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Airline pair dominate - Top Brazil travel sites, 18 June 2011
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Airline pair dominate - Top Brazil travel sites, 18 June 2011
By PhocusWire | June 23, 2011
The top two airline websites in Brazil - GOL and TAM - have managed to grab a 56% of the aviation category in the country.... Read More
Vancouver Tourism answers riots with blogosphere outpouring
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Vancouver Tourism answers riots with blogosphere outpouring
By Dennis Schaal | June 23, 2011
Vancouver Tourism, reacting to the riots following the Canucks' loss in the Stanley Cup, is providing destination marketing organizations everywhere with a lesson in crisis communications.... Read More
Rough guide for travel companies to working with Groupon and deal sites
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Rough guide for travel companies to working with Groupon and deal sites
By Stephen Joyce | June 23, 2011
I think it's safe to say that no amount of exposing questionable numbers or pointing out pricing faults is going to eliminate daily deals from the marketing landscape.... Read More
Tnooz Nuggets - Wednesday 22 June 2011
By PhocusWire | June 22, 2011
In today's edition, Dollar Thrifty re-ups with Expedia, Pegasus Solutions has a mobile solution, Spire aspires to be flash sales leader and Sabre finds a CentralCommand partner.... Read More
Stuff leapfrogs Yahoo to top spot - Top New Zealand websites, 18 June 2011
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Stuff leapfrogs Yahoo to top spot - Top New Zealand websites, 18 June 2011
By PhocusWire | June 22, 2011
A jump of seven percentage points has put the travel section of Stuff at the top of the destination and accommodation category of top websites in the country.... Read More
BlogTrip Formula 1 uses Gowalla mashup in destination travel tool
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BlogTrip Formula 1 uses Gowalla mashup in destination travel tool
By Dennis Schaal | June 22, 2011
The Land of Valencia brought in some high-profile bloggers to sample the wonders of Spain and the event organizers are using a mash-up of Gowalla check-ins and Google Maps to document the event with a real-time feed.... Read More
If the Wright brothers were Twitter savvy -- May 2011 [infographic]
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If the Wright brothers were Twitter savvy -- May 2011 [infographic]
By Dennis Schaal | June 22, 2011
Attendees at this week's 49th International Paris Air Show may be forgiven if they do not realize that the two most important dates in aviation history are December 1903 when the Wright brothers took flight and May 2007 when Delta Air Lines and JetBlue created Twitter accounts.... Read More
WAYN: Australia top tourism board with social media punch
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WAYN: Australia top tourism board with social media punch
By Dennis Schaal | June 22, 2011
Where are the national tourism boards now and which ones are the most social-media engaged?... Read More
TripAdvisor survey: Social media, mobile more important than email marketing
By Dennis Schaal | June 22, 2011
When lodging owners in the U.S. are crafting their marketing strategies, they see social media and mobile as more important than email marketing and paid listings on user-review websites.... Read More
Travelocity hits ten-week low - Top US travel sites, 18 June 2011
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Travelocity hits ten-week low - Top US travel sites, 18 June 2011
By PhocusWire | June 22, 2011
Travelocity has reached its lowest share of web traffic amongst travel agency and metasearch sites in the US since early-April 2011.... Read More
A distribution view -- If airlines were TV channels
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | June 22, 2011
Much of the seemingly epic struggle between the airlines and the distribution channels is about content. Full content to be exact.... Read More
Five reasons why hotels are finally embracing mobile
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Five reasons why hotels are finally embracing mobile
By Viewpoints | June 22, 2011
With all the constant buzz surrounding consumer use of smartphones, many hoteliers are wondering whether to make a serious push into mobile as a component of their online strategy.... Read More
Expedia: What Groupon Getaways with Expedia means for hotels
By Viewpoints | June 22, 2011
The partnership between Groupon and Expedia to form Groupon Getaways with Expedia has generated a lot of buzz and a healthy interest in the logistics of the daily deal model in travel.... Read More
MetroGuest aiming to bring new perspective to apartment rental
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MetroGuest aiming to bring new perspective to apartment rental
By Kevin May | June 22, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based vacation and apartment rental platform MetroGuest.... Read More
Airline four take 60 percent share - Top France websites, 18 June 2011
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Airline four take 60 percent share - Top France websites, 18 June 2011
By PhocusWire | June 21, 2011
Just 3% separates the top four airline websites in France, with EasyJet continuing the lead the way and CorsairFly keeping Ryanair in third place.... Read More