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Behold the hi-tech aircraft seat, built for gamers, not for wimps
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Behold the hi-tech aircraft seat, built for gamers, not for wimps
By Kevin May | May 19, 2011
Airline passengers belonging to the so-called Playstation Generation could one day be getting the flight of their lives - thanks to a seat nicknamed Not For Wimps.... Read More
Top travel websites in Australia - May 14 2011
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Top travel websites in Australia - May 14 2011
By PhocusWire | May 19, 2011
Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending May 14 2011.... Read More
Tnooz Nuggets - Thurs 19 May 2011
By PhocusWire | May 19, 2011
In today's edition: CFOs ahoy at Kayak, Travelzoo and Rearden, Revinate satisfies 2.0, Online Travel Training and TravelChat get the message.... Read More
Delta Air Lines seeks to become less pushy on fees
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Delta Air Lines seeks to become less pushy on fees
By Dennis Schaal | May 19, 2011
Delta Air Lines sees an annual $1 billion revenue opportunity in ancillary services such as Economy Comfort seats and Sky Priority services, and the carrier wants to become less pushy about fees.... Read More
Airlines reduce online payment fraud by a third
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Airlines reduce online payment fraud by a third
By Kevin May | May 19, 2011
Airlines have managed to cut down levels of online fraud by 31% over the past two years, although an estimated $1.4 billion is still being lost annually.... Read More
HotelTonight app launches mobile merchandising tonight
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HotelTonight app launches mobile merchandising tonight
By Dennis Schaal | May 19, 2011
HotelTonight, the sleek iPhone app for same-day hotel bookings, began enabling hoteliers to merchandise to consumers within the app for extras available that evening.... Read More
Orbitz, Travelzoo CEOs take to the airwaves
By Dennis Schaal | May 19, 2011
Do you want to know why Orbitz Worldwide has Netflix envy or why deal-meister Travelzoo shuns credit card deals?... Read More
Has Google started to fail travel marketers and users?
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Has Google started to fail travel marketers and users?
By Viewpoints | May 19, 2011
All businesses seek out marketing channels to help them reach out to customers, and that they can invest in over time.... Read More
Welcome to a new world of standards in travel technology
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Welcome to a new world of standards in travel technology
By Stephen Joyce | May 19, 2011
It's not often I write about standards with my OpenTravel hat on, but I thought it important to share some ideas on where standards are going and why, more than ever, they are important to travel.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - SaleCycle
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TLabs Showcase - SaleCycle
By Kevin May | May 19, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK and US-based website booking recovery service SaleCycle.... Read More
Six essential bits of technology for creating the best travel images
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Six essential bits of technology for creating the best travel images
By Viewpoints | May 18, 2011
For travellers or businesses trying to capture the travel experience, using the right equipment can mean the difference between simply snapping a moment and creating a lasting memory.... Read More
Sheraton, Live Nation and automobile club team for hotel promotion
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Sheraton, Live Nation and automobile club team for hotel promotion
By Dennis Schaal | May 18, 2011
How's this for a hotel-marketing threesome? Book a two-night weekend stay at a Sheraton Hotel in the U.S., provide an AAA promotion code and you'll also get two general admission/lawn tickets for a Live Nation-organized concert.... Read More
Social media merger -- United and Continental handle consolidation on Twitter and Facebook
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Social media merger -- United and Continental handle consolidation on Twitter and Facebook
By Dennis Schaal | May 18, 2011
In the bad old days of airline mergers, carriers merely had to worry about things such as new reservations systems and branding, but today they also have to figure out how to consolidate their respective social media presences.... Read More
Technically speaking, are air fares fair?
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Technically speaking, are air fares fair?
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | May 18, 2011
As the world of travel distribution is being challenged by a large number of external pressures, the focus has been on the airlines versus their GDS partners.... Read More
Picture this: Sabre upgrades graphical features on agency desktops
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Picture this: Sabre upgrades graphical features on agency desktops
By Dennis Schaal | May 18, 2011
Sabre debuted its new travel agency desktop last summer and now has upgraded its graphical capabilities.... Read More