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London telephone exchange accident also knocks out travel sites across UK

By Kevin May | April 1, 2010

Flooding in a London telephone exchange which affected thousands of home and business broadband customers also had a serious knock-on effect with websites around the country.... Read More

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Giggling at Travel Tech - April Fool roundup

By Kevin May | April 1, 2010

So April 1 is the day when the media and other companies around the world finally don their creative hats and throw caution to the wind with tales of the outlandish, and more.... Read More

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Virgin Holidays mobile web security error message just a blip

By Kevin May | April 1, 2010

Virgin Holidays may be in the middle of a wide-ranging and long-running overhaul of its content management system, but some users were faced with a confusing web message this week.... Read More

Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End March 27 2010

By Kevin May | March 31, 2010

Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending March 27 2010.... Read More

American Airlines and JetBlue to trade airport slots and interline

By Dennis Schaal | March 31, 2010

American Airlines today announced a commercial agreement with JetBlue, which will include interlining in markets where the two airlines don't compete.... Read More

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TripIt likes Google travel link, but apps marketplace for business is even better

By Dennis Schaal | March 31, 2010

Apple iPhone and Google Android apps get a lot of buzz these days, but TripIt likes the bump it is getting out of the newly launched and less publicized Google Apps Marketplace for business.... Read More

Pegasus: Hotel ADRs up in corporate channel, still down in online leisure travel

By Dennis Schaal | March 31, 2010

There were more signs of a corporate travel and hotel industry rebound in February.... Read More

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Customer service remains poor as study shakes out the top 45 UK travel websites

By Kevin May | March 31, 2010

Travel websites are generally failing when it comes to customer service and helping users with problems online - but luckily other parts of the user experience are looking up.... Read More

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Google expressed interest in Mobissimo, viewed product demo, launched own hotel maps

By Dennis Schaal | March 31, 2010

Curious developments in the world of maps, pricing and metasearch as it appears Google was courting a metasearch player in 2009.... Read More

Swedish hotel group moves to block access to web child pornography in rooms

By Kevin May | March 31, 2010

Radisson Blue Hotels and Resorts has taken the perhaps unusual step of publicly announcing the installation of a system to prevent hotel guests from accessing child pornography via the web.... Read More

UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End March 27 2010

By Kevin May | March 31, 2010

Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending March 27 2010.... Read More

Marriott signs Autograph and ExecuStay onto Pegasus commission solution

By Dennis Schaal | March 30, 2010

Pegasus Solutions added two Marriott International brands, Marriott ExecuStay and the Autograph Collection, to Pegasus Global Commission Processing Services.... Read More

US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End March 27 2010

By Kevin May | March 30, 2010

Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending March 27 2010.... Read More

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Ten characteristics of the 2010 consumer - and not a mention of social media

By Kevin May | March 30, 2010

Not entirely travel-related but interesting synopsis of how consumers have changed their behaviour after the economically difficult period of 2009 into 2010, often technology-led.... Read More