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US hotel spend grows while ancillary flatlines
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May 16, 2013
PKF Hospitality Research has announced the latest results of their 2013 Trends in the Hotel Industry, showing a healthy 6.3% increase in rooms revenue from 2012 to 2013....
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Expedia extends lead at the summit - Top Canada travel websites, April 2013
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May 16, 2013
Online travel agency Expedia is pushing ahead of its nearest rivals in Canada, with a massive lead opening up between it, Flight Network and others during April this year....
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Visual opinions - Understanding video reviews in the travel industry
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May 16, 2013
Last year, one of YouTube's executives told a conference that around 90% of all web traffic will soon be video....
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Fiz wants to champion places via crowd wisdom and user-generated content
By Linda Fox
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May 16, 2013
Fiz is looking to tap into the big data, geo-location and social graph trends out there to bring together leisure time, longer travel and social content...
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What NDC-style flight booking might look like for agents [SCREENSHOTS]
By Sean O'Neil
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May 16, 2013
Screenshots of Farelogix's desktop product shows how agents mights sell ancillaries distributed directly by the airlines via the New Distribution Capability (NDC)....
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Google adds flights to Google Maps, lets users sign up for preview
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May 15, 2013
The new version of Google Maps produces results in the context of what you are doing or where you want to go and adds flight results....
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How to write content in a world of responsive design
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May 15, 2013
A few years ago, accessible web design simply meant testing your site in the most popular browsers and ensuring that you had descriptive ALT tags and easy-to-use navigation....
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Bibafly connects cabin crew members for down-time ideas
By Linda Fox
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May 15, 2013
Pilots and cabin crew always come across as a fairly social bunch when you see them at hotels...
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Mobile payments get serious on Google as Wallet evolves to handle travel [UPDATE]
By Nick Vivion
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May 15, 2013
With mobile e-commerce predicted to reach over $278 billion by 2015, the mobile payments sector is heating up - and Google is at the head of the pack, announcing the next iteration of Google Wallet at the I/O Conference later today....
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Google Maps likely to add flights and multi-modal search this week
By Sean O'Neil
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May 15, 2013
Google Maps may be upgraded to add multi-modal search and live flight data, in a move that could launch a thousand startup pivots....
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Smartphones here to stay - wearable technology not powerful enough
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May 15, 2013
Smartphones are going to be around for quite a while, even according to one of Nike's leading wearable technology evangelists....
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Mobile and video influence Middle East travelers, but technology restrains conversions
By Karthick Prabu
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May 15, 2013
Google has unveiled data to show how travellers in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia travelers use mobile, video and search engines in their travel decisions....
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Shifting driving trends portend travel changes ahead?
By Nick Vivion
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May 14, 2013
A newly released report showing a decline in vehicle miles driven is causing a bit of a furor in regards to the future of transportation the United States....
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Why UK regulators okayed the Priceline/Kayak tie-up
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May 14, 2013
The UK's Office of Fair Trading had a key point: Kayak makes less than £70 million a year in the UK....
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Facebook: Home falters, in-feed video ads rolling out soon
By Nick Vivion
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May 14, 2013
Two items of interest to travel marketers have come out of the Facebook news feed this week: Facebook Home's popularity and updates to the company's advertising product....
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