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Singapore Airline's mall, RezNext and Internet Moguls, and more

By PhocusWire | June 25, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for June 2014. Wednesday 25 June 2014: Kuaidi Dache teams up with eLong Kuadi Dache, the C Read More

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Lessons for travel startups from Uber and OpenTable: Disrupt, fix or make money

By Alex Bainbridge | June 19, 2014

The last few weeks have seen two major travel startup new stories, perhaps giving hope to countless young businesses in the sector. Firstly, OpenTable "exited" to Priceline for a cool 2.6 billion d Read More

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Uber raises $1.2 billion in investment and puts valuation at eye-watering $17 billion

By Kevin May | June 6, 2014

The founders of Uber will indeed be treating themselves this weekend after announcing a mammoth $1.2 billion investment round. The US-based, private car rental service has secured its latest inject Read More

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Rideshare news: Boston boats, Virginia cease-and-desist and loyalty wins

By Nick Vivion | June 6, 2014

There was a raft of rideshare news this week. Here's a quick breakdown. RideBoatshare Following the success of the brief San Francisco event and the Sydney trials, Uber is testing on-demand wate Read More

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What happens when Andrea and Hans engage with an airline via mobile?

By Linda Fox | June 6, 2014

Andrea Jonsdettir is originally from Iceland but lives in Germany, she has kids and is a vegetarian. Bear with us here - this is about using mobile devices to personalise content, some of the emerg Read More

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Behind the gloss of absurdly high startup valuations

By PhocusWire | June 3, 2014

STARTUPS: With large investment rounds often come eye-wateringly high valuations of a business. Travel is no stranger to these, frequently leaving in the industry scratching their heads as to where Read More

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Google Maps gets massive refresh, adds Uber as transport option

By Karthick Prabu | May 7, 2014

Google's continued creep into travel services continues with its Map product for Android and iPhone/iPad gaining Uber integration. The addition of the on-demand taxi hailing service comes as part o Read More

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Taxi hailing service GrabTaxi raises eight-digit Series A funding

By Karthick Prabu | April 7, 2014

Southeast Asia-focused on demand taxi hailing service GrabTaxi has raised Series A investment led by Singapore-based Vertex Venture Holdings, and a group of angel investors from Malaysia. The terms Read More

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Investors don't mind legal bills of risk takers such as Airbnb and Uber

By PhocusWire | April 7, 2014

STARTUPS: The legal minefield that has become the sharing economy over the past 12 months or so would, under perhaps normal circumstances, put off anyone with half a brain. But the potential rewards Read More

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Orbitz overhauls Business app, B Hotels creates Monscierge, and more

By PhocusWire | March 27, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for March 2014. Thursday 27 March 2014: Orbitz overhauls Business mobile app The revamped Or Read More

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Japan industrial tourism, Uber in Riyadh, Hotels.com states the obvious, and more

By PhocusWire | February 25, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for February 2014. Thursday 27 February 2014: Japan industrial tourism website launched A Read More

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Travel MARKETING roundup - January 2014

By PhocusWire | January 30, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for January 2014. 30 January 2014: CheapAir connects each customer with a personal travel advi Read More

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Uber's rollercoaster ride: fluctuating prices, physical attack in Paris, moral attack in SFO

By Karthick Prabu | January 22, 2014

Uber has had an eventful 2014, so far, be it the heavy price cut it announced for UberX in many cities, its competitive moves in Shanghai and Bangalore, the violent protests against it in Paris, or th Read More

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Error 404 pages on travel websites - on-brand, creative and fun

By Karthick Prabu | December 30, 2013

Never leave your customers with a sad face, even if you have to show a Error 404 page in your website. Some travel brands have taken this seriously and put a lot of effort to create some creative/f Read More

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Chinese online car rental market shifts to top gear as Yongche raises $60 million

By Karthick Prabu | December 19, 2013

Yongche, a Beijing-based car rental booking service has raised $60 million in Series C funding, led by Ctrip and DCM. The funding will be used for the development of the next version (5.0) of its m Read More

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