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What Else? AAA hotels, Regatta ousts Expedia, Viator cruising, Worldhotels Facebook, SITA shake-up
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What Else? AAA hotels, Regatta ousts Expedia, Viator cruising, Worldhotels Facebook, SITA shake-up
By PhocusWire | April 3, 2012
Travelocity powers AAA hotels in app, Regatta takes up residence at VisitSeattle, Viator thinks shore excursions are sure bet. Worldhotels wants the F-Factor, SITA restructures ... A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
Cool Places wants to bring deals, reviews and content to UK visitors
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Cool Places wants to bring deals, reviews and content to UK visitors
By Kevin May | April 2, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based Cool Places, a new service aimed at providing destination guides, deals and reviews to prospective UK visitors.... Read More
Global Daily Deal Association launches, pledges to create code of conduct
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Global Daily Deal Association launches, pledges to create code of conduct
By Kevin May | April 2, 2012
It had to happen eventually - such are the myriad of issues surrounding so-called daily deal sites that a lobbying group and trade body has been formed, calling itself the Global Daily Deal Association.... Read More
HomeAway buys European rental site Toprural
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HomeAway buys European rental site Toprural
By Kevin May | April 2, 2012
HomeAway has made its first acquisition since listing on the public markets last year, snapping up Spain-based rural accommodation rental platform Toprural.... Read More
Top ten issues that could shake up the expansion of European travel
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Top ten issues that could shake up the expansion of European travel
By Viewpoints | April 2, 2012
Forget Silicon Valley, piles of VC money, giant online travel agencies and Google just for a moment - some of the most exciting developments in travel are taking place in Europe.... Read More
What Else? Lastminute campaign, De Vere-SiteMinder, HRG in Nepal, OnAir-Oi-TAM
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What Else? Lastminute campaign, De Vere-SiteMinder, HRG in Nepal, OnAir-Oi-TAM
By PhocusWire | April 2, 2012
Lastminute.com tries new campaign, De Vere selects SiteMinder, HRG appoints Nepalese corporate partner, OnAir taps Oi for TAM promotion... A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
Expedia claims unfair practices by Google in complaint to European Commission
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Expedia claims unfair practices by Google in complaint to European Commission
By Kevin May | April 2, 2012
Expedia is not only trying to put pressure on Google in the US through the FairSearch campaign, but has now opened a second front in Europe over allegations of a "violation" of competition law.... Read More
Australia-New Zealand hotel prices - March to May 2012
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Australia-New Zealand hotel prices - March to May 2012
By PhocusWire | April 1, 2012
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Australia-New Zealand.... Read More
Best of Tnooz Last Week – Selling or beaching startups, Switching Timelines, Changing anti past
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Best of Tnooz Last Week – Selling or beaching startups, Switching Timelines, Changing anti past
By PhocusWire | April 1, 2012
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
WhosWhereWhen promises to bring awesome productivity to travel conferences
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WhosWhereWhen promises to bring awesome productivity to travel conferences
By Kevin May | March 31, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-base WhosWhereWhen, an amazing new smartphone app to make travel conferences more productive than ever.... Read More
RyanairPlus - a cheeky attempt to get around the Captcha, but inevitably leading to brand issues
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RyanairPlus - a cheeky attempt to get around the Captcha, but inevitably leading to brand issues
By Kevin May | March 31, 2012
Many rejoice when low cost carrier Ryanair lands another bout of bad publicity or, more recently, others think of ways of getting around its refusal to work with third partie... Read More
What Else? Tripomatic widgets, Voyager-Lanyon, Ozon Travel results, MyHotels performance
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What Else? Tripomatic widgets, Voyager-Lanyon, Ozon Travel results, MyHotels performance
By PhocusWire | March 31, 2012
Tripomatic brings widgets to third parties, Voyager signs with Lanyon, Ozon boasts strng results, MyHotels claims redesign joy... A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
LivingSocial hits 1M room nights but Priceline should not feel boxed in
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LivingSocial hits 1M room nights but Priceline should not feel boxed in
By Dennis Schaal | March 30, 2012
LivingSocial, a flash sales site, believes its travel vertical is no flash in the pan after having just reached the milestone of selling 1 million hotel room nights.... Read More
Expedia: 6 ways for affiliates to combat Google Panda spankings
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Expedia: 6 ways for affiliates to combat Google Panda spankings
By Dennis Schaal | March 30, 2012
Google's ongoing Panda updates are geared to bring websites with high-quality content to the fore and to penalize sites of lower quality, especially when they are merely regurgitating content from other sites.... Read More
Can consumer travel startups make it without being bought?
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Can consumer travel startups make it without being bought?
By Alex Kremer | March 30, 2012
Expedia. Travelocity. TripAdvisor. Kayak. These are all household names that even your mother will likely know.... Read More
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