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Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End February 13 2010
By Kevin May | February 16, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending February 13 2010.... Read More
Travelport GDS goes public with privacy self-certification
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Travelport GDS goes public with privacy self-certification
By Dennis Schaal | February 16, 2010
Travelport GDS, which operates the Apollo/Galileo and Worldspan global distribution systems, became the first GDS to complete a U.S. Dept. of Commerce self-certification process related to privacy practices when transferring data from Europe to the U.S.... Read More
What is it about Ryanair and its white label partnerships?
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What is it about Ryanair and its white label partnerships?
By Kevin May | February 16, 2010
Reports today suggesting Ryanair has settled out of court with Expedia over their ill-fated partnership has thrown the spotlight once again on the airline's white label deals.... Read More
Agency directory TripWitt plans to grow old-fashioned way -- slowly
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Agency directory TripWitt plans to grow old-fashioned way -- slowly
By Dennis Schaal | February 16, 2010
On the heels of the suspension of lead-generation service Tripology, along comes travel agent directory TripWitt.com, which says it has a different strategy for sustainable growth.... Read More
US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End February 13 2010
By Kevin May | February 16, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending February 13 2010.... Read More
Consumer tool TripCase gets b-to-b swagger with Omega World Travel
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Consumer tool TripCase gets b-to-b swagger with Omega World Travel
By Dennis Schaal | February 16, 2010
Sabre's mobile itinerary-management tool, TripCase, has been marketing itself to consumers in its early days, but it just entered the business-to-business arena by signing on its first travel management company, Omega World Travel.... Read More
Copyright is a critical consideration for travel consumer reviews
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Copyright is a critical consideration for travel consumer reviews
By Alex Bainbridge | February 16, 2010
So who owns a review? Product reviews are known to work on travel websites but when a consumer adds a review who owns it?... Read More
UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End February 13 2010
By Kevin May | February 16, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending February 13 2010.... Read More
Microsoft new visual eye candy on Bing Maps
By Kevin May | February 15, 2010
Blaise Aguera y Arcas of Microsoft Live Labs has built a formidable reputation around himself after his now famous demonstration of PhotoSynth at TED conference in March 2007.... Read More
Consider these fax: Expedia may have already lost 'Bloody Valentine' battle
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Consider these fax: Expedia may have already lost 'Bloody Valentine' battle
By Dennis Schaal | February 15, 2010
More than 24 hours after TechCrunch savaged Expedia over a botched booking, Expedia has uttered nothing about it on Twitter or Facebook and may already have lost the social-media battle.... Read More
Expedia handling TechCrunch tirade at 'highest level'
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Expedia handling TechCrunch tirade at 'highest level'
By Kevin May | February 15, 2010
Expedia is fighting a major social media and PR fire after one of highest profile tech blogs on the planet slammed the agency for poor customer service.... Read More
BudgetAirlines gets interim lift from Kayak
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BudgetAirlines gets interim lift from Kayak
By Dennis Schaal | February 15, 2010
Budget Center, a mash-up of budget-oriented travel domains. launched an interim website, BudgetAirlines.com, featuring Kayak metasearch. And, oh yes, the website has Google AdSense, too.... Read More
So what happens when growth at HomeAway slows down?
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So what happens when growth at HomeAway slows down?
By Kevin May | February 15, 2010
HomeAway released its 2009 annual report for the UK earlier today, boasting encouraging figures in terms of traffic, booking enquiries and sign-ups.... Read More
Southwest quickly sizes up situation, 'Not So Silent Bob' keeps up substanial pressure
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Southwest quickly sizes up situation, 'Not So Silent Bob' keeps up substanial pressure
By Dennis Schaal | February 15, 2010
With controversy still swirling about Kevin Smith's removal from a Southwest Airlines flight, the director kept up the pressure after the airline published a blog post about the incident, defending its 25-year-old Customer of Size policy and hoping to contain the damage.... Read More
GetARoom: three question marks over the model but one reason the company will succeed
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GetARoom: three question marks over the model but one reason the company will succeed
By Tim Hughes | February 15, 2010
A pundit has the right to cast a critical eye over a business, even if the founders are proven entrepreneurial billionaires.... Read More