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Startup pitch: TripRebel helps travelers save after they book hotels
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Startup pitch: TripRebel helps travelers save after they book hotels
By Sean O'Neil | May 23, 2016
TripRebel is a consumer travel booking platform with a price-guarantee twist: if a hotel rate drops... Read More
Inside Expedia’s Usability Lab, consumer behavior provides insights
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Inside Expedia’s Usability Lab, consumer behavior provides insights
By Rob Lovitt | May 23, 2016
When booking hotel rooms, French travelers want to know if breakfast is included. Asian travelers are... Read More
More travel companies testing the virtual reality water
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More travel companies testing the virtual reality water
By Linda Fox | May 23, 2016
A couple of virtual reality projects in travel caught our eye in recent weeks for nothing more than... Read More
TripAdvisor switches off KeepMeBooked platform after HouseTrip buy
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TripAdvisor switches off KeepMeBooked platform after HouseTrip buy
By Kevin May | May 23, 2016
TripAdvisor is to shut down the KeepMeBooked reservation and marketing platform it obtained as part of... Read More
Accel-KKR invests in Cendyn, the fast-growing, B2B event- and hotel-marketing tech player
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Accel-KKR invests in Cendyn, the fast-growing, B2B event- and hotel-marketing tech player
By Sean O'Neil | May 20, 2016
Technology-focused private equity group Accel-KKR has acquired a stake in Cendyn, a provider of B2B... Read More
Why Google woke up and smelt the travel coffee
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Why Google woke up and smelt the travel coffee
By Kevin May | May 20, 2016
Google has never been lacking in confidence - and that's not just because it has a market cap of $487... Read More
Consider the traveler's "chimp mind", not just your spreadsheets
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Consider the traveler's "chimp mind", not just your spreadsheets
By Martin Cowen | May 20, 2016
Uber is a success because of its maps, according to ad guru, TED speaker and vice-chairman of Ogilvy... Read More
Getting the hang of virtual reality
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Getting the hang of virtual reality
By Viewpoints | May 20, 2016
We’ve all been there - it’s a fact that going through travel catalogues and browsing online travel... Read More
Time pressure's effect on the mobile path to purchase of travel
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Time pressure's effect on the mobile path to purchase of travel
By Sean O'Neil | May 19, 2016
Few people doubt the travel-industry maxim that consumers using mobile devices are more typically... Read More
FlightCar takes new product and strategy route, post-funding
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FlightCar takes new product and strategy route, post-funding
By Sean O'Neil | May 19, 2016
Committing to an idea is important. But so is being savvy enough to know when you need to correct... Read More
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