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Turning the ugly duckling of the travel industry into a beautiful swan
By Stephen Joyce
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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
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Triptelligent sets sail with a shore excursions marketplace for tour operators
By Sean O'Neil
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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.
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THack returns to San Francisco - bring your Valley ideas downtown for more creativity and inspiration
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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!
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Travspire wants to inspire travellers to experience handpicked activities
By Karthick Prabu
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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.
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TripAdvisor eyes next move on travel Rubik's Cube: Mobile destination services, tours and activities
By Kevin May
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March 20, 2013
Think the big boys in travel are not taking tours and activities seriously? Might need to think again.
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The SCAN - Room 77 mobile optimized, Superbox expands, Changi airport award and more travel tech news
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March 20, 2013
Travel tech updates from Luxe Nomad, DestinAsian, Goibibo, RateTiger, TripAdvisor, Cleartrip, Room 77, SITA, Qantas, ANA and more.
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TUI Travel buys tours and activities specialist Isango
By Kevin May
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February 27, 2013
Tours and activities just got that little bit more interesting with news that European tour operating giant TUI Travel has bought tours and activities provider Isango.
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The Scan - New TSA Pre-check airports, Greyhound goes Big Brother and more travel tech news
By Karthick Prabu
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February 22, 2013
New TSA Pre-check airports, eRevMax expands, cameras go Greyhound, AirAsia lands in India and new jobs all make our shortlist in the Scan for February 22, 2013.
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The Scan - Inside Iberostar, Wego extends, Amazon Redshift and more travel tech news
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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...
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And then there were three - TripAdvisor quietly adds more tour and activity suppliers
By Kevin May
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January 10, 2013
If tours and activities are the next big thing in online travel, then TripAdvisor is taking note - by adding a third supplier of products in recent weeks in the form of Viator.
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The Scan: American Airlines serves 20,000 passes a day through Passbook, and more news
By Sean O'Neil
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December 21, 2012
American Airlines, Hotel.jp, Viator, TripLingo, Gogobot, Grasp Technologies, Lowcosttravel, C2G, 101 Holidays USA, and SignEasy, all appear in our roundup of trade news in travel technology for 21...
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Pitching apples against oranges in travel innovation produces the wrong type of fruit salad
By Viewpoints
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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.
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The Scan: Independent hotels struggle online, Rome2Rio has an open-source app, and more news
By Sean O'Neil
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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...
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Trip planning for food and drink - a match and a hack made in heaven for travellers
By Kevin May
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September 26, 2012
Foodies or wine lovers will often design their latest jaunt based specifically on the best spots to eat and drink - but few travel sites reverse engineer the search process.
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The Scan: HotelTonight hits 3 million downloads and other news
By Sean O'Neil
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August 29, 2012
The last-minute hotel booking app expands to ten new destinations in the US and the UK, and more items in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion on 29 August.
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