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Virgin America and Gogo partner with app for in-flight networking - and a dream pitch
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Virgin America and Gogo partner with app for in-flight networking - and a dream pitch
By Nick Vivion | February 14, 2014
Virgin America and Gogo Inflight WiFi have partnered with mobile business networking app Here on Biz... Read More
How 16-24s use technology and social media during a trip
News / Online
How 16-24s use technology and social media during a trip
By Kevin May | February 14, 2014
We all know those aged between 16 and 24 (Gen-Y) are social media freaks, will challenge managed... Read More
A new way of crunching destination visitor numbers [VIDEO]
News / Online
A new way of crunching destination visitor numbers [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | February 13, 2014
[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyp3-NSS0UU"... Read More
KLM to (kind of) allow flight payments via Twitter and Facebook
News / Online
KLM to (kind of) allow flight payments via Twitter and Facebook
By Karthick Prabu | February 13, 2014
With KLM, it's often: what's next? The airline has answered by launching a service in which users can... Read More
Ctrip seeing steady growth of 30%, dominated hotel and flight bookings
News / Technology
Ctrip seeing steady growth of 30%, dominated hotel and flight bookings
By Karthick Prabu | February 12, 2014
Ctrip has reported an increase of 30% between 2012 and last year, on the back of net revenue of $890... Read More
OTAs are winning the battle but maybe not the hotel distribution war
News / Distribution
OTAs are winning the battle but maybe not the hotel distribution war
By Viewpoints | February 12, 2014
OTAs cannibalising direct hotel sales isn't surprising, and boils down to two things: the range of... Read More
Hi-tech games - Premium passengers want more than just champagne in lounges
News / Technology
Hi-tech games - Premium passengers want more than just champagne in lounges
By Kevin May | February 12, 2014
Airport lounges are no longer just places to hide away from the riff-raff or somewhere to grab a glass... Read More
Vast majority of TripAdvisor users read at least 6-12 reviews before choosing hotel
News / Online
Vast majority of TripAdvisor users read at least 6-12 reviews before choosing hotel
By Karthick Prabu | February 12, 2014
The big daddy of online reviews, TripAdvisor, is becoming terrifyingly important in a traveller's... Read More
How Facebook users are tearing Facebook apart
News / Online
How Facebook users are tearing Facebook apart
By PhocusWire | February 11, 2014
SOCIAL: Facebook is a beast of a social network - it has over a billion members, incredible levels of... Read More
Travel + skateboards = Skateseeing ... and HotelClub is on it [VIDEO]
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Travel + skateboards = Skateseeing ... and HotelClub is on it [VIDEO]
By Sean O'Neil | February 11, 2014
Today a video about touring around East London -- Skateseeing East London -- hit the web. It's part of... Read More
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