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The Scan: American Airlines serves 20,000 passes a day through Passbook, and more news
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The Scan: American Airlines serves 20,000 passes a day through Passbook, and more news
By Sean O'Neil | December 21, 2012
American Airlines, Hotel.jp, Viator, TripLingo, Gogobot, Grasp Technologies, Lowcosttravel, C2G, 101... Read More
HomeAway expands in China, via TuJia
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HomeAway expands in China, via TuJia
By Sean O'Neil | December 20, 2012
This month, 2,000 HomeAway listings have been translated to Mandarin and posted on TuJia, China's... Read More
Southwest Airlines demos video versions of flight confirmation e-mails
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Southwest Airlines demos video versions of flight confirmation e-mails
By Sean O'Neil | December 20, 2012
US budget carrier Southwest Airlines may begin sending passengers videos that confirm details on a... Read More
More on 2013: Seamless integration, share-of-wallet and the single truth [VIDEO]
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More on 2013: Seamless integration, share-of-wallet and the single truth [VIDEO]
By Nick Vivion | December 20, 2012
Tnooz chased down travel executives from many corners of the travel industry at this year's... Read More
Facebook revamps Nearby: What businesses need to know about the local recommendation tool
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Facebook revamps Nearby: What businesses need to know about the local recommendation tool
By Sean O'Neil | December 20, 2012
Facebook has rebooted the Nearby function on its app for iPhone and Android, making it a true... Read More
Concur leads $9 million investment round in Nor1's upsell technology
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Concur leads $9 million investment round in Nor1's upsell technology
By Nick Vivion | December 18, 2012
Nor1, the provider of upsell technologies to the hotel industry, has closed a Series B round of $9... Read More
What's pushing people to purchase on social media [INFOGRAPHIC]
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What's pushing people to purchase on social media [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Linda Fox | December 18, 2012
Lots of talk in recent months about purchasing via social networks, f-commerce and whether is will... Read More
LocalMind purchase next step on Airbnb's path to local domination
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LocalMind purchase next step on Airbnb's path to local domination
By Nick Vivion | December 17, 2012
Montreal-based Localmind has announced that it has been acquired by Airbnb last week, the second... Read More
Google may drop screen scraping of TripAdvisor and Yelp content to get government off its back
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Google may drop screen scraping of TripAdvisor and Yelp content to get government off its back
By Sean O'Neil | December 17, 2012
US regulators may end their antitrust investigation of Google’s search business by letting the company... Read More
The social foundation: How social proof increases clickthrough on search
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The social foundation: How social proof increases clickthrough on search
By Nick Vivion | December 14, 2012
Word-of-mouth has always been one of the most powerful - and valuable - forms of marketing, and the... Read More
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U.K.-based Easol said the funding had allowed it to develop an agentic tool for experiences businesses... Read More
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