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Facebook tells travel marketers to show some emotion

By Linda Fox | November 9, 2016

Travel companies are putting significant investment into offline promotion but failing to translate it... Read More

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TripAdvisor sees hotel revenues fall, overall takings up just 1%

By Kevin May | November 9, 2016

TripAdvisor has conceded that it is yet to show how it will turn around the company's recent downturn... Read More

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Four years on, Webjet sells Zuji for AUS$56 million and doubles its money

By Kevin May | November 9, 2016

Australian online travel agency group Webjet has offloaded the Zuji brand to two companies belong to... Read More

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Developers: Join us for a travel hackathon in Berlin!

By Sean O'Neil | November 8, 2016

We're gearing up for our second travel hackathon in Germany this year. THack Berlin 2016 will be back... Read More

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Booking.com creates platform for travel agents

By Kevin May | November 8, 2016

Booking.com has officially opened up its service for offline travel agencies to search and book... Read More

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Getting brands closer to travellers through chat and virtual reality

By Linda Fox | November 8, 2016

Travel agents need to look to new technologies, such as chat services and virtual reality, to meet the... Read More

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Priceline Group makes move into ground transportation with Rideways launch

By Kevin May | November 8, 2016

Ground transportation is in the cross hairs of the Priceline Group as it starts rolling out a new... Read More

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Priceline Group rises on solid financial fundamentals

By Sean O'Neil | November 7, 2016

Hedge funds have long had a crush on Priceline Group. In autumn 2015, they ran up its stock price to... Read More

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Tripadvisor's Instant Booking and Book on Google: compare and contrast

By Viewpoints | November 7, 2016

This past year, Google and TripAdvisor revolutionised the travel industry by launching Book on Google... Read More

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Startup Pitch: MyFriendsRoom uses personal networks for vacation rentals

By Kevin May | November 6, 2016

As we all know, Airbnb has illustrated the enormous appetite that exists for the house/room-sharing... Read More

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