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Apple acquiring Siri gives the iTravel project a major boost
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Apple acquiring Siri gives the iTravel project a major boost
By Stephen Joyce | May 4, 2010
There has been a lot of speculation about the reason behind Apple's recent acquisition of Siri, the mobile voice based virtual assistant app for the iPhone.... Read More
Travdex 2010 in Atlanta - exhibitor profiles
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Travdex 2010 in Atlanta - exhibitor profiles
By Kevin May | May 4, 2010
Travdex takes place in Atlanta from 5 to 7 May and Tnooz will be there. Here is a handy guide to every exhibitor attending.... Read More
Talking Travel Tech - Julien Laz of Cityzeum
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Talking Travel Tech - Julien Laz of Cityzeum
By Claude Bénard | May 4, 2010
In the sixth of a series of exclusive interviews, Claude Benard meets founder and CEO of Cityzeum, Julien Laz.... Read More
Airlines Reporting Corp adds some pop to settlement tool
By Dennis Schaal | May 3, 2010
How annoying is it when the Web page or online tool you are working with times out, forcing you to log in again? Ask travel agents trying to settle airline transactions.... Read More
Louisiana tourist board avoiding any oil slick talk on the web or social media
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Louisiana tourist board avoiding any oil slick talk on the web or social media
By Kevin May | May 3, 2010
The role of local tourist offices and how they deal with wider issues affecting their state has resurfaced amid the catastrophic oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.... Read More
United-Continental wasting no time with merger website
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United-Continental wasting no time with merger website
By Dennis Schaal | May 3, 2010
The boards of United Airlines and Continental Airlines approved the mammoth merger yesterday, but the ink hardly was dry when they published a spiffy merger website this morning.... Read More
British Airways targeting social media with first trip for bloggers
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British Airways targeting social media with first trip for bloggers
By Kevin May | May 3, 2010
Much is made of how press trips have typically focused on traditional print and broadcast media journalists when showing off a new destination or product.... Read More
The Week in Travel Tech - Arizona Angst and the Google story that will not go away
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The Week in Travel Tech - Arizona Angst and the Google story that will not go away
By Kevin May | May 1, 2010
What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday April 25 to Saturday 1 May 2010.... Read More
United-Continental: Tech stakes could be high in Kentucky Derby of airline mergers
By Dennis Schaal | April 30, 2010
The Kentucky Derby may be taking place May 1, but the stakes are also high this weekend in the prospective United Airlines-Continental Airlines merger.... Read More
Google-ITA chatter puts Kayak IPO on back burner
By Dennis Schaal | April 30, 2010
All of the commotion about a possible Google acquisition of ITA Software has been a setback to Kayak's IPO prospects.... Read More
Travelocity revs up allhotels as an answer to Priceline in Europe, Asia, Latin America
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Travelocity revs up allhotels as an answer to Priceline in Europe, Asia, Latin America
By Dennis Schaal | April 30, 2010
allhotels is emerging as Travelocity's answer to Priceline's Booking.com and Expedia's Venere.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Globetrooper
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TLabs Showcase - Globetrooper
By Kevin May | April 30, 2010
TLabs focus on startups featuring Sydney, Australia-based Globetrooper.... Read More
Four types of non-destination based search and what it means for online travel
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Four types of non-destination based search and what it means for online travel
By Tim Hughes | April 30, 2010
The future of online travel is that the industry is moving from a transaction fulfilment model to platforms, systems, content and technology that cover the whole spectrum of the travel cycle/funnel/bow tie.... Read More
Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 24 2010
By PhocusWire | April 30, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending April 24 2010.... Read More
Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 24 2010
By PhocusWire | April 30, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending April 24 2010.... Read More
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