
Former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford is one of a number of big names putting some angel investment into tours and activities service TourRadar.

Former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford is one of a number of big names putting some angel investment into tours and activities service TourRadar.

CheapAir, ArrivalGuides, TRX, Zozi, Tripwolf, Mr & Mrs Smith, Blue Palace, The Rainmaker Group, Bitbuzz, Expedia, Mytab, Jetpac, and EVA Air are featured in today’s trade news roundup for the travel tech industry.

Masabi wins NYC railroad deal, Egencia grows partners, Viator redesigns site, Treovi opens doors to hotels, TripWolf celebrates with planning apps… What else is going on in the world of travel tech…

BiteHunter combines, Travora staff changes, QuickMobile chairman, FlightView cloud, TripWolf apps and UK mobile rail tickets. A round-up of other stories from across the industry.

In this edition: Vayama and EasyToBook, Conferma and HSBC, Tripwolf howls, Club Med and Neolane, Europcar is eReady.
Tripwolf, one of the web’s early trip planning sites, has relaunched its smartphone application so consumers can use it without incurring expensive roaming charges.
TripWolf has become the latest travel content provider to throw its efforts into an augmented reality system, launching through its iPhone app.

Tripwolf, the Vienna-based online travel-guide provider, introduced a new version of its iPhone app, which provides some free content, but offers mobile users certain premium destination content for $5.99 or € 4,99.
Travel guide site TripWolf is to work with guidebook brand Footprint to digitise its entire portfolio of destination content from around 60 books.
Following a trial for Footprint’s Peru edition, TripWolf will spend the next few weeks and months taking the original text files of the remaining guidebooks and add a string of electronic marks to make it web-friendly.
CEO Sebastian Heinzel says the Footprint content will be available alongside existing material on the Tripwolf site – but will include a Footprint stamp to indicate the source.

Banish how it used to be carried out – travel inspiration and searching for products has changed immeasurably as consumers find new ways of finding the perfect trip.

Do you understand the true costs of travel payments, how to reduce your exposure to credit card fraud and surcharges or how virtual cards work?

Discussing recent hot topics such as the TripAdvisor-Jetsetter acquisition, hotel wifi, Wordpress and hotels, mobile design and user experience.

Ancillary services are here to stay, so how do travel companies and airlines develop their technology and relationships so that merchandising can work for everyone?
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