TripAdvisor eyes next move on travel Rubik’s Cube: Mobile destination services, tours and activities

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Think the big boys in travel are not taking tours and activities seriously? Might need to think again.

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The SCAN – Room 77 mobile optimized, Superbox expands, Changi airport award and more travel tech news

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Travel tech updates from Luxe Nomad, DestinAsian, Goibibo, RateTiger, TripAdvisor, Cleartrip, Room 77, SITA, Qantas, ANA and more.

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TUI Travel buys tours and activities specialist Isango

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Tours and activities just got that little bit more interesting with news that European tour operating giant TUI Travel has bought tours and activities provider Isango.

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The Scan – New TSA Pre-check airports, Greyhound goes Big Brother and more travel tech news

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New TSA Pre-check airports, eRevMax expands, cameras go Greyhound, AirAsia lands in India and new jobs all make our shortlist in the Scan for February 22, 2013.

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The Scan – Inside Iberostar, Wego extends, Amazon Redshift and more travel tech news

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Iberostar, Hotelbeds, Egencia, Wego, eRevMax, GetYourGuide, Etihad- Jet Airways, JetBlue, SITA, mobile in China, Viator, TradeDoubler, 3rd Planet, Amazon Redshift, Southwest Airlines, Sweetbeam and Center Parcs all get a mention in our roundup of news and hot topics on Wednesday February 20

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And then there were three – TripAdvisor quietly adds more tour and activity suppliers

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If tours and activities are the next big thing in online travel, then TripAdvisor is taking note – by adding a third supplier of products in recent weeks in the form of Viator.

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The Scan: American Airlines serves 20,000 passes a day through Passbook, and more news

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American Airlines, Hotel.jp, Viator, TripLingo, Gogobot, Grasp Technologies, Lowcosttravel, C2G, 101 Holidays USA, and SignEasy, all appear in our roundup of trade news in travel technology for 21 December.

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Pitching apples against oranges in travel innovation produces the wrong type of fruit salad

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I have a few years of experience of the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit under my belt – a couple as an on-stage critic and during its most recent outing as CEO of one of the competitors.

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The Scan: Independent hotels struggle online, Rome2Rio has an open-source app, and more news

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Micros eCommerce, HGK, Rome2Rio, MapBox, Google+, Aviasales, Minube, Voyage Privé, TripFlick, Viator, Minube, GuestLogix, all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 20 November.

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Trip planning for food and drink – a match and a hack made in heaven for travellers

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Foodies or wine lovers will often design their latest jaunt based specifically on the best spots to eat and drink – but few travel sites reverse engineer the search process.

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