Two months into a planned closure of Vtravelled, Virgin Atlantic passengers are getting a taste of perhaps where the idea is heading instead: in-flight social network.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending May 7 2011:... Read More

In the past couple of years, there's been a frenzy of flash-sales site launches and now they are buying each other out or partnering with one another.... Read More

Without missing a beat, Travelzoo is choreographing a $1.5 million U.S. TV campaign and Facebook contest around its new Travelzoo Top 20 Dance.... Read More

American Airlines employees have been visiting travel agents in several states over the last few weeks carrying several documents -- nondisclosure agreements about their discussions and direct-connect licensing contracts.... Read More

The name Travicom is enough to make even hard nosed folk in travel tech glisten with nostalgia, momentarily at least.... Read More

With the film festival in Cannes now in full swing, Air France has found a fun way of celebrating the annual extravaganza and also get Facebook fans involved.... Read More

HotelTonight, an iPhone app for same-day hotel bookings, will have plenty of days ahead of it, now that it has secured $3.25 million in a series A funding round led by Battery Ventures.... Read More

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Travelers who love hostels usually say their favorite thing is the social life – meeting new friends, hanging out in the bar or lobby or garden, the potential for new experiences.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based social travel planning service Gtrot.... Read More

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Bad news for the web and digital folk at Lonely Planet with the team taking the brunt of widespread redundancies at the same time as the entire department heads north to London.... Read More

Significant new partnership for the growing SilverRail Technologies business with an agreement with Sabre's travel management and expense system GetThere.... Read More

In today's edition: Frommers sees mobile moves, Sheraton realises $6 billion effort, Utell reminds non-payers, DirectFlights trawls for cars.... Read More