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Ctrip integrates ArrivalGuides content, Destination BC hikes with Google, and more...

By PhocusWire | June 23, 2016

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality... Read More

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Fareportal buys German travel search engine TripCombi

By Kevin May | June 23, 2016

Fareportal, the company behind online travel brands such as CheapoAir and OneTravel, is targeting the... Read More

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Consumers think Google knows them better than travel brands

By Linda Fox | June 23, 2016

Travel brands are falling short in the personalisation stakes according to the latest research from... Read More

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What happens when Airbnb muscles in on your business?

By Viewpoints | June 23, 2016

Airbnb is moving into the tours and activities - some think in a very big way. The company has been... Read More

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Whingers perhaps stay in their hole - two-thirds of hotel reviews are positive

By Kevin May | June 23, 2016

Steve Kaufer used to spend a lot of time in the early days of TripAdvisor talking about how reviews on... Read More

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Google convenes meeting of travel brands to ease tensions

By Kevin May | June 22, 2016

Google has created what it is calling a "Travel Industry Council" in a bid to improve relations with... Read More

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Where airline execs think ancillaries are heading

By Linda Fox | June 22, 2016

SAS is gradually introducing a new digital platform which the Scandinavian airline says it has been... Read More

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Intent Media acquires Voyat, adds hotel personalisation to arsenal

By Kevin May | June 21, 2016

Digital advertising platform Intent Media has bought Voyat, in a bid to branch out and push into hotel... Read More

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Reflections on a pivot: when a travel startup goes from B2C to B2B

By Viewpoints | June 21, 2016

Flightfox just turned four years old. That makes us ancient in startup years. But we've had quite a... Read More

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Let the disruption really begin - Chesky hints at Airbnb API

By Martin Cowen | June 21, 2016

Airbnb's founder and CEO Brian Chesky has told the advertising industry's mega-event in Cannes that... Read More

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