Dorling Kindersley moves into high-end iPad travel publishing

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Known for its classy travel guidebooks, Dorling Kindersley (or DK these days) is starting to push its produce Apple iPad versions of its Eyewitness books.

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Travel industry to boost spend on social media marketing in 2011

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Social media is expected to feature strongly in marketing budgets across the travel industry in 2011, with online display likely to be the channel missing out.

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TLabs Showcase – Virtual GDBK

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based trip planning and guidebook service Virtual GDBK.

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British Airways to get Cruise and Cruz, not Lonely Planet

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British Airways passengers will be getting a raft of new programmes included in their in-flight entertainment systems as part of a deal signed with the BBC.

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Print and augmented reality, give travel guides a new life

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Hardly a week goes by without another nail supposedly being hammered into the coffin of the travel guidebook, especially with the growth of mobile content apps.

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Technology geeks encouraged to brave the outside world with new travel guide

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More travel websites for the long tail of activities and interests – this time one exclusively for the preserve of what many call tech geeks.

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Why Flipboard is a game-changer for travel

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Many marketing managers and business developments managers have invested money and reputation by advocating social networks as means of marketing.

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Everytrail details travel guide marketplace, woos Fodors as content provider

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Six weeks after revealing a new revenue stream for the company, Everytrail has officially opened the doors on its travel guide shop and unveiled Fodor’s as launch partner.

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BBC to integrate Lonely Planet content on new global website

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Fans of the BBC around the world – but not the UK – will see an overhauled website in the coming months, complete with a new travel section courtesy of Lonely Planet.

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Google buys online travel guide Ruba

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Community site Ruba obviously has something different about it from the countless other travel guides on the web – demonstrated mainly by news that Google has just bought it.

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