Lastminute goes back to its roots in latest marketing initiative

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Lastminute has unveiled its ‘love living lastminute.com’ television advertising campaign which starts this evening on ITV2 and will run through the summer

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Lastminute talks lean innovation strategy, plans Tripbod integration after email trial

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When you’re lastminute.com and others have been stealing your thunder in the same-day/late-deals market what do you do?

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Tour operators dominate during peak season – Top UK travel websites, January 2013

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Christmas and New Year advertising campaigns kicking in for Thomson and Thomas Cook as their respective websites leave the likes of Expedia and Lastminute.com trailing behind.

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Travel industry should go back to its innovative digital roots, act like Amazon and Apple instead

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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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Mobile trend toward lateness is a puzzle and opportunity for hotels and agencies

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Over the past year the travel industry has seen a surge in “last minute” activity with the majority of mobile hotel bookings made by people looking for accommodation on their proposed day of travel.

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Expedia starts testing natural language travel search Big Data-style

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It’s not just startups trying to capture the mood for developing natural language and semantic search in travel – Expedia is quietly working on its own platform.

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Thomson loses crown to Expedia – Top UK travel websites, November 2012

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After closing the gap in recent months, Expedia has finally overtaken Thomson to become the most popular travel agency website in the UK.

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Up close and personal, Lastminute.com descends on a London hotel to test out tech with guests

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European online travel agency Lastminute.com is setting up camp in a well known techie hotel this week to test prototypes of new technology with guests.

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EasyJet stretches lead ahead of Ryanair – Top UK travel websites, September 2012

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Ryanair has seen the gap between it and market leader EasyJet increase in the list of leading airline websites in the UK.

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The Scan: LastMinute.com adds credit card scanning to iPhone app and Orbitz launches Spanish-language OTA

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LastMinute.com, Travelocity, Orbitz, LeisureLink, eRevMax, Cape Town Tourism, Facebook, Sanpo, Twist, and Lonely Planet all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 4 October.

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