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2014-08-14 TravelTech News Review
- Startup detour.com is releasing a new location aware audio tour app
- Online Travel Industry News: Expedia and Orbitz benefit from Travelocity deals. Priceline invests in Chinese OTA Ctrip. Expedia’s Chinese site eLong reports Q2 results.
- Air Travel News
- Travel Aspirations: Destinations & Experiences
2014-02-04 TravelTech News Review: Seahawks Edition!
Expedia Celebrates the Seattle Seahawks: We have a lot of Seattle Seahawks fans at Expedia and as you can imagine, there was a lot of excitement at Expedia HQ in the days before and after the Hawks’ historic Superbowl victory. We made the local and national news when a group of employees stayed after work…
2013-12-06 TravelTech News Review
@TravelTekker’s Reviews & Impressions TravelTech pros’ takes on the latest websites, apps and gear Priceline app function searches by vacation type, not destination – Travel Weekly In the latest version of Priceline’s iPad app, users can try out a new “Explore Destinations” path. Users input a date and city of origin and then choose from…
2013-11-21 TravelTech News Review
Important Announcement from Denise Denise gets to go first this time because she has a Very Important Announcement: Win an Expedia Yellow Suitcase and support Passports With Purpose 2013!! I’m auctioning off a genuine Expedia Yellow Suitcase!!! How to get in on the bidding? Passports with Purpose is the annual Expedia-sponsored online auction to benefit…
Review: Is Mygola The First Big-data Trip Planning Site?
Introduction My first impression of Mygola was that it was yet another trip planning site, albeit more attractive and better-executed than most. In addition to the Mygola.com website, Mygola has an iPad app that is functionally identical to the site. One of the chief attractions of the site and app is the large number of…
2013-10-31 TravelTech News Review
Online Travel Industry Expedia peers into the future of travel, focusing on Millennials – Tnooz I’m really appreciating the quality of Tnooz reporter Sean O’Neill’s reporting on travel surveys and studies. Besides providing good summaries of the study findings, he has made a point to cover survey methodologies. As I commented on the Tnooz site: …
2013-10-16 TravelTech News Review
Focus on: China Skift Country Profiles: Chinese Online Travel Market in 2013 Informative article on the Chinese Travel Market, with some astounding numbers: “Total revenues of the travel industry in China grew from RMB1.16 trillion (US $190 billion) in 2008 to RMB2.57 trillion (US$419 billion) in 2012, representing a CAGR of 22.0%, according to iResearch.…
2013-10-08 TravelTech News Review
Special Feature: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Why are there Still So Few Women in Science? The article presents evidence that often-subconscious stereotypes and biases are limiting the number of women choosing to pursue STEM careers. A key factor holding women back appears to be the lack of encouragement from people in mentoring roles, such…
2013-10-01 TravelTech News Review
Online Travel Industry NYC Tourism Organization Partners with Booking.com for Direct Hotel Bookings – Skift Booking.com gets a nice win here. Priceline Group Gaining Ground in Asia Pacific | PhoCusWright “According to a new PhoCusWright Asia Pacific and Global Edition report, [Priceline’s] Agoda brand is the most popular online travel agency (OTA) in five of…
2013-09-27 TravelTech News Review
Online Travel Industry Survey reveals half of users do not trust travel review websites TripAdvisor reviews are rated as most trustworthy. I would have expected the Hotels.com and Priceline reviews to be perceived as more trustworthy, since both sites only allow reviews from people who have actually made a paid booking at a hotel (Expedia was not…
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