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Southwest adds online booking for unaccompanied minors, increases fee

By Dennis Schaal | April 16, 2010

Southwest Airlines says its website will soon handle online booking for unaccompanied minors and the airline will double the one-way service fee to $50.... Read More

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Day Five of Five - How to manage a reputation online

By Viewpoints | April 16, 2010

Just as in the offline world, a modern online business etiquette is to be useful in your networks.... Read More

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Zoombu finally opens its tightly locked doors to the public

By Kevin May | April 16, 2010

Fledgling metasearch engine Zoombu, which has been in private beta for months, has drawn back the curtains to finally reveal its product to the wider world.... Read More

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Chart - traffic to airline websites soared on Ash Thursday

By Kevin May | April 16, 2010

No surprise here at all, but some indication of the travel chaos that set in yesterday and hundreds of thousands of passengers found themselves stranded across Europe.... Read More

Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 10 2010

By PhocusWire | April 16, 2010

Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending April 10 2010.... Read More

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Travel Onion, NileGuide make express push for local blog content

By Dennis Schaal | April 15, 2010

Do you want to read about some lost ballerina shoes in London? A sexual harassment suit in New York City? And, oh yes, there's a free Earth Day block party in Washington, D.C.... Read More

Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 10 2010

By PhocusWire | April 15, 2010

Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending April 10 2010.... Read More

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American Airlines: No declaration about user-pay model

By Dennis Schaal | April 15, 2010

American Airlines, which hasn't spoken publicly about its merchandising and distribution plans, issued a short statement on the subject.... Read More

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Where I've Been has been fundraising

By Dennis Schaal | April 15, 2010

Where I've Been has been out soliciting funding and reportedly raised $750,000.... Read More

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Frommers launches travel assistance app for iPhone and iPad

By Kevin May | April 15, 2010

Travel content provider Frommers is the latest travel firm to launch a series of apps for the iPhone and iPad devices by Apple.... Read More

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American Airlines debuts online check-in for international travelers

By Dennis Schaal | April 15, 2010

American Airlines' passengers to non-U.S. destinations now can check in online on the airline's website two to 24 hours before their flights -- but they'll have to wait for electronic boarding passes.... Read More

Day Four of Five - How to manage a reputation online

By Viewpoints | April 15, 2010

A sage piece of advice is to understand which side of the private-public line you stand.... Read More

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TravelSupermarket adds ferry metasearch

By Kevin May | April 15, 2010

With uncanny timing, given the problems affecting UK airspace today, Travelsupermarket says it has integrated metasearch for ferry crossings in and out of the UK.... Read More

Travel management companies summoned to Dallas, broad outlines of American Airlines plan emerged

By Dennis Schaal | April 14, 2010

American Airlines summoned travel management companies to Dallas late last year and unveiled the broad outlines of a plan to rewrite the airline-travel agency-global distribution system business model.... Read More

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Is this the pinnacle of innovation in travel technology?

By Kevin May | April 14, 2010

Bizarre scheme by the Crowne Plaza hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark, to either drum up publicity for its grand opening or provide a unique way to reward guests.... Read More

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