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That web design versus SEO debate: does it make any sense at all?
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May 2, 2013
Designers bashing SEOs and vice versa. We all have been seeing this happening for a long while now - years, in fact. And it’s probably not going to end any time soon....
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GetThere majorly expands its booking content for corporate travel
By Sean O'Neil
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May 2, 2013
The giant of corporate tools, which books $9 billion in travel a year, is supplementing its GDS content with additional regional suppliers via more user-friendly reservation tools....
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Why travel brands are particularly at risk from the next Google Penguin update
By Viewpoints
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May 2, 2013
In the past 18 months Google has brought out a large number of updates designed to penalise sites that have used unnatural links to gain an advantage in the search results and lot of sites suffered from major penalties and ranking drops....
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A new problem for OTAs: Airline websites are outselling them in the US
By Sean O'Neil
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May 2, 2013
For the first time, more US fliers say they typically use airline websites to book airplane tickets than they use OTAs, says a new study from travel consultancy PhoCusWright....
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FlyinAway lets the crowd decide which routes to put on sale
By Linda Fox
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May 2, 2013
FlyinAway Travel Technologies is a membership travel site that offers airfare savings by enabling users to bid the price they'd like to pay...
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Travelport gets a new chairman, picks up Zuji for distribution after Travelocity sale
By Kevin May
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May 2, 2013
Changes at board level for Travelport as a new chairman is unveiled to replace Jeff Clarke and a number of new directors join following the recent completion of its refinancing....
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Same-day mobile booking services - now there's a hotel branded app for that
By Kevin May
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May 2, 2013
Hotels are apparently losing up to 30% of revenue from cuts in commission or merchant fees as a result of the rapid rise of the same-day mobile booking apps in the marketplace....
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How Indonesian airlines perform in social media [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu
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May 2, 2013
Brand24, a social media monitoring company, has released an infographic that highlights the brand sentiments and social media strength of Indonesian airlines....
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The rise of value-add travel apps in India for existing brands - here comes iXiGo
By Karthick Prabu
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May 1, 2013
Indian travel search service iXiGo is joining the trend of brands in the country that are building mobile apps for customers which have functionality away from the core business....
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Mygola shifts focus to become a visual itinerary tool
By Karthick Prabu
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May 1, 2013
Pivot alert: Mygola has changed its business model to become a one-stop-shop for travel itineraries, abandoning its previous trip planning portal....
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Screen scraping bots banished by latest startup targeting travel vertical
By Nick Vivion
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May 1, 2013
Distil Inc, an inaugural member of TechStars Cloud in early 2012, has built a sophisticated system for companies looking to protect their content from automated attempts to scrape it....
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Reality check, please: Not every startup founder will be the next Mark Zuckerberg
By PhocusWire
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May 1, 2013
Entrepreneurs dream of sell their company for millions of dollars. But a nasty secret of venture capital is that the dream can be dashed as the venture capitalists make millions in a sale, leaving the founders with nothing....
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Seismic shift: Airbnb will let hosts sell tours and activities
By Kevin May
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May 1, 2013
Airbnb was essentially always about being a marketplace to let home-owners earn some extra money by renting out a spare room or an entire property. But the model is slowly evolving....
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Mining the Facebook social graph to work out what travellers want to do on a trip [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May
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May 1, 2013
Travel companies are finally getting their heads round the fact that Facebook can be a goldmine of information about consumer habits and the things they like doing on a trip....
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EasyJet mobile boarding pass trial includes Passbook integration
By Linda Fox
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May 1, 2013
EasyJet is testing mobile boarding passes across departures from six airports including London Stansted, Edinburgh and Amsterdam...
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