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Localisation as a brand - how to launch in a completely new market

By Karthick Prabu | October 18, 2013

Wego launched its Taiwan website in May 2013, since then its booking revenue has been growing at 20% every month. The Singapore-based company has taken a localisation approach for its Taiwan servic Read More

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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