TourWrist brings latest funding round to $1.25M, heavyweights liking the 360-degree views

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Not content with trousering $250,000 from winning the Travel Innovation Summit at the PhoCusWright Conference a few weeks back, TourWrist has added a further $1 million to its coffers.

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Out with the old, in with the new, out with the new, in with the old

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Tnooz was asked this week to participate in a roundtable discussion hosted by prominent Northern Irish blogger and author Mick Fealty, editor of Slugger O’Toole.

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Trip planning and weather on a single map – an obvious and helpful combination

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Neat idea from the folk at the Weather Channel with the introduction of a trip planning service that combines route information with the latest forecast.

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Establishing the USP of a hotel for online marketing

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Every hotel needs to discover what is unique about its brand and then promote heavily in its marketing efforts on the web.

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3rd Planet brings destinations to virtual life with 3D interactive platform

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Singapore-based 3rd Planet, a 3D interactive travel guide platform for tourism boards and destinations.

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BMW plays the trip planning game with Ultimate Drive app

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The buzz in mobile and travel social media is normally around actual travel companies – but here comes BMW, one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world with its own effort.

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Can the latest dip into the global hotel ID swamp work?

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The Travel Technology Initiative recently announced the launch of TTIcodes, an initiative to create “the definitive listing of properties” core information.

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Teaser: First 3D interactive tourism site in the world [VIDEO]

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Fair amount of chatter recently about a new service expected to launch later in 2011 – a 3D interactive guide to destinations around the world.

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Coming soon: more searches on Google Maps from mobiles than desktops

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A significant milestone is looming in the coming weeks which may well demonstrate the importance of mobile to travel companies and how they communicate with customers.

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Using Google Maps to check for global hotspots before travel

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The availability of some government data in a digital format and open source code for products such as Google Maps allows for some interesting and useful mashups.

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