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Hotwire jumps ahead of Travelocity and Kayak - Top US travel sites, March 31 2012
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Hotwire jumps ahead of Travelocity and Kayak - Top US travel sites, March 31 2012
By PhocusWire | April 4, 2012
More jumping around at the top of the leading travel websites in the US after Hotwire leapfrogged over Kayak and Travelocity last week to become the fourth most popular site.... Read More
Shh -- industry dirty secret: Most hoteliers would try flash sales again
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Shh -- industry dirty secret: Most hoteliers would try flash sales again
By Dennis Schaal | April 4, 2012
You won't find it in TravelClick's latest flash sales survey announcement -- but most global hoteliers who've tried flash sales would be ready to try them again.... Read More
Win a job! Go on a trip of a lifetime (unless you are a travel blogger)
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Win a job! Go on a trip of a lifetime (unless you are a travel blogger)
By Alex Bainbridge | April 4, 2012
Are you bored in your job? Looking for a new challenge!? How about come and work for us for a few months, probably unpaid, but will send you on a trip of a lifetime.... Read More
Unravelling some of the complexities in online travel
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Unravelling some of the complexities in online travel
By Viewpoints | April 4, 2012
Not sure what this says about me, but one morning last weekend I woke up early thinking about complexity.... Read More
OnTheBeach ousts LowCostHolidays - Top UK travel sites, March 31 2012
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OnTheBeach ousts LowCostHolidays - Top UK travel sites, March 31 2012
By PhocusWire | April 4, 2012
Battle of the package providers is was heating up nicely ahead of busy Easter holiday break last week in the UK, with LowCostHolidays pushed out of the top ten by OnTheBeach.... Read More
EveryLodge claims travel industry first with flash sale search platform
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EveryLodge claims travel industry first with flash sale search platform
By Kevin May | April 4, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based EveryLodge, a new service aiming to bring together travel-related offers from private and member-only flash sale sites.... Read More
What Else? Wyndham tools, Citi redemption, BookIt data, Ebookers promotions, Teletext changes
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What Else? Wyndham tools, Citi redemption, BookIt data, Ebookers promotions, Teletext changes
By PhocusWire | April 4, 2012
Wyndham gives managers review tools, BookIt signs data center deal, Citi redeems for AA, Ebookers promotes for hotel division, Teletext unveils two board members... A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
The empire still rules but Expedia loses contract with hometown VisitSeattle
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The empire still rules but Expedia loses contract with hometown VisitSeattle
By Dennis Schaal | April 3, 2012
Although it isn't the biggest contract in its portfolio, it has to sting a bit that the Expedia Affiliate Network has lost its contract powering travel services for Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau.... Read More
Futuristic RFID is here and now for Hertz on Demand and Zipcar
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Futuristic RFID is here and now for Hertz on Demand and Zipcar
By Dennis Schaal | April 3, 2012
While RFID technology may be a key pillar in the airport of the future, it is already widely used in its earliest forms in the self-service car-sharing sector.... Read More
Google the brand everyone loves to hate in travel - now GDS group supports complaints
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Google the brand everyone loves to hate in travel - now GDS group supports complaints
By Kevin May | April 3, 2012
Expedia (and the FairSearch group behind the scenes) has triggered something in the travel distribution ecosystem - with many now lining up wanting to take Google to task in Europe.... Read More
Perhaps the best way to promote a destination is with magic and iPads [VIDEO]
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Perhaps the best way to promote a destination is with magic and iPads [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | April 3, 2012
Check this out for a quirky way to highlight the benefits of Swedish capital Stockholm, using magic and half a dozen or so Apple iPads.... Read More
Carry-on bag fees: Allegiant Air readies its innovative approach to travel
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Carry-on bag fees: Allegiant Air readies its innovative approach to travel
By Dennis Schaal | April 3, 2012
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air is poised to impose fees on carry-on bags stuffed into overhead bins, all part of what it describes as its "ongoing effort to develop an innovative, new approach to travel."... Read More
EyeHotel - a reality TV concept to explain Privacy-as-a-Currency in travel
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EyeHotel - a reality TV concept to explain Privacy-as-a-Currency in travel
By Viewpoints | April 3, 2012
Across all industries - especially travel - the volume and context of data generated by users is apparently the key to future business models.... Read More
What happens in a minute on the web? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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What happens in a minute on the web? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | April 3, 2012
Just how much activity takes place on the internet these days, whether it's social media, number of new mobile users, new viruses or the number of apps downloaded?... Read More
TripAdvisor joins Expedia with complaint to European regulators over Google
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TripAdvisor joins Expedia with complaint to European regulators over Google
By Kevin May | April 3, 2012
Just three days after former-parent company Expedia filed a complaint about Google to the European Commission, TripAdvisor has waded in with its own.... Read More
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