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EasyJet loses top position to Air France - Top France travel sites, May 12 2012
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EasyJet loses top position to Air France - Top France travel sites, May 12 2012
By PhocusWire | May 17, 2012
Election fever inspired patriotic travel as Air France overtook rival carrier EasyJet to become the most popular airline website in France last week.... Read More
The battle for small: Is West Africa tougher for hostel OTAs than for the big boys?
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The battle for small: Is West Africa tougher for hostel OTAs than for the big boys?
By Viewpoints | May 17, 2012
Earlier this year I made a booking for a small, independent property called Eshu in Cape Coast, Ghana.... Read More
Expedia and WebJet lose ground - Top New Zealand websites, May 12 2012
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Expedia and WebJet lose ground - Top New Zealand websites, May 12 2012
By PhocusWire | May 16, 2012
The leading quartet of travel websites in New Zealand all saw their share of the agency market slip last week.... Read More
Milestones for Gogobot and the other Travelzoo
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Milestones for Gogobot and the other Travelzoo
By Dennis Schaal | May 16, 2012
Break out your scorecards: Social travel site Gogobot now boasts more than 1 million registered users and Travelzoo Australia has grown the subscriber base of its deal newsletters to 700,000.... Read More
TLabs Reprise - Urban Adventures 12 months on
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TLabs Reprise - Urban Adventures 12 months on
By Kevin May | May 16, 2012
Urban Adventures is a Thailand-based tour and activity platform, which first featured on Tnooz in April 2011. So what happened in the intervening 12 months?... Read More
HomeAway says it is merely like a classified ad, but phishing victims not buying it
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HomeAway says it is merely like a classified ad, but phishing victims not buying it
By Dennis Schaal | May 16, 2012
Airbnb had its moment of viral reckoning last year when "EJ" eloquently wrote of how the San Francisco apartment she rented out got trashed beyond recognition.... Read More
WestJet sees Air Canada fly off into the distance - Top Canada travel sites, May 12 2012
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WestJet sees Air Canada fly off into the distance - Top Canada travel sites, May 12 2012
By PhocusWire | May 16, 2012
Just weeks after resuming its position at the top of the leading travel websites in Canada, Air Canada has added significantly to its market share at the expense of WestJet.... Read More
KDS heralds killer application for business travel
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KDS heralds killer application for business travel
By Linda Fox | May 16, 2012
Corporate travel and expense management specialist KDS has hopes of 'mass adoption' for its latest development, Project Neo, which will be released next year... Read More
How to unlock Big Data to make it big in value for the travel industry
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How to unlock Big Data to make it big in value for the travel industry
By Viewpoints | May 16, 2012
Data is always plural, and it can be big in many ways. Huge, enormous, gigantic, epic - you get the idea.... Read More
What Else? Dealchecker, Travel Leaders Corporate, Vayant, SAP, Omni Hotels
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What Else? Dealchecker, Travel Leaders Corporate, Vayant, SAP, Omni Hotels
By PhocusWire | May 16, 2012
Dealchecker loves destinations, Travel Leaders has a Beacon, Vayant gets speedy, SAP brings expenses to mobile, Omni Hotels with Rainmaker... What else is happening in travel tech around the world.... Read More
RAVN shuts down after just six months, not the Airbnb for experiences before or after rebrand
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RAVN shuts down after just six months, not the Airbnb for experiences before or after rebrand
By Kevin May | May 16, 2012
RAVN, a marketplace place for experiences which captured the imagination of the tech press in the US, is to close at the end of this month.... Read More
Ryanair Hotels shows early promise - Top UK travel sites, May 12 2012
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Ryanair Hotels shows early promise - Top UK travel sites, May 12 2012
By PhocusWire | May 16, 2012
A month into its relaunch, Ryanair Hotels has found itself Hotels.com, Premier Inn and Travelodge in the list of leading accommodation websites in the UK.... Read More
Jetsetter CEO out after board request and reports of internal squabbles
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Jetsetter CEO out after board request and reports of internal squabbles
By Dennis Schaal | May 15, 2012
The Jetsetter board asked founder and CEO Drew Patterson to step down, which he did, effective immediately, amidst reports of executive departures and internal turmoil at the company.... Read More
Look what happened to this town on Google Earth
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Look what happened to this town on Google Earth
By Kevin May | May 15, 2012
It's all about how to attract attention to small destinations at the moment, following the success of a Swiss mountain village on Facebook and efforts elsewhere.... Read More
Southwest pulls away from Delta - Top US travel sites, May 12 2012
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Southwest pulls away from Delta - Top US travel sites, May 12 2012
By Kevin May | May 15, 2012
Delta is losing more ground to market leader Southwest as the gap between the pair in the list of leading US airline websites extends to 11% market share.... Read More
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