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The Week in Travel Tech - February 28 to March 6 2010
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The Week in Travel Tech - February 28 to March 6 2010
By Kevin May | March 6, 2010
What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 28 February to Saturday 6 March 2010.... Read More
Peter Jackson reveals winner of New Zealand tourism film prize
By Kevin May | March 5, 2010
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has announced Argentinian amateur film-maker Andres Borghi has won Tourism New Zealand's web-led search for a new promotional video.... Read More
Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End February 27 2010
By Kevin May | March 5, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending February 27 2010.... Read More
Ctrip may go shopping for acquisitions too
By Dennis Schaal | March 5, 2010
Priceline is putting itself into position to get into acquisition mode, and in China, Ctrip is doing likewise.... Read More
TSA expands naked scanners, swabbing at checkpoints, boarding areas
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TSA expands naked scanners, swabbing at checkpoints, boarding areas
By Dennis Schaal | March 5, 2010
The U.S. airport experience is being transformed as many travelers will be scanned and swabbed on their way to their dream vacation or business trip.... Read More
Are Priceline, Expedia battling over acquisition warchests?
By Dennis Schaal | March 5, 2010
Priceline says some of the proceeds from its just-announced $500 million convertible-note offering may be used for corporate acquisitons, leading Susquehanna Financial Group to speculate that Priceline engineered the move because it may have felt it needed to match Expedia's $1 billion warchest for future acquisitions.... Read More
Wyndham credit-card breach occurred during security upgrade
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Wyndham credit-card breach occurred during security upgrade
By Dennis Schaal | March 5, 2010
Wyndham Hotels is contacting consumers, credit card companies and the U.S. Secret Service as the hotel chain continues its investigation into the latest hacking incident affecting some of its properties in which guests' credit card information was compromised.... Read More
TripIt pledges faster development work and marketing with new funds
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TripIt pledges faster development work and marketing with new funds
By Kevin May | March 5, 2010
An injection of $7 million to the TripIt coffers is expected to spark a wave of new features to the service as the itinerary and trip planning marketplace becomes increasingly competitive.... Read More
Tourism groups concerned about broadband infrastructure
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Tourism groups concerned about broadband infrastructure
By Kevin May | March 5, 2010
The UK government must ensure its target to have broadband capability for every home and business is met otherwise rural travel firms will miss out on growing demand for online booking.... Read More
Expedia beefs up web advertising plans across Europe
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Expedia beefs up web advertising plans across Europe
By Kevin May | March 5, 2010
Expedia has appointed a new online advertising agency for Europe as the company gears up to roll out its new branding from the US.... Read More
Breaking news: American Airlines-HP sign Jetstream contract
By Dennis Schaal | March 4, 2010
Some seven months after American Airlines and HP signed a letter of intent for HP to build a new passenger services system for American, an airline spokesman revealed the two parties have reached a formal agreement.... Read More
Orbitz adds Gerstner to board, makes ebookers shortfall payments
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Orbitz adds Gerstner to board, makes ebookers shortfall payments
By Dennis Schaal | March 4, 2010
Orbitz Worldwide added travel industry veteran Brad Gerstner to its board of directors, and Gerstner says he took the post to support CEO Barney Harford's mission to transform Orbitz into "a global hotel powerhouse."... Read More
GDSs unite for aid scheme, Bill Clinton, Spike Lee and Samuel L Jackson approve
By Kevin May | March 4, 2010
Amadeus, Travelport and Sabre have briefly tossed their differences aside to come together to back the launch of a fundraising programme to help support global health projects.... Read More
Travelscream to release iPhone app for hotel ancillary services
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Travelscream to release iPhone app for hotel ancillary services
By Dennis Schaal | March 4, 2010
Hotel-deals syndicator Travelscream plans to release at the end of this month a free iPhone app which would enable hotel partners to promote ancillary services, from spa treatments to dining and tours, to hotel guests before, during and after their stays.... Read More
Ebookers moves alongside European rivals and axes hotel charges
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Ebookers moves alongside European rivals and axes hotel charges
By Kevin May | March 4, 2010
Ebookers is attempting to take on the increasingly competitive European hotel marketplace by moving alongside rivals such as Expedia and Booking.com over hotel fees.... Read More