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Great week for travel tech women -- Triptrotting gets $1M from Google Ventures and others
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Great week for travel tech women -- Triptrotting gets $1M from Google Ventures and others
By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2012
Triptrotting picked up $1 million in funding from Google Ventures and other angels, capping off a pretty big week for women-led, social-travel-oriented startups.... Read More
Expedia almost three times as much traffic as rivals - Top Canada travel sites, March 3 2012
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Expedia almost three times as much traffic as rivals - Top Canada travel sites, March 3 2012
By PhocusWire | March 8, 2012
Expedia's stranglehold on the Canadian online travel agency sector is tightening with it securing triple the amount of traffic as its nearest competitor.... Read More
Trust International weeks away from unlocking Room Key for members
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Trust International weeks away from unlocking Room Key for members
By Linda Fox | March 8, 2012
Hospitality resevation and distribution specialist Trust International is two weeks away from connecting to Room Key, the online hotel venture started by a number of hotel chains in January... Read More
Kayak goes direct-connect with Air Canada and debuts split-booking hotel rates
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Kayak goes direct-connect with Air Canada and debuts split-booking hotel rates
By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2012
Kayak established a direct-connect booking relationship with Air Canada and debuted a split-booking rate feature for hotels.... Read More
White-label travel provider Switchfly attracts $15M in new funding
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White-label travel provider Switchfly attracts $15M in new funding
By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2012
You can label this white-label travel provider, Switchfly, a bit more affluent today.... Read More
Russia open for online travel investment but do the numbers alone make it attractive?
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Russia open for online travel investment but do the numbers alone make it attractive?
By Linda Fox | March 8, 2012
The Russian travel market was given two slots at today's Phocuswright@ITB session mostly because of the huge growth figures the sector is experiencing... Read More
What else? Mauiva-Travel Holdings, Room Key joiner, Accor-TrustYou, Switchfly
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What else? Mauiva-Travel Holdings, Room Key joiner, Accor-TrustYou, Switchfly
By PhocusWire | March 7, 2012
Mauiva and Travel Holdings celebrate, Preferred joins Room Key, Accor picks TrustYou for monitoring, ezRez becomes Switchfly. A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
Thinking like a retailer, Delta adds Amazon to in-flight Wi-Fi service
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Thinking like a retailer, Delta adds Amazon to in-flight Wi-Fi service
By Dennis Schaal | March 7, 2012
Delta Air Lines is keen on optional services, including its Delta Connect in-flight Wi-Fi, and the airline has added a big-name retailer, Amazon, to its line-up.... Read More
Gtrot shifts from travel planning to city discovery
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Gtrot shifts from travel planning to city discovery
By Dennis Schaal | March 7, 2012
Travel planning site Gtrot is communicating to members and in social media that it is shifting its from travel planning to city discovery.... Read More
Priceline narrows gap on Expedia - Top US travel sites, March 3 2012
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Priceline narrows gap on Expedia - Top US travel sites, March 3 2012
By PhocusWire | March 7, 2012
Agency category leader Expedia's lead over second place is down to less than 3% market share after Priceline saw a significant increase last week.... Read More
Lastminute.com denies regional hotel cull in favour of city focus
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Lastminute.com denies regional hotel cull in favour of city focus
By Linda Fox | March 7, 2012
Lastminute.com has moved to scotch rumours it is shaking up its hotel portfolio as part of a strategy to focus on properties in large cities... Read More
GetYourGuide lands $2M funding round from Brent Hoberman group and Swoodoo founders
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GetYourGuide lands $2M funding round from Brent Hoberman group and Swoodoo founders
By Kevin May | March 7, 2012
More investment coming into travel startups this week, with GetYourGuide landing $2 million from a string of high profile investors.... Read More
Online frustration shows travel companies still not getting the basics right
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Online frustration shows travel companies still not getting the basics right
By Viewpoints | March 7, 2012
Recent research showed that travellers in emerging markets were around 30% more likely to be frustrated by their experience of researching travel online than those in developed countries.... Read More
Expedia extends lead over Thomson - Top UK travel sites, March 3 2012
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Expedia extends lead over Thomson - Top UK travel sites, March 3 2012
By PhocusWire | March 7, 2012
Three weeks after relinquishing its market leading crown, Thomson is losing more ground to Expedia in the list of leading travel websites in the UK.... Read More
Amazon-style platform comes to travel technology via new retail system
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Amazon-style platform comes to travel technology via new retail system
By Linda Fox | March 6, 2012
OpenJaw Technologies is using ITB Berlin to unveil its t-Retail platform for online travel... Read More
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