The US startup is helping publishers like Boston.com and Vagabondish make money by packaging and serving advertorials, or “native advertising.”
TripReactor helps sites generate revenue with native advertising
April 12, 2013 By 5 Comments
Over the Great Wall: eLong looks west to secure content deal with ArrivalGuides
March 27, 2013 By 1 Comment
Expedia-owned Chinese OTA eLong is partnering with ArrivalGuides, a Europe-based destination content specialist, in a bid to overhaul and improve the site’s destination information.
Onboard, owned by LVMH, aims to make online travel chic, at least for cruises
March 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Onboard, a website that’s all about cruise travel, aims to directly challenge Cruise Critic and Cruisemates with a posh take on online travel communities. Think Nowness + Quora.
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Google winding down B2B division at Frommers, travel sites need to find new content supplier
February 12, 2013 By 16 Comments
One area of the Frommer’s business that got little mention during the acquisition by Google last summer was the travel content service for other brands.
Travel video rules: The future of travel shows and content
December 5, 2012 By 11 Comments
The Travel Channel is one of the major brands facing an unknown fate of late, so perhaps now is a good time to reflect on the state of travel shows and the one channel that has truly held the travel name.
CNNGo.com is folded into the main CNN brand, leaving lessons for travel content creators
November 20, 2012 By 4 Comments
Whether you’re a journalist, blogger, or content creator for a travel site like a hotel or metasearch company, there are interesting lessons to be learned from the success of CNNGo and its current rebranding effort.
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As an antidote to TripAdvisor, The Hotel Guru aggregates pro reviews of European boutiques
November 16, 2012 By 1 Comment
New British site The Hotel Guru curates top critics, such as Fiona Duncan of the UK’s Sunday Telegraph Hotel Guru column, Mr and Mrs Smith, i-escape, tablethotels, the Good Hotel Guide, Sawdays, the Michelin Guide, and CN Traveller (UK).
Online travel content – now is the time to take it REALLY seriously. With bloggers. Please
October 26, 2012 By 41 Comments
I’ll admit it: I’ve got an axe to grind. A big and rather shiny axe, one that has been resting against the cupboard called Lazy Travel Marketing for quite a while.
Departful, the online travel magazine, launches
August 28, 2012 By 2 Comments
Now arriving: Departful, an independent, online travel magazine that launched today by a Canadian startup.
Near2there brings alerts and ways to discover destinations to mobile devices
January 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Near2there, a mobile service which allows travellers to discover and be alerted to attractions on a trip.
