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Priceline offers a bounty -- no, not on the Travelocity Roaming Gnome
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Priceline offers a bounty -- no, not on the Travelocity Roaming Gnome
By Dennis Schaal | March 4, 2010
Priceline began offering a "bounty," but thankfully Travelocity's Roaming Gnome is safe in that regard.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - GetYourGuide
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TLabs Showcase - GetYourGuide
By Kevin May | March 4, 2010
TLabs focus on startups featuring Switzerland-based GetYourGuide.... Read More
SimonSeeks plots next stage, marketing campaign expected
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SimonSeeks plots next stage, marketing campaign expected
By Kevin May | March 4, 2010
Travel content business SimonSeeks, brainchild of TravelSupermarket founder Simon Nixon, will unveil a second phase for the site in April 2010.... Read More
Super Bowl-advertising HomeAway goes downfield for BedandBreakfast.com acquisition
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Super Bowl-advertising HomeAway goes downfield for BedandBreakfast.com acquisition
By Dennis Schaal | March 3, 2010
Online vacation-rental leader HomeAway broadened its reach and inventory mix with the purchase of BedandBreakfast.com for an undisclosed sum.... Read More
Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End February 27 2010
By Kevin May | March 3, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending February 27 2010.... Read More
Continental Airlines hopes to get a leg up with fees for premium seats
By Dennis Schaal | March 3, 2010
Kicking it in with other airlines pursuing ancillary services, Continental will begin offering passengers the option of purchasing economy-class seats with extra legroom, with a minimum of seven extra inches of leg-stretching space.... Read More
Will Priceline come back to the field?
By Dennis Schaal | March 3, 2010
Among the three U.S.-based public company online travel agencies -- Expedia, Priceline and Orbitz Worldwide -- Jake Fuller sees Expedia and Orbitz closing the gap a bit on a global basis with "outperformer" Priceline in 2010.... Read More
European flights now live and with amazing detail on a Google map
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European flights now live and with amazing detail on a Google map
By Kevin May | March 3, 2010
Another wonderful flight tracking (coffee break/time-waster) site has emerged courtesy of RadarVirtuel.... Read More
Poll says Americans, Europeans don't shy away from airport body scanners
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Poll says Americans, Europeans don't shy away from airport body scanners
By Dennis Schaal | March 3, 2010
A Financial Times and Harris Interactive online poll finds that the majority of Americans, Brits, Italians, French and Germans would bring on body scanners with X-rays in airports, while Spaniards and Chinese are less enthusiastic.... Read More
PlanetEye and TripTelevision seal video and geo-tagging partnership
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PlanetEye and TripTelevision seal video and geo-tagging partnership
By Kevin May | March 3, 2010
Toronto-based PlanetEye has joined forces with TripTelevision to develop a system providing HD-quality video that can be connected to specific destination content and mapping.... Read More
No proposed change to BBC ownership of Lonely Planet
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No proposed change to BBC ownership of Lonely Planet
By Kevin May | March 3, 2010
Those hoping a strategic review by the BBC of core services and involvement in other commercial services will see the end of its interest in Lonely Planet will be disappointed.... Read More
BootsnAll joins ranks of sites pledging to boost travel writing
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BootsnAll joins ranks of sites pledging to boost travel writing
By Kevin May | March 3, 2010
BootsnAll is the latest in a growing number of travel content sites attempting to find ways to reward hard-up or aspiring travel writers around the world.... Read More
Rolling Bitesize Job News - latest appointments, moves, restructures
By Kevin May | March 3, 2010
The most recent job briefs, including appointments, recruitment initiatives, moves and restructures published here. Latest: Yatra.... Read More
WeJustGotBack Consulting advising DMOs, CVBs, hotels on e-marketing for family travel
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WeJustGotBack Consulting advising DMOs, CVBs, hotels on e-marketing for family travel
By Dennis Schaal | March 2, 2010
Family travel website WeJustGotBack launched a consulting unit to advise DMOs, CVBs, hotels and tour operators on how to market more effectively to parents and kids on websites and in e-mail communications.... Read More
US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End February 27 2010
By Kevin May | March 2, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending February 27 2010.... Read More