Contents Hotel Image A/B HiPPO Fail • Effects of When Guests Pay • Travel Search Semantic Revolution • More Google-Frommer’s Analyses • Ancillary Air Fees Hurt Passengers • Kudos for WestJet Compassion • Lake Tahoe Hotel Images: A/B Testing Exposes Another HiPPO Fail Great write-up in Tnooz about optimizing Hotel image clickthrough. My A/B testing…
Contents “Big Data” Origins • SkyDrive Facelift • Kid’s & Programming • Hire People, not Contract Firms • Mars Panorama & Parody Where “Big Data” Came From Informative article in the New York Times on the origin and meaning of the term “Big Data,” in layman’s terms. New York Times Want to Teach a Kid…
The interesting thing about Google acquiring Frommer’s, and earlier Zagat, is that both operations are high-quality traditional content providers with professional staffers creating the content. Google is clearly aiming to build a comprehensive travel business and also become a media company rather than pure search player. Tnooz has one of the best analyses. Google can…
Contents Demise of OTAs? • TrustYou + TripAdvisor • Revinate Series A • Hipmunk v. Concur • Tablets for Shopping • Amadeus opens APIs • AA Lie-flat seats 1st in US • Airline Upgrade Auctions • Target Dog flies 1st Class • Airbnb Vigilantes • Freighter Cruises • Steampunk Cruise • World’s Coolest Bazaars Demise…
Contents Hotel Keycard Flaw • Kayak IPO • Higher Ed Big Data • Yahoo News • Amazon London • US has Inferior Broadband • Simulating a Living Organism • New Software Jargon • Snake Robot Security Flaw in up to Four Million Hotel Room Keycard Locks Security researcher Cody Brocious demonstrated a simple technique to…
Contents Travel App Usage Ranking • MetaDeals • Touring the US • Baggage Information Transparency • Unlimited Vacation Perks • Silicon Valley Frequent Traveler Secrets • Living and Working in Heathrow • Great Landmarks Hotels • The Burj Al Arab Top Travel App Usage Ranking Tnooz has an interesting infographic ranking the usage of top…
Contents The Internet Defense League • Lost Jobs Interview Lessons • Marissa Skeptics • Coursera Online Education • YouTube Face Blurring • littleBits Truth, Justice and the Internet Defense League The EFF, Mozilla, Reddit, WordPress and several other organizations have joined together in an initiative to marshall rapid responses whenever internet freedom is threatened, such…
Contents EAN is no Beast • TripAdvisor Font Size Fine • Hotels: Higher Rating = More Revenue • Budget-built Travel App • Wikitravel • “Experiential Travel” • 7.5 Million Mile Family • Best Cheap Cities • Cheap Flights to Europe • Miniature Airport EAN is not a Beast Interesting opinion piece in Tnooz: in response…
Contents Marissa Mayer to Lead Yahoo • Microsoft’s Lost Mojo • Office 13 • MS<–>NBC.com • Nexus 7 Sells Out • Xbox on Top • Just Two More Wow: Marissa Mayer Takes Over At Yahoo I don’t think anyone saw this coming. Google executive Marissa Mayer has been named the new CEO of Yahoo. The…
Contents The Hidden Cost of Complex Online Pricing • Fly to Space in 2013 • Who’s Who in AeroSpace • Brazil to Get US Visa Waiver • Russian Online Travel Surges • GateGuru on WP7 • Super-7 Travel Aspirations The Hidden Cost of Complex Online Travel Pricing Travel companies have been creating increasingly complex pricing…
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