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What travellers do after a trip? They apparently search for more trips [INFOGRAPHIC]
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What travellers do after a trip? They apparently search for more trips [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | October 1, 2013
Typically, travel providers plan and market their offerings (especially in search) before any major holiday season, festivals or other special event. Metasearch engine Wego says this marketing acti Read More
RIP Gonla: Big ambitions to oust foreign OTAs, but Indonesian hotel booking service shuts down
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RIP Gonla: Big ambitions to oust foreign OTAs, but Indonesian hotel booking service shuts down
By Karthick Prabu | September 3, 2013
Gonla, an online hotel booking service in Indonesia, has closed its website despite an apparent boom in the country's travel sector. Read More
HomeAway acquires Travelmob, strengthening its Asia coverage
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HomeAway acquires Travelmob, strengthening its Asia coverage
By Karthick Prabu | July 17, 2013
HomeAway, the global vacation rental portal has been making its move constantly to penetrate the Asian market, and now with a big step to acquire Travelmob. Read More
Wego rakes in major $17 million funding round
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Wego rakes in major $17 million funding round
By Kevin May | June 24, 2013
Big news coming late in the working day from Asia with metasearch engine Wego landing a $17 million funding round, bringing the total invested so far in the company to $36 million. Read More
Ads ahoy! Wego launches its own advertising platform
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Ads ahoy! Wego launches its own advertising platform
By Karthick Prabu | June 18, 2013
A new entrant to the likes of Google Ads, Facebook Ads and various other ad platforms is none other than Asia's metasearch engine Wego. Read More
Top-level view on the travel technology scene in Asia
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Top-level view on the travel technology scene in Asia
By Karthick Prabu | June 12, 2013
With China emerging as the biggest travel spending country and around 1,800 hotels in the construction pipeline in the wider region alone for 2013, Asia is a key focus market for many global travel... Read More
The Scan: Eurostar web revamp, Finnair social check-in, Bhutan-Street View and other travel tech stories
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The Scan: Eurostar web revamp, Finnair social check-in, Bhutan-Street View and other travel tech stories
By PhocusWire | March 15, 2013
Eurostar, redBus, Finnair, Air Asia, IFE Services, Air Tahiti, FCm Travel Solutions, Bhutan-Google Street View, SocialBakers, Wego, BookAssist, Babbel and Monarch Airlines all make it into our roundup... Read More
The Scan - Inside Iberostar, Wego extends, Amazon Redshift and more travel tech news
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The Scan - Inside Iberostar, Wego extends, Amazon Redshift and more travel tech news
By PhocusWire | February 20, 2013
Iberostar, Hotelbeds, Egencia, Wego, eRevMax, GetYourGuide, Etihad- Jet Airways, JetBlue, SITA, mobile in China, Viator, TradeDoubler, 3rd Planet, Amazon Redshift, Southwest Airlines, Sweetbeam and... Read More
Tujia secures Series B funding, total at $64 million as vacation rental market grows fast in Asia
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Tujia secures Series B funding, total at $64 million as vacation rental market grows fast in Asia
By Karthick Prabu | February 18, 2013
China-based vacation rental service startup Tujia secured its Series B funding from GGV Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, CDH Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners, Ctrip and HomeAway. Read More
The Scan: Fodor's beach finder, app and away for Travelzoo and Qatar Airways and more travel tech news
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The Scan: Fodor's beach finder, app and away for Travelzoo and Qatar Airways and more travel tech news
By PhocusWire | February 11, 2013
Fodor's Travel, Qatar Airways, Deem Ground, Travelzoo, SiteMinder-Micros, WestJet, Farelogix, BCD Travel, Momondo, Wego, Nor1 and Hotebeds are all mentioned in our round-up of travel tech news on... Read More
HolidayIQ travel community and review service secures investment round, de-merges from Wego
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HolidayIQ travel community and review service secures investment round, de-merges from Wego
By Kevin May | February 7, 2013
Just two years and four months after uniting with metasearch engine Wego, Indian content site HolidayIQ has split from its sister brand and raised its own funding round. Read More
The Scan: Frontier Airlines redesigns its site, and more travel tech news
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The Scan: Frontier Airlines redesigns its site, and more travel tech news
By PhocusWire | January 8, 2013
Today's roundup of travel trade news briefs includes Frontier Airlines, Priceline, Foursquare, Digital Spring, Mr & Mrs Smith, Visit Finland, Navigate Media Group, Travel Supermarket, Sunshine,... Read More
HomeAway expands in China, via TuJia
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HomeAway expands in China, via TuJia
By Sean O'Neil | December 20, 2012
This month, 2,000 HomeAway listings have been translated to Mandarin and posted on TuJia, China's leading vacation rental portal. It's the first part of an Asia expansion. Read More
The Scan: A startling stat on mobile hotel booking, and more travel tech news
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The Scan: A startling stat on mobile hotel booking, and more travel tech news
By Sean O'Neil | November 29, 2012
Wego, Pegasus Solutions, Southwest Airlines, Points.com, Priceline, ARC, IATA, SITA, EasyJet, MyTaxi, Blynk, Now app, Angola, Tripomatic, Onyx, SiteMinder, Thistle Hotels, Gulf Air, and Fuel Monitor all... Read More
THack @ WIT - Developers, come and show what you're made of in Singapore
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THack @ WIT - Developers, come and show what you're made of in Singapore
By Kevin May | September 12, 2012
Our THack roadshow for 2012 continues - making its final stop of the year in Singapore during the annual WebInTravel conference this autumn. Read More
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