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Five ingredients of basic digital marketing that can help hotel SEO, but many still ignore
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Five ingredients of basic digital marketing that can help hotel SEO, but many still ignore
By Viewpoints | February 27, 2012
Independent hotels are paranoid about visibility. The industry is extremely competitive: as within any market with oversupply, capturing market share means someone else is losing out.... Read More
Travelocity launches iPad app and Mobile Exclusive Deals beats desktop
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Travelocity launches iPad app and Mobile Exclusive Deals beats desktop
By Dennis Schaal | February 27, 2012
The newly available Travelocity App for iPad features Mobile Exclusive Deals which indeed beats hotel prices on the desktop version of Travelocity.... Read More
How one travel brand is making its Facebook page almost identical to the web mothership
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How one travel brand is making its Facebook page almost identical to the web mothership
By Kevin May | February 27, 2012
Build it and they will come - apparently. But why, then, have travel brands not really given much effort to making their Facebook profile as functional as the main website?... Read More
What else? EasyJet mobile, AMEX meetings, myTab friends, Mandarin airport apps
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What else? EasyJet mobile, AMEX meetings, myTab friends, Mandarin airport apps
By PhocusWire | February 27, 2012
EasyJet gets social with mobile, AMEX extends meetings planner tool, myTab conencts with friends, Euro airports translate apps for China. A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
RentMama claims world first with local car hire marketplace platform
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RentMama claims world first with local car hire marketplace platform
By Kevin May | February 26, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based RentMama, a new platform to bring local car hire company prices and deals to a global audience.... Read More
Australia-New Zealand hotel prices - February to April 2012
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Australia-New Zealand hotel prices - February to April 2012
By PhocusWire | February 26, 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 Australia-New Zealand.... Read More
Best of Tnooz Last Week – Emerging frustrations, Into Africa, Picking systems, Cloning cabin crew
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Best of Tnooz Last Week – Emerging frustrations, Into Africa, Picking systems, Cloning cabin crew
By PhocusWire | February 26, 2012
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
How the web is warping the boundaries of business and consumer behaviour in travel
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How the web is warping the boundaries of business and consumer behaviour in travel
By Kevin May | February 24, 2012
As different types of platforms and functionality are introduced to the web, quite often what was seen as a no-go area in terms of acceptable or normal behaviour is now open season.... Read More
CheapAir debuts Price Drop Payback but not all paybacks created equally
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CheapAir debuts Price Drop Payback but not all paybacks created equally
By Dennis Schaal | February 24, 2012
Travelers are always wondering if they really landed the best airfare deal so CheapAir.com has introduced a refund program to give its customers some compensation and stress-relief if airline ticket prices fall.... Read More
Best Western launches a Facebook app with reservations
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Best Western launches a Facebook app with reservations
By Dennis Schaal | February 24, 2012
If it seems as if you are chained to Facebook because you spend so much time gabbing with friends or listening to Spotify there, then there's a hotel chain which will make your travel planning easier.... Read More
Playing with the social graph is just the beginning for the travel industry
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Playing with the social graph is just the beginning for the travel industry
By Kevin May | February 24, 2012
Forget using Facebook and Twitter for customer interaction, flogging product and monitoring what people say about a brand - the true value lies in the data held by users.... Read More
Unshackled business travellers to roam free on the web
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Unshackled business travellers to roam free on the web
By Linda Fox | February 24, 2012
Letting the business travel community search and book whatever they want online for business trips is not unheard of as Google has been allowing its employees the freedom since 2008... Read More
Gandhi would be proud - ski chalet hosts barricade in for peaceful and social media-led protest
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Gandhi would be proud - ski chalet hosts barricade in for peaceful and social media-led protest
By Kevin May | February 24, 2012
Seven ski hosts in the resort of Les Menuires in France have taken the dramatic step of locking themselves into a luxury chalet in a fight against their UK-based employer.... Read More
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - February 2012
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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - February 2012
By PhocusWire | February 23, 2012
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during Feburary 2012 - all here, in one easy read.... Read More
Amadeus fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results - at-a-glance summary
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Amadeus fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results - at-a-glance summary
By PhocusWire | February 23, 2012
Amadeus released its fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results today. A quick overview is as follows:... Read More