While Amazon offers the convenient checkout service to retail-website builders, other retailers are understandably loath to embrace the e-commerce giant’s tools.
Will Google do an Amazon and one-click-checkout the rest of the web
May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Want to see the future of ecommerce – look no further than eBay and Amazon
April 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
There are many people gainfully (or otherwise) employed by technology companies second guessing what the future of ecommerce will look like.
Travel industry should go back to its innovative digital roots, act like Amazon and Apple instead
February 4, 2013 By 13 Comments
Travel was the engine that drove the first wave of ecommerce. Travel made ecommerce a star, as the online travel landscape – and far beyond – was transformed.
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Attack of the Clones – so big brands should rebel and fight back against less authentic startups
January 24, 2013 By 21 Comments
Is it me or are you noticing more travel startups that are really just technology businesses or media companies operating under the disguise as a leisure travel business?
Rejoice! Daily deals in travel are dying
December 19, 2012 By 30 Comments
Did you hear? Even Groupon is moving away from the daily deal business.
The Scan: Ryanair booking app costs £3 but travellers buy it anyway, and more travel tech news
October 26, 2012 By 3 Comments
Ryanair, American Airlines, CheckInToMyFlight, Southwest Airlines, IDeaS Revenue Solutions, Amazon, Living Social, and ResponsibleTravel all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 26 October.
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Big tech alert: Long tail markets may leapfrog traditional travel retailers
October 24, 2012 By 8 Comments
A recent Tnooz post explored why web bookings for mainstream tours and activities such as bus tours are still “largely a dream” and focused on operational issues such as the use of vouchers by tour providers.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud hiccup takes down Airbnb, Foursquare, and other startups for hours
October 22, 2012 By 5 Comments
Many digital companies, including travel startups like Airbnb and Foursquare have been knocked offline for hours during the business day today.
The Scan: Booking.com enables Passbook via its iPhone app, and more travel tech news
October 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Booking.com, Apple, Amazon, Priceline, TripAdvisor, Flight Centre, Travelfusion, and vStream Digital Media all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 16 October.
Amazon brings local deals to the UK, first stop London
September 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Move over Groupon and company, just over a year since launching local deals in the US, Amazon has introduced a similar service in the UK
