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UPDATE: Tech media gets punked: Google is NOT acquiring ICOA, a US provider of wifi to airports and other high traffic public areas
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November 26, 2012
Search giant Google announced today that it has acquired ICOA, a Rhode Island company that services...
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Generic search terms and who comes out on top for organic and paid search in travel
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November 23, 2012
More insight into which brands are winning the organic and paid search game in the UK travel sector...
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The Scan: Travelfusion adds Renfe and Trenitalia, Avis partners with Isango, and more news
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November 23, 2012
Travelfusion, Trenitalia, Renfe, Avis, Isango, Virgin Holidays, Branded3, and EDeal Association all...
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Travelport squeezes more juice out of customer feedback
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November 22, 2012
Agile, nimble and GDS - not words that traditionally you would find together but all of the...
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GateGuru iPhone app adds same-day booking for car rentals and TripIt-like itinerary management
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November 21, 2012
Think, Hotel Tonight for rental cars. Think, TripIt with detailed airport maps....
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Socializing hotels becomes call-to-arms for LobbyFriend
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November 21, 2012
A new startup called LobbyFriend is aiming to make a spontaneous social atmosphere de facto for hotels...
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3 Web apps that make Google Street View seem amazing again
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November 21, 2012
From Instant Street View to writing a message across an image, we've found some creative uses of...
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Clip the Trip reaches out to the local crowd for travel guides
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November 21, 2012
Clip the Trip is a crowd-sourced travel guide, currently covering 200 cities, that wants to help users...
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Social travel by numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]
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November 21, 2012
Touristlink has created this infographic drawing together some of the numbers around how social media...
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CNNGo.com is folded into the main CNN brand, leaving lessons for travel content creators
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November 20, 2012
Whether you're a journalist, blogger, or content creator for a travel site like a hotel or metasearch...
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