TLabs Reprise – Groupize 12 months on

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Groupize is an US-based group travel planning platform, which first featured on Tnooz in November 2010. So what happened in the intervening 12 months?

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How organizational baggage weighs down travel innovation

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Is there any real innovation in the travel sector these days?

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GuidePal brings city guides and augmented reality to mobiles

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Sweden-based GuidePal, a mobile app-based travel guide platform for cities around world.

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Turbocharging the Expedia brand

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Google News has an archive feature and a regular news search today for “online travel” retrieved a story headlined, “Microsoft to sell shares of online travel service.”

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Stuff sweeps in to unseat TripAdvisor – Top New Zealand websites, October 22 2011

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Dramatic move by Stuff.co.nz after taking the leading travel website accolade in New Zealand from TripAdvisor.

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No TripAdvisor widget — Starwood Hotels debuts guest reviews

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Three Sheraton guests and the cumulative verdict of 280 TripAdvisor review writers concur that the Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa in Thambol Cha-Am, Thailand, is a pretty good place to stay.

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Roaming charges putting off two-thirds of travellers from using mobiles overseas

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A pan-European survey has found unpredictable and high mobile phone roaming charges to overseas networks are discouraging travellers from using local services.

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TAM retakes top spot from GOL – Top Brazil travel sites, October 22 2011

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Battle at the top of the leading airline websites in Brazil continues with TAM leapfrogging over GOL to become market leader.

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Air New Zealand taps Viator enhanced API for destination activities

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Air New Zealand redesigned its websites and as part of the changes the airline is tapping into a new API from Viator for destination activities.

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Why Near Field Communications matters so much to the travel industry

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As of late, Google Wallet and Near Field Communications have taken a lot of flak from cynics, naysayers and glass-half-empty types.

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