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Skyscanner replaces Kayak as flight provider to Lonely Planet
By Kevin May | July 17, 2014
Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet has made one of its first major changes since being acquired and turned to Skyscanner to power its flight search engine. The move is being touted as "the first Read More
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How to increase mobile conversions by using travel reviews
By Margaret Ady | July 9, 2014
Before we get into how travel reviews fit in, let's have a reminder of some key statistics about mobile. In 2014, approximately 40% of leisure travelers and 35% of business travelers will use mobil Read More
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Targeting China next as a travel metasearch brand? Be ready for the grind
By Viewpoints | July 7, 2014
Established metasearch brands including Kayak and Skyscanner are set to foray into China. It will be interesting to watch the development as these companies enter with contrasting market-entry strateg Read More
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Orbitz overhauls Business app, B Hotels creates Monscierge, and more
By PhocusWire | March 27, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for March 2014. Thursday 27 March 2014: Orbitz overhauls Business mobile app The revamped Or Read More
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Tightening the screw - why hotel distribution is about direct sales
By Patrick Landman | January 2, 2014
It seems hoteliers are getting savvier and are more ready than ever to go to war and take back what is their own: in the world of hotel distribution, direct sales rule! Hoteliers are getting back i Read More
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Holiday travel trends - searches, bookings and destinations [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | December 23, 2013
Travel brands across the globe are slicing and dicing data about their holiday travel trends (we're currently receiving up to three of these type press releases a day). nSight, a travel data aggreg Read More
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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