Posts Tagged: Travel

Personally, I like planning trips. My copy of the Lonely Planet China guide is pretty dog-eared at t...

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April 23, 2013
at 9:00 am

- Mobile
- Startups

ImpulseFlyer Launches iOS App

Singapore’s VIP membership online luxury travel site ImpulseFlyer has launched its iOS app, availa...

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April 11, 2013
at 8:38 am

- E-commerce

Rakuten Travel Sees Huge Revenue Growth in Southeast Asia and China

Rakuten isn’t all about e-commerce or its Kobo e-reader. It also runs Rakuten Travel, an onlin...

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April 2, 2013
at 8:08 pm

HomeAway Makes Third Asian Deal in Tie-Up With Singapore’s Travelmob

Having already buddied up with China’s TuJia and Singapore-based Wego last year, today HomeAwa...

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March 21, 2013
at 10:37 am

- E-commerce
- Web

Ctrip Selling Train Tickets Again in Wake of Railway Ministry Absorption News

Yes, the rumors were true: China is dismantling its hilariously corrupt Railway Ministry and absorbi...

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March 13, 2013
at 8:00 am

- Startups
- Web

India-Based Startup Trip Tern Offers the Most Painless Travel Planning I’ve Ever Seen

For some people, planning a trip down to the last detail is part of the fun. Not everyone enjoys por...

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February 12, 2013
at 9:00 am

- Business
- E-commerce

Baidu-Owned Qunar Chases the Money with New Luxury Hotel Portal

Baidu-owned (NASDAQ:BIDU) travel e-commerce site Qunar today opened up a luxury hotel section on its...

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February 1, 2013
at 10:20 pm

- Startups

Vietnamese Startup Triip Crowdsources For the Best Tour Guides in Asia

By Anh-Minh Do

I’m a big fan of collaborative consumption startups like Airbnb, Zipcar, and Coursera because of t...

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April 25, 2013
at 6:00 pm

- Business
- E-commerce

Baidu-Backed Travel Site Qunar Reportedly Gets $57 Million Funding Round

Chinese search engine Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) invested $306 million in Qunar back in the summer of 2011 ...

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April 15, 2013
at 12:35 pm

- E-commerce

Interview: Airbnb’s Plans in Southeast Asia (Live Blog)

We’ve seen US-based vacation home rentals site Airbnb pushing into Southeast Asia recently, so...

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April 5, 2013
at 10:05 am

- Startups

CheckInTonight Books Your Hotels at the Very Last Minute

Cambodia’s CheckInTonight is a mobile app that helps users find hotels and book them quickly a...

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March 26, 2013
at 8:12 pm

- E-commerce

Ctrip’s China Train Ticket Sales Could Be Illegal (But Not for the Reason You’re Thinking)

When I wrote earlier this week that Chinese travel site Ctrip had begun selling train tickets online...

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March 15, 2013
at 11:00 am

TuJia Gets Series B Funding For its Vacation Home Rentals Service, HomeAway Again Joins In

After attracting its first major financing in May of last year, the Chinese vacation home rentals st...

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February 17, 2013
at 12:30 am

Baidu-Owned Qunar Aims for $160 Million in Revenue This Year

Baidu-owned (NASDAQ:BIDU) travel e-commerce site Qunar is aiming to grow its sales revenue to 1 bill...

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February 4, 2013
at 3:39 pm

- E-commerce
- Startups

Travel Site Burufly Sees Content and Social as Key Strategies