Picture of year in travel technology – QR Codes poised to head down the toilet

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QR Codes became one of the most polarised initiatives in digital marketing during 2011, with people either loving them as another tool to engage consumers or just wishing they would just go away.

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Only the CEO of Ryanair would have a biography like this

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Love him or hate him (or his airline), Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary certainly knows how to poke fun not only at his own image but much of the business world around him.

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The problem with QR codes [VIDEO]

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Just for fun. Very amusing skit from Scott Stratten, president of UnMarketing, laying into the idea of QR codes and how impractical they can be.

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That social media thing: Who says what to whom in which channel?

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Even in 2011, with years of reading articles and attending seminars, masterclasses and conferences about social media under their belts, businesses still struggle.

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Alternative numbers behind the travel industry [INFOGRAPHIC]

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UK-based package holiday search engine TravelMatch scoured the archives to pick out some of the more obscure data kicking around the industry.

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MIT student creates travel hyperdrive, map-based for now

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, feeder of brainiacs to ITA Software, is probably creating all sorts of mad pieces of kit that will enrich the travel experience in years to come.

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Heard any travel startup guys talk like this? [VIDEO]

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Very funny video from the often hit-and-miss College Humour brigade, this time mocking the world of tech startups.

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Google outlines space travel strategy

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Ever wondered what else Google is up to when it’s not throwing $700 million at travel technology companies? It is plotting the next wave of travel – space tourism.

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You need snow on a skiing trip? Here is some snow

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Augmented reality currently hovers around the “oh, that might be quite useful” to a “what the hell!”, such is its relative infancy.

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Laughing at Travel Tech – April Fool roundup

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Another year, another round of April Fool’s Day efforts, many agonised over and tinkered with for weeks and weeks beforehand (seen the emails many, many times).

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