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Ryanair edges closer to EasyJet - Top UK travel sites, March 24 2012
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Ryanair edges closer to EasyJet - Top UK travel sites, March 24 2012
By PhocusWire | March 27, 2012
EasyJet will be monitoring closely the performance of rival carrier Ryanair in the coming weeks as the gap between the pair's websites narrows in the UK.... Read More
When tweets, status updates and flash sales lose their innocence
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When tweets, status updates and flash sales lose their innocence
By Dennis Schaal | March 26, 2012
What happens to social media and even social travel when tweets, Facebook status updates and emails from your friends lose all their innocence?... Read More
That fee-for-marketing in travel definition in full
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That fee-for-marketing in travel definition in full
By Viewpoints | March 26, 2012
Interesting comments and feedback following the article last week about fee-for-marketing services in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry.... Read More
How many hotels in the world are there anyway? Booking.com keeps adding them
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How many hotels in the world are there anyway? Booking.com keeps adding them
By Dennis Schaal | March 26, 2012
Booking.com says it offers 202,842 hotels globally and a new report says the Priceline Group -- Booking.com, Agoda and Priceline.com -- collectively is adding properties at a quickening pace.... Read More
Dwellable wants to be the Kayak or eBay for vacation rentals
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Dwellable wants to be the Kayak or eBay for vacation rentals
By Kevin May | March 26, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Dwellable, a new platform for listing and showcasing vacation rental properties on the web and iPad.... Read More
Air Canada back on top - Top Canada travel sites, March 24 2012
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Air Canada back on top - Top Canada travel sites, March 24 2012
By PhocusWire | March 26, 2012
WestJet stayed at the top of leading airline websites in Canada for just one week after Air Canada moved ahead despite both gaining more share of traffic.... Read More
Time for the travel industry to move beyond its anti-consumer past
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Time for the travel industry to move beyond its anti-consumer past
By Evan Konwiser | March 26, 2012
When I was a kid, my mother used to take me along on special shopping trips to Stew Leonoard's, an iconic, mega-grocery store with now four locations in Connecticut and New York.... Read More
TLabs Reprise - Gunyah 12 months on
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TLabs Reprise - Gunyah 12 months on
By Kevin May | March 26, 2012
Gunyah is a Hong Kong-based tour and activity distribution platform, which first featured on Tnooz in March 2011. So what happened in the intervening 12 months?... Read More
Air France regains lead from EasyJet - Top France travel sites, March 23 2012
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Air France regains lead from EasyJet - Top France travel sites, March 23 2012
By PhocusWire | March 26, 2012
Short-lived boasting for EasyJet at the top of the list of leading airline websites in France after Air France surged ahead to overtake the low cost carrier last week.... Read More
The future of travel search lies on a Silicon Beach (not in a Valley)
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The future of travel search lies on a Silicon Beach (not in a Valley)
By Tim Hughes | March 26, 2012
After more than 15 years of online travel, we are still looking for the perfect travel search engine. But do four Australian startups hold the key to unlocking the future of travel search?... Read More
Middle East hotel prices - March to May 2012
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Middle East hotel prices - March to May 2012
By PhocusWire | March 25, 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 the Middle East.... Read More
Best of Tnooz Last Week – Tingo arrives, Groupon evolves, Cookies clutter, Bounties enjoyed
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Best of Tnooz Last Week – Tingo arrives, Groupon evolves, Cookies clutter, Bounties enjoyed
By PhocusWire | March 25, 2012
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
TripFab raises additional funds ahead of launch, total so far hits $1.1M
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TripFab raises additional funds ahead of launch, total so far hits $1.1M
By Kevin May | March 23, 2012
Bowel movement-inducing startup TripFab says it has attracted a further $700,000 in investment on top of the $400,000 it had previously raised last year.... Read More
TAM retakes top spot from GOL - Top Brazil travel sites, March 17 2012
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TAM retakes top spot from GOL - Top Brazil travel sites, March 17 2012
By PhocusWire | March 23, 2012
TAM returned the top of the leading airlines websites in Brazil last week as it overtook rival carrier GOL with a large increase in market share.... Read More
Air France-KLM first up for Google-driven Affinity Search inspiration tool
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Air France-KLM first up for Google-driven Affinity Search inspiration tool
By Kevin May | March 23, 2012
Almost a year after disclosing it is creating a travel inspiration-type technology platform, Google and ITA Software has unveiled its first customer: Air France-KLM.... Read More
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