Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending March 13 2010.... Read More

BookIt.com, an online travel agency based in Panama CityBeach, Fla., is engaged in its first national TV advertising campaign.... Read More

With more than 99% of sales through the Airlines Reporting Corp. involving e-tickets, the air transaction clearinghouse eliminated the requirement that travel agencies return their unused ticket stock.... Read More

European Expedia sites have had their widely expected makeover today as the US-led rebranding effort gathers pace around the world.... Read More

In what will be a landmark move in the UK, tourism authorities are set to shake up the hotel rating system by combining the existing star system with user generated content.... Read More

Responsys released a survey of 150 email marketing pros and found that although 53% are promoting their brands through social media, some 48% of the marketers are fairly clueless as to which channels -- social media, mobile, email or Web channels -- produce optimum results.... Read More

Virgin America revealed network expansion plans today, a development that provides more opportunities for the airline's passengers to document the highs and lows of their customer experiences through social networks because all of the airline's 28 Airbus A320 aircraft are equipped with Wi-Fi.... Read More

Soon we will no longer need to talk to one another to find out how we are, where we are and what we are doing.... Read More

What add-on services do customers in the leisure and business travel market really want?... Read More

Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending March 13 2010.... Read More

Ask many observers about reverse auctions in the travel industry and there is a collective shrug of the shoulders - it doesn't work, too complicated, often risky.... Read More

United Airlines introduced mobile check-in and mobile boarding passes from certain airports in the U.S.... Read More

Travelport President and CEO Jeff Clarke sounds optimistic about 2010, but made comments which might be interpreted to make the company appear to be cautious about a renewed attempt at an IPO.... Read More

ITA Software is working with "three or four" North American and European airlines which are experimenting with offering optional services in consumers' initial air search -- even before they select a flight.... Read More

Hotel metasearch site UpTake is embarking on what it claims is a web-first to aggregate not only travel information from suppliers but also bloggers around the world.... Read More