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Why air results are as predictable as European finance ministers or marriage vows of Kim Kardashian
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Why air results are as predictable as European finance ministers or marriage vows of Kim Kardashian
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | November 15, 2011
One of the mysteries of the travel industry - why are air results so inconsistent?... Read More
Trippy raises $1.75 million in first round of outside investment
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Trippy raises $1.75 million in first round of outside investment
By Kevin May | November 15, 2011
Mobile and web trip planning platform Trippy has captured a $1.75 million round of investment, led by Sequoia Capital and True Ventures.... Read More
Alert move: Travelocity to tweets from airports about Thanksgiving travel
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Alert move: Travelocity to tweets from airports about Thanksgiving travel
By Dennis Schaal | November 15, 2011
Travelocity is getting very social about the Thanksgiving travel crush this year as it will be tweeting various updates from five of the busiest airports in the US.... Read More
Fake Review Optimization - How black hat masters beat the travel system
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Fake Review Optimization - How black hat masters beat the travel system
By Viewpoints | November 15, 2011
The first instalment covered the fusion of social media and search engine optimization, creating an environment that rewards hotels with high customer ratings.... Read More
No change in EasyJet business travel share after four year of GDS use
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No change in EasyJet business travel share after four year of GDS use
By Linda Fox | November 15, 2011
News this morning of EasyJet's renewed distribution agreement with Amadeus will come as no surprise to most.... Read More
WeVideo brings video editing online for travellers
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WeVideo brings video editing online for travellers
By Kevin May | November 15, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based WeVideo, an online video editing platform for travellers.... Read More
Rough Guides brings Rough Roads game to iPhone
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Rough Guides brings Rough Roads game to iPhone
By Linda Fox | November 15, 2011
Hot on the heels of research proclaiming that online games are set to take hold in the travel industry and Rough Guides adds its Rough Roads game to iPhone... Read More
Travel businesses pledge to spend more on social media and mobile in 2012
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Travel businesses pledge to spend more on social media and mobile in 2012
By Kevin May | November 14, 2011
Two-thirds of travel companies will spend more of their precious marketing budgets on social media next year, while over half will also target mobile channels.... Read More
Travel businesses pledge to spend more on social media and mobile in 2012
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Travel businesses pledge to spend more on social media and mobile in 2012
By Kevin May | November 14, 2011
Two-thirds of travel companies will spend more of their precious marketing budgets on social media next year, while over half will also target mobile channels.... Read More
Thomson slips below Lastminute - Top UK travel sites, November 12 2011
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Thomson slips below Lastminute - Top UK travel sites, November 12 2011
By PhocusWire | November 14, 2011
Lastminute.com has leaped over Thomson to become the second most popular travel agency website in the UK.... Read More
Revenue managers go mobile with HotelTonight extranet
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Revenue managers go mobile with HotelTonight extranet
By Dennis Schaal | November 14, 2011
HotelTonight, which has streamlined mobile hotel booking for consumers, has launched a mobile extranet for revenue managers.... Read More
Ultimate time-lapse travel video - a trip around the world, viewed from space
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Ultimate time-lapse travel video - a trip around the world, viewed from space
By Kevin May | November 14, 2011
Sometimes it is worth just sitting back, taking it all in, and simply marvelling at what technology has done to the world of video.... Read More
Marriott launches Discover ExecuStay blog with public relations exec as guest blogger
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Marriott launches Discover ExecuStay blog with public relations exec as guest blogger
By Dennis Schaal | November 14, 2011
Marriott ExecuStay launched a Discover ExecuStay blog and the first "guest blogger" is a public relations executive who works for the Marriott mothership.... Read More
Rearden Commerce has a Storyboard and hopes streamlined search will be refreshing
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Rearden Commerce has a Storyboard and hopes streamlined search will be refreshing
By Dennis Schaal | November 14, 2011
Rearden Commerce is conducting a private beta for a travel-planning collaboration tool which it hopes will streamline travel search and make it more personalized.... Read More
Southwest, Delta, American secure half of audience - Top US travel sites, November 12 2011
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Southwest, Delta, American secure half of audience - Top US travel sites, November 12 2011
By PhocusWire | November 14, 2011
The top three airline websites in the US - Southwest, Delta and American Airlines - have are now capturing almost half of all traffic to carrier websites.... Read More
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