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TLabs Showcase - Groupenture

By Kevin May | November 22, 2010

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based activities and tours distribution platform, Groupenture. Read More

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Wisdom of crowds sees Comtec tinker with mobile strategy

By Kevin May | November 22, 2010

Always a bit of a risk to ask the masses at World Travel Market to help validate a business strategy, but that's what Comtec did recently with its plans for an iPad app. Read More

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1991 paper predicted tech integration across travel. What happened?

By Kevin May | November 10, 2010

In the early 1990s professor Dimitrios Buhalis published an academic paper pushing a range of predictions as to how travel would evolve through technology. Read More

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Viator snaps up tour guide booking site OurExplorer

By Kevin May | October 27, 2010

Australia-based OurExplorer starts life under a new regime today after being bought by online tours and attractions retailer Viator. Read More

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TLabs Showcase - Swoop Travel

By Kevin May | October 27, 2010

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based tour operator network for the Patagonian region of Chile and Argentina, Swoop Travel. Read More

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TLabs Showcase - Fobo

By Kevin May | October 11, 2010

TLabs Showcase focus on startups featuring Singapore-based adventure travel site Fobo [Forget Boundaries]. Read More

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Thomas Cook is King of the Ancillaries, again

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | October 7, 2010

So the drive to milk the final drop of cash out of the customer has driven a lot of people to unbundle. Read More

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TLabs Showcase - AvidTrips

By Kevin May | September 22, 2010

TLabs Showcase focus on startups featuring New York City, USA-based AvidTrips. Read More

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Thomas Cook takes mobile seriously with exchange app

By Kevin May | September 8, 2010

European tour operator Thomas Cook has taken its interest in mobile up a massive notch with the launch of a smartphone application for its currency service. Read More

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Part Four of Four: Social media tips for the travel supplier

By Tim Hughes | August 27, 2010

Part Four: Craft product and content plans... And, the bonus one, Part Five: Start saying it and stick to it. Read More

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Part Three of Four: Social media tips for the travel supplier

By Tim Hughes | August 26, 2010

Part Three: Start collecting data. All of it. Every single piece you can. Read More

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Part Two of Four: Social media tips for the travel supplier

By Tim Hughes | August 25, 2010

Part Two: Start monitoring social media, make it a customer service and marketing priority. Read More

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Part One of Four: Social media tips for the travel supplier

By Tim Hughes | August 24, 2010

Part One: Decide who it is you want to talk to and what you want to say. Read More

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Three alternatives to creating yet another online travel inspiration startup

By Alex Bainbridge | August 17, 2010

It is natural for entrepreneurs new to the travel industry to focus on solving consumer problems or pain points. Read More

Thomas Cook on track for launch of online travel agency in October 2010

By Kevin May | August 11, 2010

European tour operator Thomas Cook has not let weak financial results hit its ambitions to launch an online travel agency to challenge the likes of Expedia and Priceline in Europe. Read More

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