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Unbundling is evil - there must be a better way
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Unbundling is evil - there must be a better way
By Linda Fox | January 31, 2012
GRS - that's the new acronym being adopted to describe global distribution systems and their evolution - admittedly by the GDS themselves.... Read More
European hotel prices - January to March 2012
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European hotel prices - January to March 2012
By PhocusWire | January 30, 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 Europe.... Read More
Is Booking.com the travel king of Google AdWords? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Is Booking.com the travel king of Google AdWords? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Dennis Schaal | January 30, 2012
Did Priceline's Booking.com spend the most among travel brands in Google AdWords in 2011?... Read More
Amadeus technology outage hits major airline systems and agency bookings
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Amadeus technology outage hits major airline systems and agency bookings
By Kevin May | January 30, 2012
Amadeus says a major system failure which is understood to have affected thousands of passengers on Monday has been rectified.... Read More
Kayak redesign: How and why they did it
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Kayak redesign: How and why they did it
By Dennis Schaal | January 30, 2012
Kayak is unveiling its biggest ever website redesign, one that it says is iPad-influenced and an attempt to create a uniform user experience across the travel metasearch company's myriad platforms.... Read More
After all the hyperbole, TraceMyTrip is in the deadpool after just 12 months
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After all the hyperbole, TraceMyTrip is in the deadpool after just 12 months
By Kevin May | January 30, 2012
Travel social network TraceMyTrip appears to have joined in the sad startup graveyard in the sky - despite claiming millions of users had signed up for the service in 2011.... Read More
How a tourism board made its visitor centre look and feel like an Apple Store
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How a tourism board made its visitor centre look and feel like an Apple Store
By Kevin May | January 30, 2012
Remember the days when often a city's tourist centre had a few dusty leaflets, outdated maps on the walls and staff that looked bored rigid by the entire experience?... Read More
Travelomy brings geo-location and real-time updates to travel guides
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Travelomy brings geo-location and real-time updates to travel guides
By Kevin May | January 29, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring India-based Travelomy, a travel guide using real-time updates and geo-location for the South Asia region.... Read More
Best of Tnooz Last Week – Visually appealing, Engineering travel, Wiki-led hotels
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Best of Tnooz Last Week – Visually appealing, Engineering travel, Wiki-led hotels
By PhocusWire | January 29, 2012
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
Alaska Airlines jettisons prayer cards -- Whoopi has a View but Jenn does not understand it
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Alaska Airlines jettisons prayer cards -- Whoopi has a View but Jenn does not understand it
By Dennis Schaal | January 27, 2012
In a form of travel non-distribution, Alaska Airlines says starting next month it will discontinue its decades-old practice of handing out prayer cards to passengers along with in-flight meals.... Read More
Kayak: iPhone users buy travel online, Android not so much
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Kayak: iPhone users buy travel online, Android not so much
By Dennis Schaal | January 27, 2012
If you want to reach mobile consumers who'll actually buy travel online, should your company put resources into iOS apps or is Android the better way to go?... Read More
MySwitzerland social media video - funny, very clever, but does it boost visitor numbers?
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MySwitzerland social media video - funny, very clever, but does it boost visitor numbers?
By Kevin May | January 27, 2012
Tourism Queensland discovered that it takes more than the gushing of the advertising industry to ensure a high profile marketing campaign was actually worthwhile.... Read More
GOL makes massive push at the top - Top Brazil travel sites, January 21 2012
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GOL makes massive push at the top - Top Brazil travel sites, January 21 2012
By PhocusWire | January 27, 2012
GOL is consolidating its strong position at the head of the leading travel websites in Brazil and putting clear water between it and rival carrier TAM.... Read More
eDreams looks to social media to change fate of lesser known destinations
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eDreams looks to social media to change fate of lesser known destinations
By Linda Fox | January 27, 2012
eDreams has kicked off a social media campaign in a bid to improve the tourism economy for five destinations starting with Madagascar... Read More
Ostrovok attracts online travel celebrities in latest investment round
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Ostrovok attracts online travel celebrities in latest investment round
By Kevin May | January 27, 2012
More developments at Russian hotel booking service Ostrovok after wooing a former-Expedia CEO, and the founders of TripIt and Altimeter Capital as new investors.... Read More
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