TravelAvenue wants to be the Pinterest for travel, with a few twists

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Pinterest launched quietly into the world of social networking in 2010, but then made one hell of a thud a year or so later – with obvious ramifications for travel.

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Rough guide to building a travel destination app for mobile

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Brochures, guides, maps and tons of other printed material could be done away with for good thanks to the new black in the world of mobile apps – destination applications.

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How to drive more business to hotels with TripAdvisor destination forums

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Are you seeking more guests for your hotel or customers for your tourism-related business?

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Three questions travel bloggers must address right now

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The annual TBEX networking shindig is over and several hundred hopeful travel blogtrepreneurs (*) are heading back down from the rarefied air of Keystone, Colorado.

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Joobili almost back from the deadpool, finds buyer for assets with sale to TravelShark

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Much shedding of collective tears from other startups a few months ago when travel inspiration site Joobili announced it was closing its doors after almost four years in business.

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Joobili – sad tale of a travel startup with lots of promise that ended up in the deadpool

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Remember Joobili, the travel inspiration startup from Europe which had a nifty user interface and the financial backing of high profile tech investor Esther Dyson?

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Google unveils Project Glass – putting infomation and communication right in front of your eyes

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Here we go again – a peek at how destination content, social media and communications might play out in the years to come, this time courtesy of Google.

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GuidePal raises $800,000, dismisses competitors as not waking up and smelling the coffee

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Mobile destination guide provider GuideHop has raised $800,000 in a bid to speed up expansion of its business across Latin America, China and the US.

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Lookze brings history of buildings and destination content to mobiles

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Lookze, a mobile application to give travelers information about the buildings and their surroundings as they walk around cities.

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Two tourism industry problems that travel bloggers can solve

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The profession of travel blogging is apparently on the rise (defined as those who find employment through writing travel blogs).

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