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Onboard, owned by LVMH, aims to make online travel chic, at least for cruises
By Sean O'Neil | March 13, 2013
Onboard, a website that's all about cruise travel, aims to directly challenge Cruise Critic and... Read More
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In a Q&A, Tourism Australia reveals the secrets of its Facebook dominance
By Sean O'Neil | February 27, 2013
Here's the story on how Tourism Australia unlocked Facebook success by creating the world's most... Read More
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European rail should be a big opportunity - but what needs to happen?
By Linda Fox | February 25, 2013
There's a deja vu moment in the latest study from Amadeus on the growth of European rail between now... Read More
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What travel can learn from American cookie brand Oreo's best tweet ever
By Nick Vivion | February 13, 2013
While "continuing the conversation" is perhaps the most overused guru-fied social media phrase, it... Read More
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$50k bounty in latest round the world travel blogging competition
By Linda Fox | January 28, 2013
Online travel guide My Destination is taking the go big or go home approach with its competition... Read More
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Kayak adds price forecasts to US and UK fare search, saying it's better than Bing Travel
By Sean O'Neil | January 15, 2013
Today US metasearch site Kayak is introducing a price forecast tool similar to an airfare prediction... Read More
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TripAdvisor tests hotel metasearch service - now the fun really begins
By Kevin May | January 15, 2013
User review giant TripAdvisor is finally doing what pretty much everyone involved in the hotel sector... Read More
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Kayak-Priceline deal validates evolution of meta model, but Skyscanner rules out immediate IPO
By Kevin May | January 9, 2013
Two years is an awfully long time in travel technology, especially considering how quickly the... Read More
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Expedia pays $632 million for majority stake in Trivago, let the travel search games begin
By Kevin May | December 21, 2012
Expedia plans to acquire a 61.6% equity position in Trivago, a German metasearch company for a total... Read More
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Brian Chesky of Airbnb explains new consumption model, answers critics, takes a bow
By Kevin May | November 16, 2012
Airbnb polarises opinion - on the one hand it's the tech disrupter many want to emulate, growing fast... Read More
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