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Landmarks feature highly in Facebook check-in study
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Landmarks feature highly in Facebook check-in study
By Kevin May | May 2, 2017
Restaurants and historic places were the two most popular categories that Facebook users "checked-in"... Read More
Fornova brings in $17 million to expand hotel intel and marketing tech
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Fornova brings in $17 million to expand hotel intel and marketing tech
By Kevin May | May 1, 2017
Hotel technology provider Fornova has secured a $17 million financing round led by Deutsche Telekom... Read More
Sabre appoints two business chiefs, Vacasa hires for tech boss role, and more...
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Sabre appoints two business chiefs, Vacasa hires for tech boss role, and more...
By PhocusWire | April 28, 2017
This is a roundup of news and announcements for travel people in April 2017. Friday 28 April 2017:... Read More
Travelzoo begins works on loyalty scheme and personalisation
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Travelzoo begins works on loyalty scheme and personalisation
By Martin Cowen | April 28, 2017
Holger Bartel, CEO of deals publisher Travelzoo, has prioritised giving its 29 million members more... Read More
Are your landing page conversion rates outperforming the standard in travel?
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Are your landing page conversion rates outperforming the standard in travel?
By Nick Vivion | April 28, 2017
If you’ve ever been curious about how well your landing pages are converting when compared to your... Read More
Expedia boosted by HomeAway performance in first financials of 2017
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Expedia boosted by HomeAway performance in first financials of 2017
By Kevin May | April 28, 2017
Expedia Inc has bumped its revenue up by 15% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2017 to $2.2 billion... Read More
The one thing killing your revenue strategy
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The one thing killing your revenue strategy
By Sponsored Content | April 27, 2017
There’s no denying that ideal pricing is important to an intelligent revenue strategy. A hotel’s... Read More
Facebook extends Dynamic Ads to let airlines in as well
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Facebook extends Dynamic Ads to let airlines in as well
By Kevin May | April 27, 2017
Facebook will now allow airlines to target users of the site with content based on when and where... Read More
CWT India launches dedicated tool for SMEs
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CWT India launches dedicated tool for SMEs
By Martin Cowen | April 27, 2017
Capturing the unmanaged travel spend of SMEs is the corporate equivalent of herding cats. And in... Read More
TripAdvisor finally gets IHG on-board for Instant Booking
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TripAdvisor finally gets IHG on-board for Instant Booking
By Kevin May | April 27, 2017
TripAdvisor has persuaded another of the global hotel giants to join its Instant Booking service:... Read More
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