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Expedia starts testing natural language travel search Big Data-style

By Kevin May | January 3, 2013

It's not just startups trying to capture the mood for developing natural language and semantic search in travel - Expedia is quietly working on its own platform. Read More

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Thomson loses crown to Expedia - Top UK travel websites, November 2012

By PhocusWire | December 10, 2012

After closing the gap in recent months, Expedia has finally overtaken Thomson to become the most popular travel agency website in the UK. Read More

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Up close and personal, Lastminute.com descends on a London hotel to test out tech with guests

By Kevin May | November 21, 2012

European online travel agency Lastminute.com is setting up camp in a well known techie hotel this week to test prototypes of new technology with guests. Read More

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EasyJet stretches lead ahead of Ryanair - Top UK travel websites, September 2012

By PhocusWire | October 9, 2012

Ryanair has seen the gap between it and market leader EasyJet increase in the list of leading airline websites in the UK. Read More

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The Scan: LastMinute.com adds credit card scanning to iPhone app and Orbitz launches Spanish-language OTA

By PhocusWire | October 4, 2012

LastMinute.com, Travelocity, Orbitz, LeisureLink, eRevMax, Cape Town Tourism, Facebook, Sanpo, Twist, and Lonely Planet all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 4... Read More

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The Scan: Wired magazine and Marriott partner, and more travel tech news

By PhocusWire | September 18, 2012

Four events hosted exclusively at US Marriott hotels through December will focus on the needs of digital travelers, and more items in our roundup. Read More

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The Scan: Airbus is testing runway catapults to help airplanes take off, and more news

By PhocusWire | September 7, 2012

The company is working on rolling platforms for runways that would tow planes and catapult them into the sky and thus be fuel efficient, plus other items in our roundup. Read More

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Sabre buys airline information service Prism, probably the big acquisition disclosed in secret docs

By Kevin May | August 1, 2012

Prism, a New Mexico, US-based airline customer management system provider, was snapped up by Sabre today for an undisclosed fee. Read More

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What Else? Lastminute marketing, TRX buys, Concur grows, Hotel Link expands, WIHP wins

By PhocusWire | June 27, 2012

Lastminute.com asks Bartlett to take on marketing role, TRX snaps up TruExpense, Concur expands in Europe, Filipino joy for Hotel Link, WIHP wins Library Hotel ... What else is going on in the world of... Read More

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Lastminute founders dissed by kids in schools code push [VIDEO]

By Linda Fox | June 22, 2012

Must try harder is the clear message for lastminute founders Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox as they are summarily dismissed with a 'next' in this video to encourage school children to learn to code Read More

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Thomson holds off Expedia threat - Top UK travel sites, full month May 2012

By PhocusWire | June 12, 2012

Less than 1% market share separates agency leader Thomson from Expedia in the battle for top spot in the list of leading travel sites in the UK. Read More

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Wotif, WebJet and Expedia take third all traffic - Top Australia travel sites, full month May 2012

By PhocusWire | June 7, 2012

Wotif, WebJet and Expedia secured over a third of all traffic going to agency websites in Australia during the month of May 2012. Read More

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Sabre lines up massive $125M acquisition, second only to Lastminute deal in 2005

By Kevin May | May 31, 2012

Sabre Holdings is poised to make what could be one of its biggest investments in recent memory, laying out what a leaked document says is up to $125 million on an undisclosed company. Read More

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Expedia losing more ground to Thomson - Top UK travel sites, April 28 2012

By PhocusWire | May 2, 2012

Thomson's triumphant return to the top of the leader board of the most popular travel sites in the UK was buoyed further last week with further gains to its lead over rival Expedia. Read More

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Thomson regains lead from Expedia - Top UK travel sites, April 21 2012

By PhocusWire | April 24, 2012

Expedia lost its coveted place as the most popular travel site in the UK last week, seeing rival web brand Thomson move in to pole position with a slender lead. Read More

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