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Houston hotel fulfills odd bacon request, reaping social media bonanza
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Houston hotel fulfills odd bacon request, reaping social media bonanza
By Sean O'Neil | July 23, 2013
In case you missed it, a Texas hotel earned positive PR by fulfilling a guest's unusual demands for three individual M&Ms and a picture of bacon in his room.... Read More
Travel industry is changing the famous made-in-china tagline to made-for-china
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Travel industry is changing the famous made-in-china tagline to made-for-china
By Karthick Prabu | July 23, 2013
With China taking the top spot as the biggest travel spending country in the world, many tourism organisations across the globe are keeping a close watch on China in their radar.... Read More
Latest analysis of US consumer travel show marketable trends [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Latest analysis of US consumer travel show marketable trends [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Nick Vivion | July 22, 2013
The travel data junkies at Sojern have crunched the Q2 numbers, parsing 400 million data points to come to the following quarterly conclusions for real-time travel marketing.... Read More
Boeing pushes back on safety issues with live 787 Dreamliner Flight Tracker
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Boeing pushes back on safety issues with live 787 Dreamliner Flight Tracker
By Nick Vivion | July 22, 2013
What to do after a series of globally publicized incidents involving the newly-minted flagship plane? A direct flight tracker that allows the curious from all over the world to see all currently en-route Dreamliners.... Read More
European hotel prices - July to September 2013
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European hotel prices - July to September 2013
By PhocusWire | July 22, 2013
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Europe.... Read More
What content pushes a sale on vacation rental websites? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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What content pushes a sale on vacation rental websites? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Linda Fox | July 22, 2013
As many (in Europe at least) head off on an annual holiday, here's a look at some of the latest trends in the vacation rental sector... Read More
Alibaba Group shifts to top gear as it expands travel industry services
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Alibaba Group shifts to top gear as it expands travel industry services
By Karthick Prabu | July 21, 2013
Chinese ecommerce group Alibaba has strengthened its travel-related services after completing a string of recent strategic investments.... Read More
How to leverage events in hotel marketing
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How to leverage events in hotel marketing
By Viewpoints | July 19, 2013
Not so long ago, in November 2011 Google announced a significant addition to their ranking algorithms: freshness. For hotels, this means that regularly posting relevant content is vital to rank well.... Read More
Update on Travelzoo's model switch from push to pull
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Update on Travelzoo's model switch from push to pull
By Sean O'Neil | July 19, 2013
In its earnings call yesterday, the company updated investors on the steps it is taking to prompt consumers to spontaneously come to it for travel deals without needing an e-mail prompting.... Read More
Google's Waze acquisition and some eye-watering numbers
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Google's Waze acquisition and some eye-watering numbers
By Sarah Kennedy Ellis | July 19, 2013
Google/ITA just became travel acquisition chump change thanks to Waze.... Read More
Google debuts Hotel Finder on mobile, updates UX
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Google debuts Hotel Finder on mobile, updates UX
By Sean O'Neil | July 19, 2013
Built for the mobile web, Google Hotel Finder can reach the broadest number of users on various platforms. There's also a fresh UX for the desktop browser version, in case you missed it.... Read More
Cleartrip gives behind-the-scene view of its UI redesign project Tuxedo
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Cleartrip gives behind-the-scene view of its UI redesign project Tuxedo
By Karthick Prabu | July 19, 2013
It’s always commendable when a team builds something great. And when a team can eloquently explain how it built its great project, things get even better.... Read More
Oopsie - mistakes that hit your ability to engage on Facebook
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Oopsie - mistakes that hit your ability to engage on Facebook
By PhocusWire | July 18, 2013
The news feed is where people spend most of their time on Facebook — in fact, 40% of their time.... Read More
Home exchangers profiled in first ever study [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Home exchangers profiled in first ever study [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Nick Vivion | July 18, 2013
To gain more understanding of their own community, HomeExchange.com has partnered with a university research time to survey their users.... Read More
CVC claws back some ground from Decolar - Top Brazil travel websites, June 2013
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CVC claws back some ground from Decolar - Top Brazil travel websites, June 2013
By PhocusWire | July 18, 2013
Some hope for Brazilian travel site CVC as it narrows the gap between it and market leader Decolar in the list of leading travel websites in the country.... Read More