The UK’s largest industry sector for digital ad spending will continue to be retail for the foreseeable future, with retailers driving overall digital ad spending gains in the UK through 2018, according to new forecasts from eMarketer. Among the five UK industries tracked by eMarketer – automotive, consumer packaged goods (CPG) & consumer products, travel, retail […]
Travel media brand Lonely Planet has launched a new app called Trips, which it describes as a ‘self-publishing content platform’, and which aims to compete with Instagram as a way to share images and video from holidays and other travel experiences. The app is focused on creating stories around each journey, using photos and videos […]
180LA won a Gold Lion in Cyber and a Bronze in Mobile for its interactive mobile film, “Visit Britain” for Expedia and VisitBritain at the 64th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The agency has been honoured with seven Cannes Lion awards, including one Grand Prix, since the opening of the festival. The interactive film is […]
AppsFlyer, a mobile attribution and measurement company, has launched its Indonesia Performance Index and finds Facebook ranking first across the board. The Index is spilt between two categories of gaming and non-gaming, further segmented into Android and iOS. The methodology calculates non-organic and organic retention rates over a 30-day period, dividing the active users in a […]
Wake up, go to work, come home. Wake up, go to work, come home. It’s an invariable grind that’s almost impossible to see past. The logistics alone of even tiny weekend trips can stop us from starting the process at all, leaving us marinating in unrealized fantasies of escape. But what if getting away for […]
In the age of digital connectedness, this startup goes above and beyond to bring people together and make networking everyone’s cup of tea. Meet LEVO, a platform that allows air-travellers to connect with co-passengers and meet them at the airport or in the flight. LEVO enables users to utilise their travel downtime to expand their […]
Hotels.com has introduced new mobile concierge feature to its app. The Hotels.com Concierge, powered by Button Marketplace, connects consumers to local products and services on the day their hotel stay begins. The concierge, currently only available on iOS, leverages location data to offer customers access to services such as Uber’s transportation, Delivery.com’s on-demand food delivery, […]
Manchester Airport is turning to social media in a bid to lure high flying Chinese tourists to the north west of England by signing up to the far east equivalents of Twitter and Whatsapp. The social media push dovetails with the launch of direct flights between Beijing and Manchester by Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines in […]
Hong Kong-based travel company Gagfare has released a new smartphone app which will revolutionise the way tech-savvy travellers book flights. For the first time ever, Gagfare enables travellers to search flights with over 500 airlines globally, and secure a confirmed, impartial best airfare on their desired flight, instantly. With a unique book-now-pay-later solution, Gagfare allows […]
Whether you’re juggling work, school, family, or just the demands of daily life, everyone needs a little break and a new adventure sometimes. But knowing what to do once your vacation starts can turn what’s supposed to be fun into a lot of work. You might get recommendations from friends, professional travel guides, or online […]