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TLabs Showcase - Wazzamba
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TLabs Showcase - Wazzamba
By Kevin May | July 8, 2010
TLabs Showcase focus on startups featuring Switzerland-based Wazzamba.... Read More
Google-ITA Software deal: Part of recent Google shopping behavior
By Dennis Schaal | July 8, 2010
Google's ITA Software deal -- just another day in the life?... Read More
Man who used Twitter to travel the world goes Old School, writes a book
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Man who used Twitter to travel the world goes Old School, writes a book
By Kevin May | July 8, 2010
A UK writer who only used the generosity of Twitter followers to travel the world in aid of a charity is gearing up for the release of book about the project.... Read More
TripAdvisor turns into Cannes Lions with advertising competition
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TripAdvisor turns into Cannes Lions with advertising competition
By Kevin May | July 8, 2010
Quirky idea from the European wing of TripAdvisor this week after revealing it is willing to give away a sizeable chunk of free advertising space as part of a competition.... Read More
Most popular Singapore travel websites - July 3 2010
By PhocusWire | July 8, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Singapore for the week ending July 3 2010.... Read More
Sabre acquires flight crew management solution
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Sabre acquires flight crew management solution
By Dennis Schaal | July 7, 2010
Sabre acquired Flightline Data Services, a Fayetteville, Ga., firm that offers solutions to help airlines plan and schedule their crews' work.... Read More
Google-ITA Software deal: Google expects Justice Department will handle inquiry
By Dennis Schaal | July 7, 2010
Google expects the U.S. Dept. of Justice to take up an antitrust inquiry into the company's proposed $700 million acquisition of ITA Software, and not the Federal Trade Commission, according to a source close to the matter.... Read More
Mishandled baggage -- Netanyahu's bodyguards add to American Airlines statistics
By Dennis Schaal | July 7, 2010
You can read American Airlines' Twitter account almost everyday and view complaints about lost luggage -- and now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bodyguards can testify about the experience firsthand.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Vayant
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TLabs Showcase - Vayant
By Stephen Joyce | July 7, 2010
TLabs Showcase focus on startups featuring US and Europe-based Vayant.... Read More
Volaris signs Accertify for online travel fraud protection
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Volaris signs Accertify for online travel fraud protection
By Dennis Schaal | July 7, 2010
Mexican low cost carrier Volaris partnered with Accertify to use its fraud protection services.... Read More
Discover Anywhere launches self-guided mobile tours
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Discover Anywhere launches self-guided mobile tours
By Stephen Joyce | July 7, 2010
Discover Anywhere Mobile, a mobile application developer based in Toronto, Canada, has announced support for a major extension to their mobile destination platform.... Read More
Most popular Canada travel websites - July 3 2010
By PhocusWire | July 7, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending July 3 2010.... Read More
Students create handy mash up of travel content from Twitter, Flickr and others
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Students create handy mash up of travel content from Twitter, Flickr and others
By Kevin May | July 7, 2010
Nice job from students at the University of Tasmania in Australia where a project to work out how to find and display travel content from the web has become a fully functioning site.... Read More
Are travel writers shills for the cruise lines?
By Dennis Schaal | July 7, 2010
Are travel writers, hungry for the next press trip, shills for the cruise lines?... Read More
Most popular France travel websites - July 3 2010
By PhocusWire | July 7, 2010
Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending July 3 2010.... Read More