End of the road for social travel app Twigmore

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Twigmore, the Facebook-based social travel application, is shutting up shop after two years in operation.

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Fiz wants to champion places via crowd wisdom and user-generated content

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Fiz is looking to tap into the big data, geo-location and social graph trends out there to bring together leisure time, longer travel and social content

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Routehappy embarks on mission to help people fly better with a happy pill

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Routehappy finally lifts the lid today on what it’s calling a ‘next generation of flight metasearch’ and after more than a year since launching its beta site

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In a Q&A, Tourism Australia reveals the secrets of its Facebook dominance

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Here’s the story on how Tourism Australia unlocked Facebook success by creating the world’s most popular tourism destination page, with 4,140,975 likes.

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The Scan: Indian Railways plans tech overhaul, HotelTonight tries it Oyster-style, and more travel tech news

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Indian Railways plans an ambitious tech overhaul, HotelTonight hints at a change of course, and other stories all make our shortlist for the Scan on February 27.

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Americans as a whole are taking vacations from Facebook

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An authoritative survey finds that Americans are taking breaks from it, and young people are spending less time on the site.

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JetZet adds a layer of social networking to itinerary management

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JetZet allows frequent travelers to organize, socialize, and stay updated on a single platform.

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Facebook: 9 fresh examples of how travel marketers can unlock success

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Tips from Facebook’s travel lead in Europe’s DACH region and marketers from major travel companies that have seen high conversion rates from social marketing.

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WAYN wants to be the social travel comeback kid in 2013

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Travel social network WAYN has been doing some soul-searching in recent months, chiefly: “How do you exist in the world of Facebook?”

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Travel startups by the Seine, perhaps a new focus on substance over style

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The sizzle in Paris has continued for a few more days this week. And despite the sense that travel is perhaps not as enticing as it was a few years back, some startups still want to give it a go.

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