Gene Quinn

About Gene Quinn

Gene Quinn is a pioneer in digital media and a well known figure in the travel industry through his former role as chairman of research company PhoCusWright.

An editor, columnist and reporter in his first career at The Chicago Tribune and previously Philadelphia Daily News and Wilmington (DE) News-Journal, Gene has since been involved at the forefront of the new digital economy.

He has held adviser, executive and board director positions to a string of media, technology and marketing companies including Newtrade Technologies, Checkfree, MTV Networks, BzzAgent and the MIT Media Lab.

And in other M&A news… Tnooz acquires Travopia in Asia-Pacific expansion

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After three years of reporting on almost 500 TLabs startups and chronicling every day the dizzying number of young companies that rock the digital travel economy… Tnooz decided to join the party.

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Tnooz turns three, a very good number

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I logged into WordPress today and couldn’t help noticing a number on the dashboard: this blog entry is the 6,801st editorial post since we launched Tnooz three years ago.

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Travel innovators dive in at the deep end

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The OpenTravel Alliance did something a little different yesterday than its usual preaching about data standards for the travel industry.

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What is a node?

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As CEO of Tnooz, I’m frequently asked: “Who produces your stories?”

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Can you sell a big idea? Tnooz is hiring in Europe

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We built Tnooz to cover travel tech and everything it touches … everywhere.

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Footprints and Passports with Purpose: two ways to give back

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Tnooz has considered for some time how to create a corporate social responsibility policy. As a first step, we’ve decided to support two projects that started small and have big visions: Footprints and Passports with Purpose.

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You, Apple and Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs with Apple II in 1977 (source: Apple, Inc.)

Steve Jobs knew what you wanted in a computer with style and grace … in music you made your own and carried around … in movies about kids’ toys that made grownups cry … in a mobile phone that changed everything … in a tablet computer nobody thought they needed.

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Why Tnooz is more than a blog

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For some readers, blogs are synonymous with media web sites, online media brands and virtually any regular publishing of dynamic information, analysis and commentary. We beg to differ, but we’re not about to pick a fight over it.

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Welcome to the conversation

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Like all toddlers, we’re precocious and fearless about certain things… for example, launching a media brand about technology and the global digital travel economy in the middle of a perfectly rotten global economy.

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