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Hotel Urbano glory short-lived - Top Brazil travel sites, November 26 2011
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Hotel Urbano glory short-lived - Top Brazil travel sites, November 26 2011
By PhocusWire | December 2, 2011
Decolar has returned to the top of the list of leading websites in Brazil after Hotel Urbano lost the premium position after just one week.... Read More
Google Flight Search results now high in Google organic search results
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Google Flight Search results now high in Google organic search results
By Dennis Schaal | December 2, 2011
Google Flight Search -- kaboom -- is taking the next step and expanding in a major way into Google search results pages.... Read More
ALN targets being the Jetsetter for China
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ALN targets being the Jetsetter for China
By Viewpoints | December 2, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring China-based Affordable Luxury Network (MyALN), a social platform to create, share and print professional-looking personal travel guides.... Read More
Long distance rail passengers crave seamless experience
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Long distance rail passengers crave seamless experience
By Linda Fox | December 2, 2011
Seamless travel comes top of the wishlist for long-distance international rail journeys when it comes to elements passengers would like to reserve beforehand... Read More
Travelport prepares agents for platform overhaul, launches Agility and subscription fees
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Travelport prepares agents for platform overhaul, launches Agility and subscription fees
By Kevin May | December 1, 2011
Travel agencies connected to the Travelport-run GDSs were notified this week of significant changes to the core platform and their commercial terms from 2012.... Read More
Gap narrows between Wotif and Booking.com - Top Australia travel websites, November 26 2011
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Gap narrows between Wotif and Booking.com - Top Australia travel websites, November 26 2011
By PhocusWire | December 1, 2011
Booking.com is just 2% market share behind market leader Wotif in the list top travel websites in Australia.... Read More
Wyndham gives timeshares the search-filter treatment
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Wyndham gives timeshares the search-filter treatment
By Dennis Schaal | December 1, 2011
While vacation rentals and couch-squatting have been all the rage in the alternatives-to-hotel sphere, what's been going on in the timeshare market?... Read More
Air New Zealand buries social media campaign with online whodunnit
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Air New Zealand buries social media campaign with online whodunnit
By Linda Fox | December 1, 2011
Air New Zealand mascot Rico has met with an untimely death - or perhaps that should be timely.... Read More
Google Flight Search still domestic but ITA Software expands in Turkey and Japan
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Google Flight Search still domestic but ITA Software expands in Turkey and Japan
By Dennis Schaal | December 1, 2011
Google Flight Search does not yet support international flight search, but that hasn't stopped ITA Software, which is owned by Google, from striking a couple of new international deals.... Read More
Why video conferencing will not kill business travel
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Why video conferencing will not kill business travel
By Viewpoints | December 1, 2011
An important meeting. Five locations. Three time zones. With an eye on travel costs, we tried to complete two days’ worth of packed agenda into a money-saving video conference.... Read More
Amadeus takes blame for Qantas check-in system crash
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Amadeus takes blame for Qantas check-in system crash
By Kevin May | December 1, 2011
Another week, another issue at Qantas - but at least this time the beleaguered carrier has someone else it can point the finger at after its check-in system crashed.... Read More
Travel scam app developed for iPhone
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Travel scam app developed for iPhone
By Linda Fox | December 1, 2011
Hands up if you've never fallen victim to a scam while on holiday... Read More
The problem with QR codes [VIDEO]
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The problem with QR codes [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | December 1, 2011
Just for fun. Very amusing skit from Scott Stratten, president of UnMarketing, laying into the idea of QR codes and how impractical they can be.... Read More
Will Hipmunk lead airline and Open AXIS effort for personalized metasearch deals?
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Will Hipmunk lead airline and Open AXIS effort for personalized metasearch deals?
By Dennis Schaal | November 30, 2011
Is flight metasearch about to get more personal?... Read More
TripAdvisor stretches lead over Booking.com - Top Canada travel sites, November 26 2011
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TripAdvisor stretches lead over Booking.com - Top Canada travel sites, November 26 2011
By PhocusWire | November 30, 2011
Booking.com is back to being 2.25% market share behind market leader after a strong push by TripAdvisor in the leading travel websites in Canada.... Read More
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