How the cruise sector can use technology to help enhance the departure point experience

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Despite some very high profile and recent setbacks, generally the cruise sector is growing – 16 million passengers cruised in 2011, a 7% increase over 2010.

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KLM unveils Meet and Seat allowing passengers to choose their travelling companion

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After weeks of coverage and opinion in national and international press KLM has unveiled its promised Meet & Seat service enabling passengers to link their Facebook and LinkedIn profile to their flight booking

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KLM moving ahead with social seating for Facebook and LinkedIn

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Despite questions about its practicality, KLM is moving ahead with its social-seating initiative, with the implementation to take place on Facebook and LinkedIn, the airline says.

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Rough guide to new Top Level Domain names [VIDEO]

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It would be reasonably fair to say that the looming introduction of new Top Level Domain names across the web has yet to set the travel industry on fire.

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KLM social seating initiative fun but potentially fraught

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KLM’s latest plan to allow people to choose who they sit next to according to social media profiles sounds like fun in theory

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Trippy raises $1.75 million in first round of outside investment

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Mobile and web trip planning platform Trippy has captured a $1.75 million round of investment, led by Sequoia Capital and True Ventures.

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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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New web domains will not travel far, but other storms brewing on the horizon

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I have recently been asked if the new global Top Level Domains will change or devalue the prices of existing domain names? My answer is always the same: a clear and resounding “no”.

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Trippy wants friends in social media to help plan a trip

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Trippy, a mobile and web platform which uses the social graph to plan a trip.

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Are the new Top Level Domains really any use to travel brands?

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I’ve likened .brand domains to haemorrhoids. No-one wants them, but many will end-up getting one.

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