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Google now providing airline reservations system to regional carrier Cape Air
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Google now providing airline reservations system to regional carrier Cape Air
By Dennis Schaal | March 1, 2012
It was seven or eight years in the making, but Google's ITA Software now has its Passenger Service System in production with an airline, albeit a relatively small one, regional carrier Cape Air.... Read More
Great Hotels of the World creates digital fund to help members
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Great Hotels of the World creates digital fund to help members
By Linda Fox | March 1, 2012
Great Hotels of the World has put together a pot of money devoted to helping its 250 plus members with online marketing... Read More
Virgin Atlantic unveils new website, keeps quiet on stalled Vtravelled social network
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Virgin Atlantic unveils new website, keeps quiet on stalled Vtravelled social network
By Kevin May | March 1, 2012
Virgin Atlantic is in full press release mode this week to announce its flashy new website, featuring a dramatic new look designed by high profile agency LBi.... Read More
Groupon enters the fray - Top UK travel sites, February 25 2012
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Groupon enters the fray - Top UK travel sites, February 25 2012
By PhocusWire | March 1, 2012
Just over two months since Groupon made a brief foray into the top ten travel websites in France, consumers in the UK are now giving the site some action.... Read More
What else? Tourism Australia, Thomas Cook, GuestCentric, SITA-JDA-Intelex, EgyptAir
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What else? Tourism Australia, Thomas Cook, GuestCentric, SITA-JDA-Intelex, EgyptAir
By PhocusWire | March 1, 2012
Tourism Australia targets Gen-Y, Thomas Cook centralises affiliate work, GuestCentric telecom deal, SITA-JDA-Intelex unite, EgyptAir adopts Lufthansa planning system... A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
Air France-KLM looks to offload half of stake in Amadeus, could be worth half a billion Euros
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Air France-KLM looks to offload half of stake in Amadeus, could be worth half a billion Euros
By Kevin May | March 1, 2012
Amadeus's founding airline ownership is slowly eroding away with confirmation that Air France-KLM wants a buyer for around half of its 15% stake in the company.... Read More
Amadeus data shows European cities benefit from Olympics visitors
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Amadeus data shows European cities benefit from Olympics visitors
By Linda Fox | February 29, 2012
Air booking information from Amadeus is showing a huge surge in UK arrivals the day before the Olympic Games begin on 26 July.... Read More
Facebook Pages get more interactive and social with Timeline treatment
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Facebook Pages get more interactive and social with Timeline treatment
By Dennis Schaal | February 29, 2012
Travel companies on Facebook will have to rethink their Pages' interactivity, "look" and navigation as Facebook announced that improvements -- or changes, that is -- will be coming to corporate Pages by March 30.... Read More
Gap narrows between Expedia and WebJet - Top Australia travel websites, February 25 2012
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Gap narrows between Expedia and WebJet - Top Australia travel websites, February 25 2012
By PhocusWire | February 29, 2012
WebJet has lost some of its lead over rival online travel agency Expedia in the list of leading travel websites in Australia.... Read More
Kayak ahead of Hotwire and Travelocity - Top US travel sites, February 25 2012
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Kayak ahead of Hotwire and Travelocity - Top US travel sites, February 25 2012
By PhocusWire | February 29, 2012
After Hotwire surprised many last week after overtaking Travelocity, it's now the turn of Kayak to leapfrog both brands and become the fourth most popular intermediary site in the US.... Read More
Booking.com big for Priceline but only scratching the surface in Europe
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Booking.com big for Priceline but only scratching the surface in Europe
By Linda Fox | February 29, 2012
Priceline's annual results published this week leave us much to speculate about regarding Netherlands-based booking.com and it's strategy going forward... Read More
Groupon acquires Uptake in a move to double down in data and travel
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Groupon acquires Uptake in a move to double down in data and travel
By Dennis Schaal | February 28, 2012
Groupon has acquired Uptake in a move that may see the deals site make good on its pledge to get more deeply involved in travel.... Read More
Travelzoo launches mobile site and Android app -- if you come, they will build it
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Travelzoo launches mobile site and Android app -- if you come, they will build it
By Dennis Schaal | February 28, 2012
With 17.5% of its global website traffic already coming from mobile browsers, Travelzoo unveiled its first mobile website, in the US, and debuted an Android app, as well.... Read More
TripAdvisor dips toe into world of verified reviews via collection service for partners
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TripAdvisor dips toe into world of verified reviews via collection service for partners
By Kevin May | February 28, 2012
Big developments from TripAdvisor with news that is has unveiled a system to allow third parties to collect reviews from customers which will then be flagged as verified on the main site.... Read More
What happens when you apply semantic search technology to hotel websites?
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What happens when you apply semantic search technology to hotel websites?
By Viewpoints | February 28, 2012
A hotel is dynamic -- a veritable revolving door of people and activities. Yet most hotel websites are dynamic only in the booking process.... Read More
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