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Airbnb and the tale of two cities
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City guide app maker Ulmon is Europe's largest mobile travel startup you've never heard of
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With hundreds of thousands of monthly users, Ulmon's City Guide 2 Go and its individual city apps have...
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When IATA myth-busting falls short, let the airline big guns pick up the slack
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In recent weeks IATA has done its all to champion the famed New Distribution Capability, including a...
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Growing online: HotelRunner bridges digital divide for lower tier hotels
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HotelRunner, a product of Turkish start-up CloudArena, is aimed squarely at helping the zero-to-three...
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Waze goes Google, taking it out of play and making maps red-hot
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Maps continue their red-hot march as the interface for travel, as Google officially agrees to purchase...
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Musings from an airline executive on why third party travel apps are winning
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Mishandled bags move one click closer to extinction
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A technological mashup now promises to reduce that number even further: the combination of traditional...
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Flatora shuts up shop, executive reflects on what went wrong
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Flatora, a Russia-based marketplace for short-term holiday rentals, is calling it a day, posting a...
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Vayama is extending its use of Amadeus Featured Results to more than 2,000 origin and destination...
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