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What is the ROI of your (expensive) kids? Should be the same as your hotel guests
What is the ROI of your kids? And let’s be clear, they cost an absolute fortune these days. So, this recent Mother’s Day got me to thinking about this very question.
Recruitment agency says technology will kill off travel agents by 2025
A job agency in Australia has predicted the humble travel agent will cease to exist within 12 years, alongside a number of other careers it reckons will fade away because of technology.
What NDC-style flight booking might look like for agents [SCREENSHOTS]
Screenshots of Farelogix’s desktop product shows how agents mights sell ancillaries distributed directly by the airlines via the New Distribution Capability (NDC).
Mobile payments get serious on Google as Wallet evolves to handle travel [UPDATE]
With mobile e-commerce predicted to reach over $278 billion by 2015, the mobile payments sector is heating up – and Google is at the head of the pack, announcing the next iteration of Google Wallet at the I/O Conference later today.
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Tnooz-Amadeus webinar VIDEO – How pre-shopping has changed the travel search experience
Banish how it used to be carried out – travel inspiration and searching for products has changed immeasurably as consumers find new ways of finding the perfect trip.
Shifting driving trends portend travel changes ahead?
A newly released report showing a decline in vehicle miles driven is causing a bit of a furor in regards to the future of transportation the United States.
Why UK regulators okayed the Priceline/Kayak tie-up
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading had a key point: Kayak makes less than £70 million a year in the UK.
Facebook: Home falters, in-feed video ads rolling out soon
Two items of interest to travel marketers have come out of the Facebook news feed this week: Facebook Home’s popularity and updates to the company’s advertising product.
Travel content marketing across the funnel: Moving from IF to HOW
Here we go again: yet more nagging about SEO and keeping up to date with the almighty G’s latest industry-wrecking whims? Well, almost but not quite – hopefully.
Feature, product or a business? The classic VC question for startups
Venture capitalists are paid to act on a point of view, ideally one that proves profitable.
The drive for free wifi in hotels reaches the BBC FastTrack show [VIDEO]
We were asked recently to help out with a BBC FastTrack show which was looking at attitudes in the industry and with travellers to providing free wifi for guests in hotels.
Printed materials in travel are alive and kicking – just be careful how you tell everyone
Beware of sceptical consumers: Jasons Travel Media is getting some heat because of a recent marketing video in which the company emphasised how much travelers still love print media.
Wanderio plots its route to multi-modal search
An Italian startup thinks it can be a champion when it comes to price comparison of point-to-point transit options.
MakeMyTrip eyes acquisitions as pilgrimages and other specialist travel areas beckon
MakeMyTrip, India’s leading OTA tells Tnooz about its acquisition plan with its $70 million cash reserve.
Online gift cards – a marketing and distribution goldmine for hotels?
Gift certificates – rarely mentioned in the travel industry as a marketing tool but apparently they are the most-wanted gifts by women and the third-most wanted by men.
Aircraft completes pilot-less flight (people still on-board)
A Jetstream aircraft became the first to fly across UK shared airspace last month without a pilot at the controls – almost.
Whoops! How did that electronic device stay on during takeoff?
The businessman in 6A is not heeding the flight attendant’s imploration: that iPad is most definitely not switched off. And neither is that smartphone in 14B: according to a recent study, 30 percent of air travelers left their devices on during prohibited times.
Space drops down to Earth on man-made Barcelona Island
With space travel easily capturing the mass imagination, perhaps it was only time that space found a home here on Earth: Mobillona Space Hotels is a new hyped-up hotel brand that promises a chunk of the space age to guests.
YourTour brings Mexico on board, seals marketing deal in China
YourTour, the itinerary planning service, has launched several new partnerships including a deal with the Mexico tourist board
