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Priceline, online travel history and complacency
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Priceline, online travel history and complacency
By Dennis Schaal | January 31, 2012
Sometimes online travel history hits you over the head and you don't even see it coming.... Read More
Southwest pulls away from Delta - Top US travel sites, January 28 2012
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Southwest pulls away from Delta - Top US travel sites, January 28 2012
By PhocusWire | January 31, 2012
Southwest has consolidated its position at the top of the list of leading airline websites in the US as both Delta and American Airlines lost market share last week.... Read More
Irish hotel group denies employees told to post positive reviews
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Irish hotel group denies employees told to post positive reviews
By Linda Fox | January 31, 2012
Ireland-based Carlton Hotels Group says there is no strategy for employees to post positive reviews on TripAdvisor despite an Irish Times newspaper report this morning... Read More
Europe rail distribution evolving as SilverRail and Pharos Datacom sign big deals
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Europe rail distribution evolving as SilverRail and Pharos Datacom sign big deals
By Kevin May | January 31, 2012
More developments in Europe illustrating the rapid modernisation of rail ticketing and distribution with Spanish giant RENFE and RailEurope signing deals this week.... Read More
After Costa Concordia, Carnival reduces marketing and expects no long-term impact
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After Costa Concordia, Carnival reduces marketing and expects no long-term impact
By Dennis Schaal | January 31, 2012
With the Costa Concordia dangling on a watery ledge, parent company Carnival Corp. reduced its marketing spend and expects no long-term impact on its overall business.... Read More
Amadeus outage hit other GDSs as airline systems crashed
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Amadeus outage hit other GDSs as airline systems crashed
By Kevin May | January 31, 2012
The extent of a significant technology failure at Amadeus yesterday is beginning to unravel, as other systems across the industry are now known to have been affected.... Read More
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - January 2012
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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - January 2012
By PhocusWire | January 31, 2012
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during January 2012 - all here, in one easy read.... Read More
Unbundling is evil - there must be a better way
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Unbundling is evil - there must be a better way
By Linda Fox | January 31, 2012
GRS - that's the new acronym being adopted to describe global distribution systems and their evolution - admittedly by the GDS themselves.... Read More
European hotel prices - January to March 2012
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European hotel prices - January to March 2012
By PhocusWire | January 30, 2012
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Europe.... Read More
Is Booking.com the travel king of Google AdWords? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Is Booking.com the travel king of Google AdWords? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Dennis Schaal | January 30, 2012
Did Priceline's Booking.com spend the most among travel brands in Google AdWords in 2011?... Read More
Amadeus technology outage hits major airline systems and agency bookings
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Amadeus technology outage hits major airline systems and agency bookings
By Kevin May | January 30, 2012
Amadeus says a major system failure which is understood to have affected thousands of passengers on Monday has been rectified.... Read More
Kayak redesign: How and why they did it
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Kayak redesign: How and why they did it
By Dennis Schaal | January 30, 2012
Kayak is unveiling its biggest ever website redesign, one that it says is iPad-influenced and an attempt to create a uniform user experience across the travel metasearch company's myriad platforms.... Read More
After all the hyperbole, TraceMyTrip is in the deadpool after just 12 months
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After all the hyperbole, TraceMyTrip is in the deadpool after just 12 months
By Kevin May | January 30, 2012
Travel social network TraceMyTrip appears to have joined in the sad startup graveyard in the sky - despite claiming millions of users had signed up for the service in 2011.... Read More
How a tourism board made its visitor centre look and feel like an Apple Store
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How a tourism board made its visitor centre look and feel like an Apple Store
By Kevin May | January 30, 2012
Remember the days when often a city's tourist centre had a few dusty leaflets, outdated maps on the walls and staff that looked bored rigid by the entire experience?... Read More
Travelomy brings geo-location and real-time updates to travel guides
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Travelomy brings geo-location and real-time updates to travel guides
By Kevin May | January 29, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring India-based Travelomy, a travel guide using real-time updates and geo-location for the South Asia region.... Read More
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