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American Airlines sues blogging ex-employee and alleged moles
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American Airlines sues blogging ex-employee and alleged moles
By Dennis Schaal | April 16, 2012
This isn't exactly of CIA-KGB proportions, but American Airlines has sued an ex-employee who publishes The Sky Steward blog and unidentified current airline employees who allegedly are conspiring with him.... Read More
TripAdvisor dominates listings - Top Canada travel sites, April 14 2012
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TripAdvisor dominates listings - Top Canada travel sites, April 14 2012
By PhocusWire | April 16, 2012
TripAdvisor's stranglehold on the leading Canadian accommodation websites is so tight that its combined market share is great than the second, fourth and sixth places together.... Read More
EasyJet forges exclusive deal with Booking.com
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EasyJet forges exclusive deal with Booking.com
By Linda Fox | April 16, 2012
EasyJet has replaced laterooms.com with booking.com as its exclusive hotel provider just weeks after Ryanair dropped the Priceline-owned accommodation specialist.... Read More
Holiday rental sector in Europe to hit Euro 22BN, but user reviews not important
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Holiday rental sector in Europe to hit Euro 22BN, but user reviews not important
By Linda Fox | April 16, 2012
Holiday rental guests in Europe do not rate reviews from previous guests as having a big influence in their accommodation selection, unlike their hotel-dwelling fellow travellers.... Read More
Virgin Atlantic plane makes emergency landing, airline quiet on Twitter, follow on web instead
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Virgin Atlantic plane makes emergency landing, airline quiet on Twitter, follow on web instead
By Kevin May | April 16, 2012
A Virgin Atlantic plane bound for Orlando from the UK had to make an emergency landing today after reports of smoke in the cabin.... Read More
SeLoger tumbles away - Top France travel sites, April 14 2012
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SeLoger tumbles away - Top France travel sites, April 14 2012
By PhocusWire | April 16, 2012
Brief residence at the top of the league of leading travel websites in France for SeLoger Vacances after it lost half its share of online traffic last week.... Read More
PrivePass wants to be the Jetsetter or Voyage Prive for Asia-Pacific
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PrivePass wants to be the Jetsetter or Voyage Prive for Asia-Pacific
By Kevin May | April 16, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Hong Kong-based PrivePass, a member-only travel service targeting affluent consumers in the Asia-Pacific region.... Read More
ViajaNet claws back some grand from Decolar - Top Brazil travel sites, April 7 2012
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ViajaNet claws back some grand from Decolar - Top Brazil travel sites, April 7 2012
By PhocusWire | April 13, 2012
Small moves, but second place ViajaNet has managed to gain some ground on market leader Decolar in the list of top ten travel websites in Brazil.... Read More
CityJet takes QR codes to the skies with competition to promote network
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CityJet takes QR codes to the skies with competition to promote network
By Linda Fox | April 13, 2012
European carrier CityJet is rewarding shares via social media in addition to actual competition winners in its European Challenge Competition based on Quick Response (QR) codes... Read More
Making technology progress relevant in travel - dead easy, dead slow or just dead but why?
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Making technology progress relevant in travel - dead easy, dead slow or just dead but why?
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | April 13, 2012
Technology folks all have great ideas for the next coolest thing. But for traditional companies, particularly those in travel, very few of these ideas see the light of day... Read More
Top three hotel marketing myths (and the truth behind them)
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Top three hotel marketing myths (and the truth behind them)
By Viewpoints | April 13, 2012
Hoteliers have been marketing their properties on the web for years, but they need to constantly re-think their strategies in order to lead the pack.... Read More
SeLoger hangs on - Top France travel sites, April 7 2012
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SeLoger hangs on - Top France travel sites, April 7 2012
By PhocusWire | April 13, 2012
SeLoger Vacances has seen its massive lead over its rivals in the list of leading travel sites in France slashed dramatically.... Read More
Airport issues warning after YouTube hit shows woman blown off her feet by jet plane
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Airport issues warning after YouTube hit shows woman blown off her feet by jet plane
By Kevin May | April 13, 2012
Such is the weird world of user generated video and YouTube that the Caribbean destination of St Maarten is probably better known on the web for its airport than its beaches.... Read More
Air New Zealand secures four of out ten web visits - Top New Zealand websites, April 7 2012
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Air New Zealand secures four of out ten web visits - Top New Zealand websites, April 7 2012
By PhocusWire | April 12, 2012
Air New Zealand added to its market leader position in the list of airline websites in New Zealand last week, winning four out of ten visits to the entire category.... Read More
Semantic web: context for the rest of us
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Semantic web: context for the rest of us
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | April 12, 2012
Semantic web and its impact on travel was the focus of the opening session of the OpenTravel Advisory Forum in sunny Miami... Read More
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