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Qantas stretches lead in number one spot - Top Australia travel websites, February 2013
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Qantas stretches lead in number one spot - Top Australia travel websites, February 2013
By Kevin May | March 20, 2013
Qantas has a 4% market share lead at the top of the leading airline websites in Australia, reigning over sister brand Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Tiger Airways.... Read More
CheapOair backs away from its cheap link-exchange SEO effort
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CheapOair backs away from its cheap link-exchange SEO effort
By Sean O'Neil | March 20, 2013
In the mid-2000s, link-exchanges were a popular way for travel websites to try to game Google's search engine results.... Read More
Why the Priceline plan to buy Kayak should be investigated by regulators
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Why the Priceline plan to buy Kayak should be investigated by regulators
By Viewpoints | March 20, 2013
A UK competition regulator, The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), is being kept busy in the travel space right now.... Read More
PointsHound wants to help travellers maximise mileage earning via hotel bookings
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PointsHound wants to help travellers maximise mileage earning via hotel bookings
By Linda Fox | March 20, 2013
After 30 years working in online travel PointsHound's founders decided to find a more flexible way for frequent travellers to collect and maximise airline loyalty miles... Read More
TripAdvisor eyes next move on travel Rubik's Cube: Mobile destination services, tours and activities
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TripAdvisor eyes next move on travel Rubik's Cube: Mobile destination services, tours and activities
By Kevin May | March 20, 2013
Think the big boys in travel are not taking tours and activities seriously? Might need to think again.... Read More
The SCAN - Room 77 mobile optimized, Superbox expands, Changi airport award and more travel tech news
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The SCAN - Room 77 mobile optimized, Superbox expands, Changi airport award and more travel tech news
By PhocusWire | March 20, 2013
Travel tech updates from Luxe Nomad, DestinAsian, Goibibo, RateTiger, TripAdvisor, Cleartrip, Room 77, SITA, Qantas, ANA and more.... Read More
TripAdvisor announces integration with new Samsung Galaxy 4
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TripAdvisor announces integration with new Samsung Galaxy 4
By Nick Vivion | March 20, 2013
TripAdvisor announced a significant partnership this week: the travel advice service will be fully integrated into the new Samsung Galaxy S 4 phones.... Read More
Sabre brings in new chief financial officer, IPO dial goes up another notch
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Sabre brings in new chief financial officer, IPO dial goes up another notch
By Kevin May | March 20, 2013
Radars generally go up a little bit when a company that has openly talked about going on the public markets goes and hires a new chief financial officer.... Read More
PointsHound gets seed funding to take hotel booking and loyalty miles model forward
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PointsHound gets seed funding to take hotel booking and loyalty miles model forward
By Linda Fox | March 20, 2013
PointsHound, a hotel booking service enabling guests to collect points from the airline loyalty scheme of their choice, has received seed funding of $425,000... Read More
Qiito inspiration portal steps into revenue generation mode, opens b&b bookings
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Qiito inspiration portal steps into revenue generation mode, opens b&b bookings
By Karthick Prabu | March 19, 2013
Qiito, Singapore-based travel inspiration portal has launched its first revenue generating feature - the ability to book bed and breakfast accommodation (aka minsu)... Read More
A bit of waffle: Travel-ish news from SXSW
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A bit of waffle: Travel-ish news from SXSW
By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2013
There was quite a bit of travel-related news happening in and around the mass chaos otherwise known as the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, USA. Beyond travel, there are all kinds of themes and happenings signaling the continued evolution of the tech, creative and content businesses.... Read More
Southwest has double the web traffic of Delta - Top US travel websites, February 2013
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Southwest has double the web traffic of Delta - Top US travel websites, February 2013
By PhocusWire | March 19, 2013
Landmark stat for Southwest after the airline continued its dominance of the web amongst US carriers, securing double the amount of traffic traffic of its nearest rival.... Read More
A quarter of US mobile users buy travel products [INFOGRAPHIC]
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A quarter of US mobile users buy travel products [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | March 19, 2013
Interesting data around mobile shopping habits in the US and UK, the type of purchases and users attitudes to mobile advertisements in this infographic from marketing research company, Intela.... Read More
Social media backfires as celeb snap costs airport official his job
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Social media backfires as celeb snap costs airport official his job
By Karthick Prabu | March 19, 2013
Anyone thinking one of the perks of working at an airport is the joy of spotting celebrities in transit might want to think again.... Read More
Lonely Planet message to staff: guidebooks safe, digital strategy to accelerate
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Lonely Planet message to staff: guidebooks safe, digital strategy to accelerate
By Kevin May | March 19, 2013
Lonely Planet has moved quickly reassure staff and authors of its books that the sale of the business to NC2 Media will not result in any significant change in strategy.... Read More
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