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Google Maps to out-Rome2rio Rome2rio? We don’t think so

By Viewpoints | May 23, 2013

The owners of multi-modal search platform Rome2Rio argue that Google Maps is not a true travel search product. Read More

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Google Maps likely to add flights and multi-modal search this week

By Sean O'Neil | May 15, 2013

Google Maps may be upgraded to add multi-modal search and live flight data, in a move that could launch a thousand startup pivots. Read More

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Traverik wants trip planning to be a breeze with its itinerary approach

By Karthick Prabu | May 13, 2013

India-based startup Traverik helps travelers create trip itineraries with taking help from friends and families. Read More

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SNCF mulls bidding au revoir to Rail Europe in the UK and Europe

By Sean O'Neil | March 28, 2013

SNCF, the French Railway, says it may dump Rail Europe, SNCF's marketing brand, while plotting moves in the online distribution of train tickets for inter-city routes in Europe. Read More

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French startup KelBillet profits from its multi-modal search engine

By Sean O'Neil | March 27, 2013

KelBillet helps French travelers book domestic and short-haul journeys by train, bus, car, plane, and rideshare, plus helps them re-sell tickets. It claims 1 million unique visitors a month. Read More

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Fully fared: Rome2rio announces new point-to-point pricing feature

By Nick Vivion | March 25, 2013

In what could be one of the most interesting new features in the travel startup space this year, point-to-point travel planning site rome2rio is now offering complete journey pricing of trips mapped out... Read More

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Five travel APIs to beef up website user experience

By Viewpoints | January 21, 2013

With the volume of travel APIs that exist out there, it's hard to know what might best enhance user experience and/or add value Read More

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Cutting out the noise to get the full travel story - but now what do we call it?

By Viewpoints | January 11, 2013

Six years ago - still a mathematician at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne - I had to organize a conference trip to Poland. Read More

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Pitching apples against oranges in travel innovation produces the wrong type of fruit salad

By Viewpoints | December 18, 2012

I have a few years of experience of the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit under my belt - a couple as an on-stage critic and during its most recent outing as CEO of one of the competitors. Read More

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Data crunching to find the cheapest airline in the world

By Viewpoints | December 14, 2012

The growth of big data and availability of APIs is providing exciting new opportunities for making sense of travel data, even for a fledgling start-up like Rome2rio Read More

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The Scan: Independent hotels struggle online, Rome2Rio has an open-source app, and more news

By Sean O'Neil | November 20, 2012

Micros eCommerce, HGK, Rome2Rio, MapBox, Google+, Aviasales, Minube, Voyage Privé, TripFlick, Viator, Minube, GuestLogix, all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 20... Read More

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Wanderu aims to be the Kayak of intercity rail and bus travel

By Sean O'Neil | November 5, 2012

Wanderu is a ground transport metasearch website that helps travelers find and book inter-city bus and train travel. Read More

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DataArt hacks away to bend your trip into something new

By Kevin May | September 25, 2012

One of the participants at last week's THack @ SFO was DataArt, pulling together APIs from Vayant, Travelport and LocalGuiding to create BendMyTrip. Read More

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GetMeToMyFlight aims for multi-modal transport search

By Sean O'Neil | September 10, 2012

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Getmetomyflight.com, which touts itself as the Web's first destination-specific route planner and booking engine. Read More

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Rome2Rio grabs $450,000 investment round, appoints ex-Viator boss as interim CEO

By Kevin May | May 29, 2012

Multi-modal travel search startup Rome2Rio has secured $450,000 in seed funding and brought in seasoned industry figure Rod Cuthbert to act as its interim CEO. Read More

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