The SCAN – Marriott gets million fans, Google fined for Streetview and more news

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Travel tech news from OneFineStay, Goibibo, RateGain, Marriott Hotels, Mercator, Air Indiam, Unisys, United Airlines, Honeywell, WAYN, Air Asia and Google.

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The Scan: Visit Suffolk and HomeAway campaigning, Datalex and Onefinestay recruiting and other travel tech news

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Visit Suffolk, HomeAway, Datalex, Onefinestay, Ebookers, Farelogix, Dolphin Dynamics, Farelogix, Vayable, EZY-Go, RyanairHotels and Egypt also get a mention in our scan of briefs and other items making the news on February 15.

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The Scan: Priceline snitches, Hotwire expands, and Disney debuts magic bracelets

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Priceline calls out CheapOair for inflated savings claims, Hotwire says consumer usage has doubled of its opaque hotels service, and more news briefs from the travel trade.

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Airbnb moving in to tours and activities? An obvious strategy to continue its disruptive model

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Airbnb, the most talked about travel startup of 2012, is taking a close look at adding local activities to run alongside the home booking service.

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The Scan: Kayak booms, United’s systems fail again, Ryanair wins in court, and more news

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Ryanair, FlightStats, Kayak, Superfly, Vayama, Onefinestay, Cheap Tickets, Los Angeles Tourism, Jetpac, Facebook, Small Luxury Hotels of the World, all get mentioned in our roundup of the short news items driving opinion on 15 November.

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The Scan: Why your website should have lots of blue, and more travel tech news

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Zipcar, Tourico Holidays, JumpFlight, Yelp, Onefinestay, RSPB, Facebook and the colour blue all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 24 October.

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HomeAway retires Holiday-Rentals brand, claims poor brand recognition

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Seven years after starting its aggressive expansion strategy outside of its US homeland, HomeAway is axing the brand of one of its first acquisitions, Holiday-Rentals.

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OneFineStay raises $12M, plots move into US and elsewhere

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More significant sums of money heading into the home rental marketplace with news that UK-based OneFineStay has captured $12 million in funding.

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Onefinestay secures $3.7 million investment, plots boutique city expansion

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UK startup Onefinestay has captured the attention of a string of luminaries from the history of online travel and secured a Series A funding round worth $3.7 million.

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Tnooz launches THack in London

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Tnooz is launching the travel industry’s first official Hack event, taking place in London in the coming weeks and culminating at the Travel Technology Europe show.

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