Travel technology steady hand test [GAME]

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After last year’s dynamic packaging web game, Travel Technology Europe has unveiled its effort for the 2012 show – a test to suit every travel techer with poise, speed and agility.

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Karibu Games wants to bring gaming into the heart of online travel

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Spain-based Karibu Games, a gaming development company targeting travel, tourism and hospitality brands.

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Why games can work for travel brands: Traveler IQ, four years on

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A fair amount of chatter at conferences these days is around the idea of adding some form of gaming into the online travel experience, as a way of engaging further with users.

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Facebook: Wisdom of Friends replacing Wisdom of Crowds in travel

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Facebook has turned into the new Google (in many, many respects) – and when it speaks, pretty much the entire business world has a tendency to listen.

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Spin The Hamster – not animal cruelty but a game to ease the pain of flight delays

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Spin The Hamster. Blow The Propeller. Hold That Thought. Follow The Footsteps – four phrases consumers might associate with something very different from an airline mobile app.

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Behold the hotel from heaven for tech-obsessed gamers

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Hotels are generally thought of as places to sleep and relax, perhaps use the gymnasium, sometimes feast on the culinary delights of a top chef or take a late night beverage.

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Google Earth gets Travel Game from ex-Orbitz CEO

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Jeff Katz, the founding CEO of Orbitz and current top guy at Nextag, unveiled a social travel game which uses Google Earth as a gameboard.

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Tourism Ireland unveils Facebook game, on St Patrick’s Day of course

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On a day when the number of people with Irish roots suddenly soars into the hundreds of millions, Tourism Ireland has launched its own Farmville-style game for Facebook.

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KLM targets over-50s with online music game

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KLM is trying a new way of attracting older passengers to check its flight schedules and trip planning service by creating an online music quiz.

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Dynamic packaging – the cartoon web game

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Online games and slightly off-kilter uses of the web to attract attention are all the rage – with travel trade shows also getting in on the act in 2011.

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