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Oktogo.ru Really Is – Mostly

Phil Butler

In the coming months the Russian Federation will be ever increasingly in travel news leading up to Sochi 2014. For people in the online hotel booking space, and other hospitality sectors too, Russia presents a special set of potentials and hurdles as well, this is widely accepted. Many questions exist where online travel in Russia is concerned, we hope this post will clarify a few.

13 years ago

Investors Eagerly Await TZOO Q3

Phil Butler

Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ: TZOO) will hold a conference call next Thursday October 25th to discuss their finances for Q3 of 2012. A press release reporting results will be issued just prior to market opening of that day.

13 years ago

TravAddict: Credibility Gone Down The Toilet

Aleksandr Shatskih

Adventure holiday specialists TravAddict.com has just rolled out a number of new ‘improvements’ to its website, including updates to its search engine and a number of other new features.

13 years ago

Eye for Travel Hong Kong Coming Up

Aleksandr Shatskih

Mobile is the emerging trend worldwide, but nowhere more critical than for the Asia travel marketing. Coming next month Eye for Travel will present Social Media and Mobile in Travel Asia 2012, a conference aimed at profitability in this space.

13 years ago

Amadeus e-Travel Management Gets Upgrade

Aleksandr Shatskih

In news from Amadeus, the company has now launched a new user interface (UI) for their mobile booking app. An online booking tool aimed at corporate travel, Amadeus e-Travel Management (AeTM) is supposed to help companies reduce gain control of costs.

13 years ago

NH Hoteles – Swisscom Promise High Tech for Guests

Aleksandr Shatskih

NH Hoteles extends its partnership with Swisscom Hospitality to provide efficient guest technology. Swisscom Hospitality will assist NH Hoteles in achieving further network and IP service convergence.

13 years ago

Startup Cabforce Barks at Europe Cabbie Stand

Phil Butler

Sometimes online technology startups just engage as bad ideas. Since my days as a tech blogger, I have always been amazed at how even the most ludicrous startup notion can get investment to develop – well, nothing much. Cabforce may be the poster child for whimsical travel startup investment potential.

13 years ago

buuteeq Gets Another $10 Mil to Make “Right Idea”

Phil Butler

Online marketing startup buuteeq, which we covered briefly some time back, has just announced having raised another $10 million in funding. The funding round, led by Madrona Venture Group and by Concur, brings buuteeq’s total capital raised to some $17 million thus far. Along with this news, the startup also announced the addition of Concur CEO, Steve Singh and Madrona Partner, and Tim Porter to the company’s board of directors.

13 years ago

WIHP’s DirectPack & Trivago – Direct Bookings Imminent?

Phil Butler

World Independent Hotels Promotion (WIHP) has just announced a sweet partnership with leading meta comparison site Trivago, one which could end up being a sort of strategic masterpiece. Testing their so called DirectPack ad platform with Trivago, WIHP’s test hotels achieved a 10x ROI with no sweat, according to WIHP’s Marketing experts. The implications of this news may not be readily obvious, we suggest you read on.

13 years ago

Airlines Credibility Takes Nose Dive Over Fees

Aleksandr Shatskih

In flight news , the Open Allies for Airfare Transparency organization has just released survey results showing the vast majority of online travel agency users want airline fee transparency.

13 years ago

Right Next Door in Asia with travelmob

Phil Butler

travelmob, the unique Asia traveler accommodation portal, has announced having received a cool $1 million in seed funding. The round, led by Jungle Ventures and private investors, is intended to spur growth for the startup across Asia. Launched back in July, travelmob hooks Asia guests up with short term rentals across the region.

13 years ago

Gelpme – Sharing That Once In A Lifetime Trip

Phil Butler

Gelpme aims to help travelers move along navigating landmarks and places of interest via their iPhones. Argo does a PC eval of a new travel app with great potential.

13 years ago

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