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Superfly continues data push with mobile hotel booking, plus cash back
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Superfly continues data push with mobile hotel booking, plus cash back
By Nick Vivion | July 18, 2013
Superfly continues to focus on both accumulating and leveraging data with an eye to enhancing the travel experience for users. Next up: hotels.... Read More
Everything a travel company needs to know about email marketing
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Everything a travel company needs to know about email marketing
By Kevin May | July 18, 2013
Sending email blasts and getting some kind of ROI is as easy as opening a tin of spam, right? Well, not exactly, as hundreds of hoteliers and chains will testify.... Read More
Tint gets in on the travel like a local theme via Facebook
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Tint gets in on the travel like a local theme via Facebook
By Linda Fox | July 18, 2013
Tint, according to its founders, emerged out of an 'epiphany' for a website based on Facebook that would provide travel experiences with a more local feel... Read More
Might Google benefit the most from IATA's NDC?
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Might Google benefit the most from IATA's NDC?
By Viewpoints | July 17, 2013
A viewpoint from Paul Richer, the owner of travel technology consultancy Genesys who recently led a roundtable talk with an IATA official, a Google technical consultant, and a British Airways revenue management chief.... Read More
Well funded startup Stayful promises real-time bidding for boutique hotels
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Well funded startup Stayful promises real-time bidding for boutique hotels
By Sean O'Neil | July 17, 2013
This NYC-hotel booking startup recently received $2.4 million in funding. Will its bidding solution earn out that investment?... Read More
Kayak quietly cancels its cruise search
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Kayak quietly cancels its cruise search
By Sean O'Neil | July 17, 2013
The story of online cruise bookings is a rare case of a victory of suppliers against metasearch.... Read More
Prescriptive versus predictive: An IBMer's guide to advanced data analytics in travel
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Prescriptive versus predictive: An IBMer's guide to advanced data analytics in travel
By Viewpoints | July 17, 2013
Travel companies rarely complain that they don’t have enough data – but what they often lack is the ability to easily turn this data into valuable insight.... Read More
How Expedia ads now trail you from desktop to mobile
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How Expedia ads now trail you from desktop to mobile
By Sean O'Neil | July 17, 2013
In a travel industry first, Expedia has begun "re-targeting" ads at more than 55 million of its users who switch between desktop and mobile devices to research trips.... Read More
HomeAway acquires Travelmob, strengthening its Asia coverage
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HomeAway acquires Travelmob, strengthening its Asia coverage
By Karthick Prabu | July 17, 2013
HomeAway, the global vacation rental portal has been making its move constantly to penetrate the Asian market, and now with a big step to acquire Travelmob.... Read More
EasyJet takes crown from Ryanair (by slimmest of margins) - Top UK travel websites, June 2013
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EasyJet takes crown from Ryanair (by slimmest of margins) - Top UK travel websites, June 2013
By PhocusWire | July 17, 2013
After losing its coveted position as the leading airline website in the UK in May, EasyJet has regained top spot from Ryanair despite losing market share in June.... Read More
Open Allies pressures DOT to reject IATA's Resolution 787
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Open Allies pressures DOT to reject IATA's Resolution 787
By Sean O'Neil | July 16, 2013
"Not good enough!" A trade organization piles on to Amadeus's attack on IATA's amended proposal to adopt a new messaging language for airfare content.... Read More
US online ad spend per user rises as advertisers deploy more digital marketing
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US online ad spend per user rises as advertisers deploy more digital marketing
By Nick Vivion | July 16, 2013
The latest digital advertising numbers show the steady growth of digital dollars: $144 dollars per user was spent in 2012, or nearly 4 times the amount spent per user in 2002.... Read More
The travel marketing funnel is broken
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The travel marketing funnel is broken
By Sean O'Neil | July 16, 2013
Brian Solis, an Altimeter Group analyst, says that marketing departments need to think more in an ellipsis model for planning their campaigns to reach socially connected consumers.... Read More
TripAdvisor shutters Wanderfly
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TripAdvisor shutters Wanderfly
By Nick Vivion | July 16, 2013
TripAdvisor has shuttered trip-planning guide Wanderfly less than a year after acquiring the company for an undisclosed sum.... Read More
Expedia wins more traffic than next three brands combined - Top Canada travel websites, June 2013
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Expedia wins more traffic than next three brands combined - Top Canada travel websites, June 2013
By PhocusWire | July 16, 2013
The web traffic of Flight Network, Hotwire and CheapOAir combined was still behind the total market share achieved by market leader Expedia in Canada in June.... Read More