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Airfare-data distributor gets board seat on new standards body, Open AXIS Group
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Airfare-data distributor gets board seat on new standards body, Open AXIS Group
By Dennis Schaal | July 13, 2010
Open AXIS Group, a new XML standards body for airlines, had its coming out party as it launched with six founding-member North American airlines, plus ATPCO as an allied member.... Read More
EasyVoyage snaps up Independent newspaper travel search job
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EasyVoyage snaps up Independent newspaper travel search job
By Kevin May | July 13, 2010
French travel search and content provider EasyVoyage is attempting to cement a stronger position in the UK by partnering with The Independent newspaper.... Read More
Worldmate builds automatic trip monitoring system for Blackberry
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Worldmate builds automatic trip monitoring system for Blackberry
By Kevin May | July 13, 2010
Blackberry users on mobile trip manager Worldmate will be the first on the system to have their emails automatically scanned for travel bookings.... Read More
Fortune names 50 smartest people in tech -- American Airlines is only travel company listed
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Fortune names 50 smartest people in tech -- American Airlines is only travel company listed
By Dennis Schaal | July 13, 2010
American Airlines Chief Information Officer Monte Ford is the only executive from a travel company named on Fortune's smartest people in tech list.... Read More
Most popular US travel websites - July 10 2010
By PhocusWire | July 13, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending July 10 2010.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Fonmigo
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TLabs Showcase - Fonmigo
By Kevin May | July 13, 2010
TLabs Showcase focus on startups featuring UK-based Fonmigo.... Read More
Google-ITA Software deal: Expedia's Dara was calm but Diller now very animated
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Google-ITA Software deal: Expedia's Dara was calm but Diller now very animated
By Kevin May | July 13, 2010
When the Google-ITA Software deal was first mooted in late-April 2010, Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi appeared to reasonably relaxed about the whole thing.... Read More
Most popular UK travel websites - July 10 2010
By PhocusWire | July 13, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending July 10 2010.... Read More
Russian spy was US travel agent, active in social media and China blogger
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Russian spy was US travel agent, active in social media and China blogger
By Dennis Schaal | July 12, 2010
Mikhail Semenko, one of the Russian spies arrested in the U.S. and dispatched home in a spy swap last week, was a travel agent, active in social media and a China blogger.... Read More
Skyscanner to introduce another foreign language -- American
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Skyscanner to introduce another foreign language -- American
By Dennis Schaal | July 12, 2010
As part of its push to gain scale in North America, U.K.-based Skyscanner plans soon to introduce an additional foreign language -- U.S. English.... Read More
Skyscanner signs on Travel Ad Network as it moves to scale US audience
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Skyscanner signs on Travel Ad Network as it moves to scale US audience
By Dennis Schaal | July 12, 2010
Skyscanner, the U.K.-based travel metasearch website, signed an ad representation deal with Travel Ad Network for the North American market.... Read More
Most popular Hong Kong travel websites - July 3 2010
By PhocusWire | July 12, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending July 3 2010.... Read More
Lonely Planet and Telmap sign major travel content agreement
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Lonely Planet and Telmap sign major travel content agreement
By Kevin May | July 12, 2010
Telmap may not be a household name such as old favourites MapQuest or Ordnance Survey, but its influence behind the scenes is widespread and important.... Read More
Google-ITA Software deal: ITA has been working on hotels
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Google-ITA Software deal: ITA has been working on hotels
By Dennis Schaal | July 12, 2010
Google's hotel strategy could get a good boost from its pending ITA Software acquisition.... Read More
Google-ITA Software deal: Why the airlines could be very happy
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Google-ITA Software deal: Why the airlines could be very happy
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 12, 2010
Events often conspire to create some strange bedfellow. In politics, expediency brings together unlikely candidates, such as in the recent UK election.... Read More