Cityzeum snaps up audio tours and video specialists, plots international expansion

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France-based travel planning service Cityzeum Travel Group has acquired audio tours and video content specialists Pocketvox and Navigaia

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PureHolidayHomes acquired by @Leisure, rental sector continues to attract attention

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Further consolidation in the holiday, or vacation, rental space this week as Netherlands-based @Leisure snaps up UK-based Pureholidayhomes

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Expedia goes further into China with greater stake in eLong

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Expedia has acquired a further 8% in China-based online travel agency eLong for US$72.4 million

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TRX in asset sale, sells booking tool to nuTravel for $3.5M

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TRX sold its signature RESX corporate booking tool for up to $3.5 million to a competitor, nuTravel Technology Solutions.

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Pegasus Solutions acquires hotel marketing company Open Hospitality

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Providing reservations and distribution services wasn’t enough so Pegasus Solutions acquired hotel-marketing company Open Hospitality.

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TrustYou attracts $5M in funding and acquires partner ReviewAnalyst

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Social media monitoring firm TrustYou picked up $5 million in funding and recently crowned “strategic partner” ReviewAnalyst, too.

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Google acquires destination content partner in Zagat

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Google acquired restaurant-review specialist Zagat, saying in a blog post it “will be a cornerstone of our local offering…”

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TripAdvisor gets more social with Where I’ve Been acquisition

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TripAdvisor is increasing its social-travel efforts with today’s announcement that it acquired Where I’ve Been.

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HomeAway executes IPO and iStopOver finds room to acquire Vacapedia

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A few hours after HomeAway priced its IPO and became a public company, there’s more activity today in the vacation-rental and rent-a-room market: iStopOver acquired Vacapedia.

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Sabre builds hotel portfolio with SoftHotel acquisition

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Forget those servers: Sabre rounded out its hospitality portfolio with the acquisition of Web-based property management system provider SoftHotel.

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