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TTIcodes to take flight next week
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TTIcodes to take flight next week
By Linda Fox | January 18, 2012
The long-awaited TTIcodes project, which offers unique hotel identifiers for tour operators, bedbanks and other aggregators, will be unveiled next week.... Read More
Travelport: IPO still a consideration, admits mistakes made with introduction of Agility
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Travelport: IPO still a consideration, admits mistakes made with introduction of Agility
By Kevin May | January 18, 2012
Travelport says a listing of the business on the public markets is still "an option for the future" although such a move is not a active part of its overall strategy.... Read More
ViaMichelin takes top spot from EasyVoyage - Top France travel sites, January 14 2012
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ViaMichelin takes top spot from EasyVoyage - Top France travel sites, January 14 2012
By PhocusWire | January 18, 2012
EasyVoyage has lost its pole position at the top of the leading travel websites in France to ViaMichelin.... Read More
Orbitz for Business integrates Limos.com inventory for road warriors
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Orbitz for Business integrates Limos.com inventory for road warriors
By Dennis Schaal | January 18, 2012
Orbitz for Business and Limos.com are now giving road warriors the ability to book black cars and limousines through the online travel agency's corporate booking tool.... Read More
Can a global distribution system be cool?
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Can a global distribution system be cool?
By Dennis Schaal | January 17, 2012
Officials at global distribution systems -- Travelport, Sabre and Amadeus -- rave about their turbo-charged zTPF mainframes as they still at times labor to introduce products that consumers long have taken for granted. But, can GDSs still be "cool?"... Read More
Amadeus strengthens hotel offering via HRS distribution deal
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Amadeus strengthens hotel offering via HRS distribution deal
By Linda Fox | January 17, 2012
Amadeus has significantly boosted its hotel porfolio via a deal with corporate accommodation specialist HRS.... Read More
Who wins in emerging online travel markets? Locals do
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Who wins in emerging online travel markets? Locals do
By Viewpoints | January 17, 2012
If we look at online travel around the globe, we can see that the four key global emerging markets – Brazil, Russia, India and China – are showing substantially greater growth than the developed world.... Read More
Siri the mobile travel agent [VIDEO]
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Siri the mobile travel agent [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | January 17, 2012
Ever since Apple acquired virtual assistant technology Siri in early-2010, adding voice-activated travel search to mobiles has gained momentum as a concept.... Read More
Expedia closes in behind Thomson - Top UK travel sites, January 14 2012
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Expedia closes in behind Thomson - Top UK travel sites, January 14 2012
By PhocusWire | January 16, 2012
Perhaps a short-lived New Year bonanza period for Thomson after seeing Expedia move to within whisker of regaining prime spot in the list of top travel sites in the UK.... Read More
Could new top level domains provide funding for tourism organisations?
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Could new top level domains provide funding for tourism organisations?
By Troy Thompson | January 16, 2012
As we enter a brave new world of top-level domain names (TLDs), brought upon by the recent approval and registration process from ICANN, what are the opportunities for DMOs and CVBs?... Read More
Orbitz narrows gap on Priceline - Top US travel sites, January 14 2012
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Orbitz narrows gap on Priceline - Top US travel sites, January 14 2012
By PhocusWire | January 16, 2012
Priceline's lead over Orbitz has decreased to just over 1% market share in the list of top ten travel websites in the US.... Read More
Oyster still looking for monetization pearl
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Oyster still looking for monetization pearl
By Dennis Schaal | January 16, 2012
Professional hotel-review site Oyster.com has abandoned its more than year-old practice of serving as a hotel booking engine.... Read More
STA and Gap Daemon team up for gap travel push
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STA and Gap Daemon team up for gap travel push
By Linda Fox | January 16, 2012
Youth travel specialist STA has joined forces with social network Gap Daemon in a deal designed to help both companies tap into the gap travel market.... Read More
Reality check for hotels - How good are your telephone sales?
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Reality check for hotels - How good are your telephone sales?
By Patrick Landman | January 16, 2012
Do you know the conversion percentage of your hotel's reservations department?... Read More
Australia-New Zealand hotel prices - January to March 2012
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Australia-New Zealand hotel prices - January to March 2012
By PhocusWire | January 15, 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