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WAYN and Rummble unite for travel tips service, site back in the black

By Kevin May | May 5, 2010

WAYN and personalised recommendation engine Rummble have joined forces to add a new reviewing and tips service into the travel social network.... Read More

UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End May 1 2010

By PhocusWire | May 5, 2010

Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending May 1 2010.... Read More

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Yapta: JetBlue, Alaska Airlines flights most frequently eligible for refunds

By Dennis Schaal | May 4, 2010

Fly JetBlue or Alaska Airlines, says airfare-tracker Yapta, if you want the best chance of getting a refund from a U.S. airline because the fare dropped.... Read More

Hotels.com unveils wacky augmented reality project

By Kevin May | May 4, 2010

Hotels.com is stepping into new territory with the release of a bizarre new product to showcase some of the major destinations featured on its US site.... Read More

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Apple acquiring Siri gives the iTravel project a major boost

By Stephen Joyce | May 4, 2010

There has been a lot of speculation about the reason behind Apple's recent acquisition of Siri, the mobile voice based virtual assistant app for the iPhone.... Read More

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Travdex 2010 in Atlanta - exhibitor profiles

By Kevin May | May 4, 2010

Travdex takes place in Atlanta from 5 to 7 May and Tnooz will be there. Here is a handy guide to every exhibitor attending.... Read More

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Talking Travel Tech - Julien Laz of Cityzeum

By Claude Bénard | May 4, 2010

In the sixth of a series of exclusive interviews, Claude Benard meets founder and CEO of Cityzeum, Julien Laz.... Read More

Airlines Reporting Corp adds some pop to settlement tool

By Dennis Schaal | May 3, 2010

How annoying is it when the Web page or online tool you are working with times out, forcing you to log in again? Ask travel agents trying to settle airline transactions.... Read More

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Louisiana tourist board avoiding any oil slick talk on the web or social media

By Kevin May | May 3, 2010

The role of local tourist offices and how they deal with wider issues affecting their state has resurfaced amid the catastrophic oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.... Read More

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United-Continental wasting no time with merger website

By Dennis Schaal | May 3, 2010

The boards of United Airlines and Continental Airlines approved the mammoth merger yesterday, but the ink hardly was dry when they published a spiffy merger website this morning.... Read More

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British Airways targeting social media with first trip for bloggers

By Kevin May | May 3, 2010

Much is made of how press trips have typically focused on traditional print and broadcast media journalists when showing off a new destination or product.... Read More

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The Week in Travel Tech - Arizona Angst and the Google story that will not go away

By Kevin May | May 1, 2010

What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday April 25 to Saturday 1 May 2010.... Read More

United-Continental: Tech stakes could be high in Kentucky Derby of airline mergers

By Dennis Schaal | April 30, 2010

The Kentucky Derby may be taking place May 1, but the stakes are also high this weekend in the prospective United Airlines-Continental Airlines merger.... Read More

Google-ITA chatter puts Kayak IPO on back burner

By Dennis Schaal | April 30, 2010

All of the commotion about a possible Google acquisition of ITA Software has been a setback to Kayak's IPO prospects.... Read More