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Social travel startup Trippiece secures $2 million investment
By Karthick Prabu
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August 6, 2013
Trippiece, a Tokyo-based user generated content-led travel planner, has secured a funding of $2 million from Draper Nexus Venture Partners and other investors....
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Suggestme takes digital travel info analog by offering personalized printed maps
By Nick Vivion
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August 6, 2013
Custom city map startup Suggestme now offers printed versions of their digital personalized maps created by travelers....
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Don't fight BYOD - join the party instead
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August 6, 2013
The BYOD trend (bring your own device): There’s no use debating it. It’s here to stay. And it’ll get worse before it gets better....
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How a western online agency wants to shake up the Chinese travel marketplace
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August 6, 2013
Orbitz-owned HotelClub is gearing up to make some big changes to it’s offering for consumers in mainland China by the end of the year....
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Sabre outage hits airline reservation systems globally
By Sean O'Neil
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August 5, 2013
A two-hour systems crash affected as many as 400 airlines and 100 airports. Some boarding passes had to be handwritten....
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Control Google Earth with Minority Report-style gestures, via Leap Motion
By Sean O'Neil
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August 5, 2013
The early reviews are in for Leap Motion, a wireless device aimed at replacing the computer mouse with hand-based gestures similar to the ones used by Tom Cruise in Minority Report....
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Celebrity taps TripLingo to enhance the linguistic capabilities of guests
By Nick Vivion
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August 5, 2013
TripLingo today has announced a significant partnership with Celebrity Cruises, bringing the native fluency app to the high seas....
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US rental car chains boost direct bookings by 17%
By Sean O'Neil
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August 5, 2013
US rental car companies have succeeded in the past year in boosting transactions on their own "brand.com" websites, according to HeBS Digital/Adobe Digital research....
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British Airways climbs into peak storytelling mode, pulling heartstrings with latest video
By Nick Vivion
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August 2, 2013
British Airways has released their latest video, Visit Mum, an emotionally resonant tale of a mother who misses her son....
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Top 10 US hotel markets by per-room value, forecast through 2016
By Sean O'Neil
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August 2, 2013
A study by HVS, a consultancy, predicts the changes in per-room value through 2016 for the ten markets that are anticipated to fare the best, along with the US predicted average. Florida tops the tables....
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Time to think about proof points, not banners, with digital advertising in travel
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August 2, 2013
The average banner ad has a miserable clickthrough rate (CTR) of 0.1 percent, according to interactive marketing news resource ClickZ....
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Why Sabre's TripCase pivot may be strategic and lucrative in the long term
By Sean O'Neil
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August 2, 2013
TripCase used to be primarily a B2C play but Sabre wants to make it a B2B/B2C play. But can the app overtake Concur's TripIt?...
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Amadeus seizes 40% share of agency air bookings, discusses first half 2013 results
By Sean O'Neil
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August 2, 2013
In a financial reporting call, Amadeus IT Group discusses its continued revenue growth. The company now has a 40% market share of travel agency air bookings. It posted increased first half profits on the back of expansion....
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Does your hotel wifi suck? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May
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August 1, 2013
Some estimates put the amount of lost revenue across the industry from lost bookings due to poor wifi at close to $5 billion a year....
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When is the perfect time to buy products on the internet?
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August 1, 2013
It used to be, as the saying goes, that timing was more an art than a science. Using one's instinct rather than calculating it....
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