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Ctrip enters Korean market, Booking.com TV ad for Germany, Leonardo gets visual with Trivago, and more

By PhocusWire | July 14, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for July 2014. Monday 14 July 2014: Ctrip launches in Korean market Ctrip, China-based onl Read More

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TourRadar raises $500,000 for group tours and activities platform

By Kevin May | May 29, 2014

Almost a year to the day since it wooed an ex-Expedia CEO to invest, group tour and activity booking service TourRadar has raised another $500,000. New angel investors in the Austria-based company Read More

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Dear tour operators, welcome to 2014 - online reviews drive bookings

By Viewpoints | April 25, 2014

I feel a bit like a dinosaur. I’ve been in the user generated content (UGC) game since before the words "social Media", "Web 2.0", "Facebook" or "Twitter" existed. NB: This is a guest article by Tr Read More

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Entertainment Benefits takes on Peek and Viator with Plum merger

By Nick Vivion | April 2, 2014

Specialized distribution specialists Entertainment Benefits Group has announced a merger with local New York competitor Plum Benefits. Entertainment Benefits is not often in the news; it primarily Read More

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Can the newbies of tours and activities sweep aside the old kids on the block?

By Viewpoints | March 13, 2014

Recent fundraising by GetYourGuide and Peek is good news for the tours and activities sector. These investments reflect the growing awareness that "the things you do when you get there" are a crucial Read More

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Tours and activities comes of age - but challenges may take an age to fix

By Kevin May | March 13, 2014

There is so much talk about the tours and activities sector in online travel that it had to eventually feature at a major travel conference. And so the PhoCusWright gig at ITB in Berlin last week s Read More

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Startup pitch: Eoasia enables travellers to book Asian tours and activities online

By Karthick Prabu | January 22, 2014

Booking tours and activities online is a hot trend in the Asian travel industry alongside taxi mobile app services that are attracting millions in funding. In the past few years, a number of startu Read More

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Startup pitch: Tourlandish wants to bring Asia Pacific tours and activities online

By Karthick Prabu | January 16, 2014

A new entrant to the multi-billion dollar tours and activities ecosystem is Bangalore-based startup - Tourlandish. The startup provides a global marketplace for tours and activities service provide Read More

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How Facebook views the world of travel [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | November 24, 2013

It was Facebook's turn at this year's PhoCusWright Conference to come up with the polarising presentation of the week. In 2012 it was Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, who both wowed and irritated the a Read More

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Guide to spotting rare birds at the PhoCusWright Conference

By Viewpoints | November 14, 2013

When 1,200 people make their way to Fort Lauderdale for the PhoCusWright Conference next week, I’ll be among them. NB: This is a viewpoint by Rod Cuthbert, CEO of Rome2rio and founder of Viator. Read More

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Dear startups and investors - travel planning is NOT broken (so stop trying to fix it)

By Viewpoints | October 31, 2013

Some things never change. Month after month, year after year, we can look forward to news of a new venture which will finally—what took so long?—solve the problem of travel planning. Yes, travel pl Read More

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Turning the ugly duckling of the travel industry into a beautiful swan

By Stephen Joyce | October 21, 2013

There have been days in the not so distant past when I have felt like an ugly duckling, paddling about furiously in the vast pool of order and normality in the travel industry. Despite the hype aro Read More

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Triptelligent sets sail with a shore excursions marketplace for tour operators

By Sean O'Neil | September 10, 2013

Like a version of Etsy, Triptelligent helps to connect cruise-goers with tour operators who offer shore excursions, especially for niche and group experiences. Read More

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THack returns to San Francisco - bring your Valley ideas downtown for more creativity and inspiration

By PhocusWire | August 16, 2013

After the success of our first developer hackathon on the west coast of the US last September, THack is heading back to California! Read More

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Travspire wants to inspire travellers to experience handpicked activities

By Karthick Prabu | July 12, 2013

Even when the travel industry is trying to go online, be digitally accessible, trying to offer all services online, taking advantage of SoLoMo features, we have a startup that goes back to basics. Read More

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