
By the end of 2012, venerable American retailer Nordstrom was operating more discount Nordstrom Racks than flagship department stores.

By the end of 2012, venerable American retailer Nordstrom was operating more discount Nordstrom Racks than flagship department stores.

FourSquare is moving further away from its quirky gaming debut a few years back to something, well, more useful – bookings for destination service such as restaurants.

Blink Booking is a startup based around a mobile application for last-minute hotel bookings in Europe

As Priceline, Hotel Tonight, Blink Booking et al battle for the PR with launches of same-day bookings for hotels, Kayak quietly introduced the same thing six weeks ago.

The last-minute hotel booking via a mobile model is heating up, with Hotel Tonight opening up operations outside of North America for the first time with a dedicated service for visitors to London.

Same-day hotel booking for mobiles, HotelTonight, appears to be validating the model further by securing $23 million in Series C funding in an investment round led by US Venture Partners.

Listen to the likes of Hotel Tonight in the US and Blink Booking in Europe and they will tell you that you the same-day booking via mobile model is becoming a major force.

Another illustration that mobile and hotel distribution is changing with news that Europe-based same-day booking service Blink Booking has raised money from a string of web luminaries.

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.

Do you understand the true costs of travel payments, how to reduce your exposure to credit card fraud and surcharges or how virtual cards work?

Discussing recent hot topics such as the TripAdvisor-Jetsetter acquisition, hotel wifi, Wordpress and hotels, mobile design and user experience.

Ancillary services are here to stay, so how do travel companies and airlines develop their technology and relationships so that merchandising can work for everyone?
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