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Airline seats -- B/E Aerospace has the light stuff
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Airline seats -- B/E Aerospace has the light stuff
By Dennis Schaal | March 29, 2010
Although the dimensions of airline seats make occasional headlines when weighty passengers like Kevin Smith are involved in a dust-up, the specs on cabin seating are a constant concern for fuel-price-challenged carriers.... Read More
HomeAway CEO - more fun as a private company, OTAs worried about hotel clients to try rental
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HomeAway CEO - more fun as a private company, OTAs worried about hotel clients to try rental
By Kevin May | March 29, 2010
Holiday rental giant HomeAway would prefer to stay as a privately owned business for the foreseeable future because it is more fun, says CEO Brian Sharples.... Read More
TripAdvisor spoof-profiles fictional hotel, sponsored links just in case
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TripAdvisor spoof-profiles fictional hotel, sponsored links just in case
By Dennis Schaal | March 29, 2010
The fictional hotel, Schrute Farms in Honesdale, Pa, boasts of hundreds of reviews on TripAdvisor.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Siri
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TLabs Showcase - Siri
By Stephen Joyce | March 29, 2010
TLabs Showcase on startups featuring San Jose-based Siri.... Read More
RIP The Trip - but is it really dead?
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RIP The Trip - but is it really dead?
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | March 29, 2010
When Thomas Cook organized his first group outing on 5 July 1841 for his fellow Temperance devotees on the new railway – he set the stage for the way in which travel would be organized and managed.... Read More
The Week in Travel Tech - March 21 to March 27 2010
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The Week in Travel Tech - March 21 to March 27 2010
By Kevin May | March 27, 2010
What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday March 21 to Saturday 27 March 2010.... Read More
Oyster.com makes play for travel agents, slaps Fodors, online travel agencies
By Dennis Schaal | March 26, 2010
Oyster.com, the website that dispatches journalists to write hotel reviews, is trying to position itself as a reliable, objective resource for travel agents.... Read More
Expedia alums at NewTravelco acquire TravelPost from Kayak
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Expedia alums at NewTravelco acquire TravelPost from Kayak
By Dennis Schaal | March 26, 2010
Want to know what the ex-Expedia quartet at NewTravelCo is up to?... Read More
Top ten technology gadgets for the modern cruise ship
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Top ten technology gadgets for the modern cruise ship
By Viewpoints | March 26, 2010
From RFID and comms systems to biometrics and the TV-cum-cabin porthole, what are the best pieces of technology every cruise ship should have?... Read More
TripAdvisorPro - premium service for hotels? Not so fast
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TripAdvisorPro - premium service for hotels? Not so fast
By Dennis Schaal | March 26, 2010
Conspiracy theorists and sleuths among us were intrigued when we observed the existence of Twitter account @TripAdvisorPro.... Read More
Online travel reboots – Seven companies from bosses coming back for more glory
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Online travel reboots – Seven companies from bosses coming back for more glory
By Tim Hughes | March 26, 2010
Hollywood is having a do-over decade. The rewrite, reboot and redo seems to be the safest bet for a production company.... Read More
How Google made search sexy again in one week
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How Google made search sexy again in one week
By Siew Hoon Yeoh | March 26, 2010
So Google makes the news for two reasons: its pull-out of China (it has shut down its mainland portal and diverted searches to its uncensored Hong Kong-based site) and moving into travel metasearch.... Read More
Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End March 20 2010
By Kevin May | March 25, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending March 20 2010.... Read More
What do developers at Kayak do on a slow week?
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What do developers at Kayak do on a slow week?
By Kevin May | March 25, 2010
Just for fun. Maybe it's been a quiet week at Kayak Towers? No major news - such as Google's hotel meta move - to react to or worry about.... Read More
TRX be nimble, TRX be quick
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TRX be nimble, TRX be quick
By Dennis Schaal | March 25, 2010
TRX, the data-reporting and reservations' processing firm, says it's come up with a way to go to market with more frequent releases of its RESX corporate-booking tool.... Read More