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With retro travel posters, Expedia coaxes travelers to dream of extinct animals

By Sean O'Neil | September 11, 2016

Expedia UK has launched a quirky marketing series called Unknown Tourism -- a series of vintage-style... Read More

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Forget magic bullets, good housekeeping goes further in hotel web marketing

By Viewpoints | September 9, 2016

We’ve worked with more than 5,000 accommodations in the past two years running online HealthChecks and... Read More

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Virgin Holidays brings second screening to new marketing push

By Martin Cowen | September 8, 2016

UK tour operator Virgin Holidays is co-ordinating a Twitter competition with a live television advert... Read More

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Someone has quietly bought the digital assets of failed LowcostHolidays

By Kevin May | September 8, 2016

The demise of the Lowcost Travel Group in mid-July this year was one of the biggest travel company... Read More

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Top 10 mistakes hotel websites make with design and usability

By Viewpoints | September 8, 2016

Hotel website design, like any kind of design, is subjective - with nothing more painful than a... Read More

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TripAdvisor redesign puts activities front and centre alongside hotels

By Kevin May | September 7, 2016

More evidence that TripAdvisor has moved a long way from its original hotel review offering - with a... Read More

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Looking at Liam's travel micro-moments

By Linda Fox | September 7, 2016

Google continues to release interesting snippets around search behaviour in travel as part of its... Read More

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Seekda buys Regatta Travel Solutions, booking and metasearch tech combine

By Kevin May | September 6, 2016

Regatta Travel Solutions has ended six years as an independent company and been bought by Austrian... Read More

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Hilton claims new level of personalisation for mobile never seen before

By Kevin May | September 6, 2016

The summer in the northern hemisphere must be over - with a mightily bold claim coming out of Hilton... Read More

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OTAs aren't so bad after all - Expedia to power Marriott packages channel

By Kevin May | September 6, 2016

Online travel agencies have been powering elements of third party websites for years - but here is one... Read More

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