Making the most of opportunities emerging from social location broadcasting...
IN-DEPTH: Travel companies are increasingly rewarding customers for their affiliation towards social networks and location-based services. Overall, the stickiness comes from incentivising the customers. Current levels of incentives are very basic, says Adnan Saulat, Principal Consultant, Travel and Transportation Group...
TripAdvisor acquires Where I've Been, targets growth in social travel...
TripAdvisor has acquired Chicago, Illinois-based Where I've Been, a travel website and social platform with an interactive world map that lets users share where they've been, lived, and want to go. Financial details weren’t disclosed. The site, founded by Michael...
Orbitz to power Virgin Australia’s standalone hotel bookings...
Online travel company Orbitz Worldwide has signed a new partnership with Virgin Australia to power standalone hotel bookings on its Australian websites. The sites are www.vaustralia.com.au and www.virginaustralia.com. The airline has chosen to leverage the Orbitz Worldwide private label platform...
Operator of Screamin’ Getaways acquired by Local.com for $12.5 million...
Online local media company Local.com has confirmed the acquisition of Screamin’ Media Group (SMG), which operates Screamin’ Daily Deals (SDD), a daily deals business based in San Juan Capistrano, California. SDD also recently launched travel deals at: http://getaways.screamindailydeals.com. Under the...
Canadian OTA offers free price drop protection plan...
Oakville, Ontario-based online travel agency FlightNetwork.com has launched its Price Drop Protection plan, a free programme that allows consumers to track flight price drops after they buy and, when a price drop occurs, it allows them to lock in the...
Groupon releases new privacy policy...
Groupon has changed its privacy policies to collect more information as it offers more deals targeted to users’ locations. The Updated Privacy Statement clarifies that Personal Information is any information that could be used to identify, locate or contact an...
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