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What Else? P&O Cruises birthday, WAYN claim, Scoot for Expedia, Avis portable wifi
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What Else? P&O Cruises birthday, WAYN claim, Scoot for Expedia, Avis portable wifi
By PhocusWire | July 4, 2012
P&A Cruises socialises celebrations. WAYN boasts millions, Scoot takes hotels from Expedia, Avis trials portable wifi devices... What else is going on in the world of travel tech...... Read More
Qatar Airways takes globetrotting route with Tweet a Meet campaign
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Qatar Airways takes globetrotting route with Tweet a Meet campaign
By Linda Fox | July 4, 2012
Maybe it's a summertime thing or, maybe it's more to do with travel and tourism companies feeling more comfortable with social media but recent weeks have seen a number of quirky Facebook and Twitter campaigns.... Read More
Never get lost in a museum or train station again as Google Maps goes indoors
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Never get lost in a museum or train station again as Google Maps goes indoors
By Linda Fox | July 4, 2012
Expect to see folk with their heads down following their mobile device around a museum, train station or event venue in the coming weeks and months as Google Maps unveiled Indoor Maps yesterday... Read More
Holland clones @sweden project with weekly citizen Twitter showcase
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Holland clones @sweden project with weekly citizen Twitter showcase
By Kevin May | July 4, 2012
"Do we live in windmills? Do we walk on wooden shoes? Is the whole country covered with fields of tulips and do we smoke a lot of weed?" - the Dutch want to dispel or confirm some myths for wannabe visitors.... Read More
Amadeus admits ALTEA crash was a result of Leap Second bug
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Amadeus admits ALTEA crash was a result of Leap Second bug
By Kevin May | July 3, 2012
A software failure at Qantas last week was not the result of slippery fingers by Amadeus engineers but was in fact due to the dreaded Leap Second bug.... Read More
How a storm in the cloud brought Room 77 and other websites back down to earth
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How a storm in the cloud brought Room 77 and other websites back down to earth
By Sean O'Neil | July 3, 2012
Last week, hotel booking service Room 77 was knocked offline in a mammoth cloud-computing outage that also crashed the websites of dozens of companies.... Read More
Psychology behind why people leave travel reviews and what you can do about it
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Psychology behind why people leave travel reviews and what you can do about it
By Viewpoints | July 3, 2012
Whatever product or service you’re selling; online customer reviews have real bottom-line benefit – increasing conversion, lowering return rates and boosting SEO efforts.... Read More
SITA sharpens Horizon focus with ecommerce upgrade via Datalex
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SITA sharpens Horizon focus with ecommerce upgrade via Datalex
By Linda Fox | July 3, 2012
SITA has partnered with Datalex to unveil an update to the Horizon E-commerce platform currently used by more than 30 airlines... Read More
Hotel prices in Asia - June to August 2012
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Hotel prices in Asia - June to August 2012
By PhocusWire | July 3, 2012
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Asia.... Read More
Impact of social media on the travel industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | July 2, 2012
Yes, we've all seen infographics telling us how social media is doing this and that to the travel industry. But sometimes a few nuggets of information are new and stand out.... Read More
Taking the travel ecosystem into the design of websites
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Taking the travel ecosystem into the design of websites
By Viewpoints | July 2, 2012
Lots of talk recently around how consumers are ploughing through various stages of the search, shopping and experiencing of travel products.... Read More
What Else? Kuoni, Pegasus Airlines-Multicom, WorldHotels, Hotwire, TourWrist
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What Else? Kuoni, Pegasus Airlines-Multicom, WorldHotels, Hotwire, TourWrist
By PhocusWire | July 2, 2012
Kuoni iPad app, Pegasus Airlines signs with Multicom, WorldHotels live on Room Key, Hotwire brings app to UK and Ireland, TourWrist in the sandbox... What else is going on in the world of travel tech...... Read More
What is new in hotel distribution? Not a lot actually
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What is new in hotel distribution? Not a lot actually
By Glenn Gruber | July 2, 2012
After three and a half days of wandering around the annual HITEC event in the US, I will argue there is not much going on in hotel distribution. Honestly.... Read More
Hotel chain lawsuit MUST BE a security wake-up call for the travel industry
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Hotel chain lawsuit MUST BE a security wake-up call for the travel industry
By Stephen Joyce | July 2, 2012
Last week, authorities in the US filed a lawsuit against Wyndham Worldwide, claiming the company and three subsidiaries failed to protect sensitive customer credit card data.... Read More
conTgo goes forth with app for corporates encompassing SoLoMo
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conTgo goes forth with app for corporates encompassing SoLoMo
By Linda Fox | July 2, 2012
The corporate travel world has been striving recently to make tools for the road traveller more like what they're used to using in the leisure world... Read More