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Touristlink raises angel funding to expand into Africa

By Karthick Prabu | September 26, 2013

Touristlink, a social travel website has raised undisclosed seed funding from a group of investors including Y Combinator-style African accelerator, 88mph.ac. The Kenya-based accelerator invests in... Read More

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FindMyCarrots leverages semantic search and Big Data to ease travel planning

By Karthick Prabu | September 26, 2013

Findmycarrots believes that when it comes to holiday planning, choosing a destination is more important and time consuming than choosing other travel products like hotels. On the bizarrely named Fi... Read More

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Crowne Plaza tests enhanced guest experience using business traveler feedback

By Nick Vivion | September 25, 2013

Crowne Plaza is using three European properties to trial new efforts at complete connectivity. The trials were driven by guest insights collected from 6,4333 in-brand business travelers. From this... Read More

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EasyJet doesn't ban a Twitter critic from flying after all

By Sean O'Neil | September 25, 2013

Last night, an easyJet gate agent stopped a passenger from boarding a flight because he had criticised the airliner on the social network Twitter, according to The Drum. When the discussion escalat... Read More

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Tech hotel: Ushuaïa's latest technology partner is...

By Nick Vivion | September 25, 2013

In an unexpected move, Microsoft is the latest company to partner with the tech-forward hotel brand Ushuaïa Beach in Ibiza, Spain. The hotel has pioneered many prior initiatives, such as integratin... Read More

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Amex plans joint venture for business travel, heralds digital investment

By Linda Fox | September 25, 2013

American Express is in talks to form a joint venture for its business travel division with an investor group led by Certares. The plan will effectively see Amex sell half of its business travel arm... Read More

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Thinking outside the (flight) box - how airline wifi is evolving

By Viewpoints | September 25, 2013

While much attention in travel technology has focused on mobile, social, NDC, meta-search mergers & acquisitions and growing business travel co-opetition, one of travel’s other 'bigger-than-you-th... Read More

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TravelClick boosts its revenue, staffing, and debt

By Sean O'Neil | September 25, 2013

October marks Larry Kutscher's third anniversary as CEO of TravelClick, a New York consultancy that sells marketing and reservation services to independent and chain hotels worldwide. Under Kutsche... Read More

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Heathrow Airport reacts to baggage system failure via Twitter and Facebook

By Sean O'Neil | September 25, 2013

This is how it's done. If Heathrow Airport can't keep its baggage system operating well at Terminal 5, at least it can keep travelers informed about updates in real-time via its Twitter and Facebook a... Read More

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Nor1 acquires FlexTrip, brings tours and activities to customer systems for hotels

By Kevin May | September 25, 2013

More movement at the tours and activities end of the industry as hospitality technology company Nor1 buys the FlexTrip distribution network. Terms of the sale were not disclosed, but CEO Leith Stev... Read More

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The last-minute hotel market is alive and kicking, HotelQuickly raises $1.2 million funding

By Karthick Prabu | September 24, 2013

HotelQuickly, the last-minute hotel provider remains bullish about the market as it raises $1.2 million in series A funding. Investors in this round include Boon Hwee Koh, former chairman of Singte... Read More

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Travel planning - why finding the right destination comes before finding the right hotel

By Viewpoints | September 24, 2013

A good holiday comes together when you find the right destination and the right hotel in it. However, if one were to look at travel planning websites across the world, the focus of those sites woul... Read More

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FlightView looks to users for state of in-flight WiFi and traveler experience

By Nick Vivion | September 24, 2013

Flight tracker service FlightView recently pushed a survey to their mobile users, focusing on the state of both the pre- and in-flight experience. The survey was taken by 2,160 travelers, of which... Read More

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THack SF shows just how fresh thinking can impact travel products

By Nick Vivion | September 24, 2013

After a successful run at SFO last year, Tnooz returned to San Francisco for another round of open API travel hacking. This year's THack SF was held at the splendid new digs of Hotel Tonight on... Read More

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Tap into Asia by building apps for Xiaomi smartphones

By Viewpoints | September 24, 2013

NB: This is viewpoint on Xiaomi is by Diego Saez-Gil, CEO of WeHostels. The media is full of headlines about Apple, Samsung, and Google. Yet travel companies wanting to tap into the Asian market mi... Read More

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