Car rental appears to be in vogue as the place to try advanced planning tools as French giant National-Citer shows off its deal with YourTour.... Read More

Gliider, a trip-planning tool which was available as a Mozilla Firefox add-on only, was expected to launch today as an Internet Explorer-compatible tool, as well.... Read More

This is - yet again - the year of the mobile in travel. But there are many reasons why mobile doesn’t currently work.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending April 3 2010.... Read More

The news that Spirit Airlines will charge up to $45 for a carry-on bag, that American Airlines will take $8 for a pillow and blanket, and that Ryanair is toying with toilet fees, may not be unwelcome news at U.S. rail line Amtrak, which announced today that its ridership numbers for the first six months of fiscal year 2010 were up 4.3% and on pace to establish a new annual record.... Read More

Google is in the midst of a rolling launch to AdWords advertisers of Search Funnels, a tool designed to give them a view of the role played by consumers' keywords clicks and ad impressions, sometimes days or weeks before the last-click conversion.... Read More

It is no secret that one of the most powerful ways to influence individual and societal behavior is fear.... Read More

The hotel sector is beginning to emerge from the slump of recent years and many businesses are looking for new ways to attract the web and media savvy 25-45 year old.... Read More

European tour operating giant TUI Travel is to begin a gradual roll-out of its Cheqqer user generated content site following the success of a Dutch pilot scheme.... Read More

A bold question, but certainly one worth asking as mobile becomes part of the establishment rather than the revolutionary upstart.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending April 3 2010.... Read More

Vacation rental giant HomeAway has added a new revenue stream almost in the blink of an eye with the launch of a holiday home sales business.... Read More

Frommer's and NileGuide entered into a content and technology deal where NileGuide powers a portion of a new Itineraries tab on Frommers.com and Frommer's provides destination content to NileGuide.com for the first time.... Read More

It's official - the debate around merchandising has switched from the conceptual to the practical, perhaps meaning it is finally being taken very seriously.... Read More

Travelport extended a "multi-million dollar" system architecture and software agreement with IBM through the end of 2014.... Read More