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Visit Queensland takes to the bottom of the ocean for latest campaign

By Linda Fox | June 6, 2013

In less than three hours a live 12-hour underwater dive will be broadcast via YouTube from Australia's Great Barrier Reef... Read More

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Are your employees or hackers the biggest threat with data theft?

By PhocusWire | June 6, 2013

Many companies spend a lot of money trying to protect data from hackers.... Read More

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The most successful online travel CEO ever could be wrong - hotel startups can scale!

By Evan Konwiser | June 6, 2013

Jeffery Boyd, CEO of Priceline, recently made comments casting doubt on the effectiveness of relative newbies Room77 and HotelTonight.... Read More

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Travel retailing in 2023 - a brief look into the future

By Kevin May | June 6, 2013

We love a bit of crystal ball-gazing at Tnooz, having produced our annual New Year Predictions list each year since the company started in September 2009.... Read More

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Hipclub seals $7 million investment to expand package holiday web service

By Linda Fox | June 6, 2013

Hipclub, a subscriber-based travel service based in Russia, has raised $7 million in funding from a string of seasoned investors.... Read More

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Cathay Pacific announces major site upgrade, includes planned weekend outage

By Karthick Prabu | June 6, 2013

Cathay Pacific announces technology improvements to its website, resulting in a weekend outage.... Read More

Here's the first iPhone app for finding tour guides: LocalGuiding

By Sean O'Neil | June 6, 2013

LocalGuiding says its new iPhone app is the world's first for finding and hiring local guides. The slick but simple app lists about 4,000 guides in more than 100 countries.... Read More

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Think Google Plus is a social network? More like The Matrix

By PhocusWire | June 5, 2013

Pretty much everyone (myself included) has been reading Google+ wrongly. Because it bears many superficial resemblances to Facebook or Twitter we've thought that it is a social network.... Read More

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Hotel websites: Tips for a multi-device and info-hungry world (full of impatient consumers)

By Viewpoints | June 5, 2013

Whether they are responsible for managing check-ins, meals, entertainment activities or check-outs, hoteliers are always on the run and have no time to spare.... Read More

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The state of some travel startups and why some are missing the (pain) point

By Viewpoints | June 5, 2013

Last year I wrote a piece entitled Three Reasons Why I Don’t Use Recent Travel Startups, casting a rather downbeat eye over a number of travel services trying to make their way in the market.... Read More

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Skypicker has an innovative user experience for flight metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | June 5, 2013

On March 29, this Czech-headquartered flight-booking site re-launched its metasearch booking engine for flights.... Read More

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TripAdvisor puts hotel metasearch live across the globe, apologises for previous pop-up hell

By Kevin May | June 5, 2013

After an extensive period of testing and eight months on from initially disclosing the idea to investors, TripAdvisor has pushed its metasearch service live across all platforms.... Read More

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Flight controlled by human thoughts takes off

By PhocusWire | June 5, 2013

Researchers have harnessed the power of thought to guide a remote-control helicopter through an obstacle course.... Read More

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Eight things smart hotel revenue managers do differently

By Viewpoints | June 5, 2013

Hotel revenue managers do differently - gathering new insights, past data isn't always helpful, value and its impact on pricing and more... Read More

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Google Glass is triggering privacy concerns over wearable technology

By PhocusWire | June 4, 2013

It's time to start quantifying the wearable computing privacy problem: devices that make us fitter and smarter may also eat away at privacy unless we act now.... Read More

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