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Best Western launches a Facebook app with reservations
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Best Western launches a Facebook app with reservations
By Dennis Schaal | February 24, 2012
If it seems as if you are chained to Facebook because you spend so much time gabbing with friends or listening to Spotify there, then there's a hotel chain which will make your travel planning easier.... Read More
Playing with the social graph is just the beginning for the travel industry
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Playing with the social graph is just the beginning for the travel industry
By Kevin May | February 24, 2012
Forget using Facebook and Twitter for customer interaction, flogging product and monitoring what people say about a brand - the true value lies in the data held by users.... Read More
Unshackled business travellers to roam free on the web
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Unshackled business travellers to roam free on the web
By Linda Fox | February 24, 2012
Letting the business travel community search and book whatever they want online for business trips is not unheard of as Google has been allowing its employees the freedom since 2008... Read More
Gandhi would be proud - ski chalet hosts barricade in for peaceful and social media-led protest
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Gandhi would be proud - ski chalet hosts barricade in for peaceful and social media-led protest
By Kevin May | February 24, 2012
Seven ski hosts in the resort of Les Menuires in France have taken the dramatic step of locking themselves into a luxury chalet in a fight against their UK-based employer.... Read More
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - February 2012
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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - February 2012
By PhocusWire | February 23, 2012
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during Feburary 2012 - all here, in one easy read.... Read More
Amadeus fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results - at-a-glance summary
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Amadeus fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results - at-a-glance summary
By PhocusWire | February 23, 2012
Amadeus released its fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results today. A quick overview is as follows:... Read More
TripAdvisor loses out on pole position - Top New Zealand websites, February 18 2012
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TripAdvisor loses out on pole position - Top New Zealand websites, February 18 2012
By PhocusWire | February 23, 2012
Stuff has taken the top spot in the list of leading travel websites in New Zealand from user review giant TripAdvisor.... Read More
HomeAway continues platform migration with Europe next and phases in tiered pricing
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HomeAway continues platform migration with Europe next and phases in tiered pricing
By Dennis Schaal | February 23, 2012
Like Orbitz Worldwide previously and Expedia Inc. currently, HomeAway is transitioning its global sites to a common technology platform, a move that will facilitate HomeAway's efforts to phase in a tiered-pricing model globally.... Read More
Southwest Airlines decision on Sabre or Amadeus for reservations system? Goes for extension with Sabre
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Southwest Airlines decision on Sabre or Amadeus for reservations system? Goes for extension with Sabre
By Dennis Schaal | February 23, 2012
Southwest Airlines renewed for several years its contract to have Sabre provide some of the airline's reservations system services.... Read More
Web will never beat offline travel agents - impact is just a flesh wound
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Web will never beat offline travel agents - impact is just a flesh wound
By Viewpoints | February 23, 2012
Readers of the New York Times Frugal Traveler column were treated to a walk down memory lane recently in a piece headlined: Is the Best Travel Search Engine Around the Corner?... Read More
What else? Wego grow, Voyage Prive search, SpeedRFP 2.0, AvailPro tops
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What else? Wego grow, Voyage Prive search, SpeedRFP 2.0, AvailPro tops
By PhocusWire | February 23, 2012
Wego reveals massive global move, Voyage Prive steps up search duties, SpeedRFP triggers second coming, AvailPro tops it for H-Top Hotels. A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
Bringing online travel to West Africa, a place where the big brands fear to tread
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Bringing online travel to West Africa, a place where the big brands fear to tread
By Viewpoints | February 23, 2012
When Hotels.com.ng, West Africa's first hotel listings site, launched in Nigeria at the start of 2012, it entered a business environment without many of the things peers in the US and Europe take for granted.... Read More
Buuteeq raises another $2M from existing investment group and others
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Buuteeq raises another $2M from existing investment group and others
By Kevin May | February 22, 2012
Independent hotel digital marketing system Buuteeq has pulled in a further $2 million in funding, coinciding with the startup's two-year anniversary.... Read More
Air Australia makes rare appearance in top ten - Top Australia travel websites, February 18 2012
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Air Australia makes rare appearance in top ten - Top Australia travel websites, February 18 2012
By PhocusWire | February 22, 2012
One irony around the failure of Air Australia is that in its dying hours the brand finally made it into the top ten most popular airline websites in Australia.... Read More
Viator enters South America with tours and activities for Brazil
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Viator enters South America with tours and activities for Brazil
By Dennis Schaal | February 22, 2012
Tour and activities provider Viator launched a Portuguese-language site for Brazil, its first in South America.... Read More
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