WiFi Test tries social media pressure to call out slow hotel WiFi

By Nick Vivion | October 15, 2013

A new travel service dubbed Hotel WiFi Test is taking a novel approach to painfully slow WiFi in hotels: a centralized speed test that can be taken in a hotel and then posted directly to social media.... Read More

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KLM has a habit of making social media work - this time teaming up with Planes [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | October 15, 2013

[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8nTfVthkdw" video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/planes.jpg"] Perhaps the reason why... Read More

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Lastminute celebrates 15th birthday with official (some unofficial from us) milestones

By Linda Fox | October 15, 2013

Lastminute.com turns 15 today and the intermediary has put together 15 facts to tell its story since launch back in October 1998. But, rather than repeating what Lastminute has provided us with, in... Read More

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SouthWest secures quarter of all airline web traffic - Top US travel websites, September 2013

By PhocusWire | October 15, 2013

Southwest is winning almost a quarter of all traffic to airline brands in the list of leading US travel websites during September this year. The carrier added some 0.5% to its overall market share... Read More

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Simple equation: Relevant travel content + Big Data = Better results for travel brands

By Viewpoints | October 15, 2013

Forget the travel content equation for a moment - remember the days when you would walk into the corner travel agency and find racks and racks of brochures? NB: This is a viewpoint from Henry Woodm... Read More

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