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Gap narrows between Wotif and Booking.com - Top Australia travel websites, November 26 2011
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Gap narrows between Wotif and Booking.com - Top Australia travel websites, November 26 2011
By PhocusWire | December 1, 2011
Booking.com is just 2% market share behind market leader Wotif in the list top travel websites in Australia.... Read More
Wyndham gives timeshares the search-filter treatment
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Wyndham gives timeshares the search-filter treatment
By Dennis Schaal | December 1, 2011
While vacation rentals and couch-squatting have been all the rage in the alternatives-to-hotel sphere, what's been going on in the timeshare market?... Read More
Air New Zealand buries social media campaign with online whodunnit
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Air New Zealand buries social media campaign with online whodunnit
By Linda Fox | December 1, 2011
Air New Zealand mascot Rico has met with an untimely death - or perhaps that should be timely.... Read More
Google Flight Search still domestic but ITA Software expands in Turkey and Japan
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Google Flight Search still domestic but ITA Software expands in Turkey and Japan
By Dennis Schaal | December 1, 2011
Google Flight Search does not yet support international flight search, but that hasn't stopped ITA Software, which is owned by Google, from striking a couple of new international deals.... Read More
Why video conferencing will not kill business travel
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Why video conferencing will not kill business travel
By Viewpoints | December 1, 2011
An important meeting. Five locations. Three time zones. With an eye on travel costs, we tried to complete two days’ worth of packed agenda into a money-saving video conference.... Read More
Amadeus takes blame for Qantas check-in system crash
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Amadeus takes blame for Qantas check-in system crash
By Kevin May | December 1, 2011
Another week, another issue at Qantas - but at least this time the beleaguered carrier has someone else it can point the finger at after its check-in system crashed.... Read More
Travel scam app developed for iPhone
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Travel scam app developed for iPhone
By Linda Fox | December 1, 2011
Hands up if you've never fallen victim to a scam while on holiday... Read More
The problem with QR codes [VIDEO]
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The problem with QR codes [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | December 1, 2011
Just for fun. Very amusing skit from Scott Stratten, president of UnMarketing, laying into the idea of QR codes and how impractical they can be.... Read More
Will Hipmunk lead airline and Open AXIS effort for personalized metasearch deals?
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Will Hipmunk lead airline and Open AXIS effort for personalized metasearch deals?
By Dennis Schaal | November 30, 2011
Is flight metasearch about to get more personal?... Read More
TripAdvisor stretches lead over Booking.com - Top Canada travel sites, November 26 2011
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TripAdvisor stretches lead over Booking.com - Top Canada travel sites, November 26 2011
By PhocusWire | November 30, 2011
Booking.com is back to being 2.25% market share behind market leader after a strong push by TripAdvisor in the leading travel websites in Canada.... Read More
Foursquare to integrate buttons for publisher destination content
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Foursquare to integrate buttons for publisher destination content
By Dennis Schaal | November 30, 2011
Foursquare is poised to announce a deal with several online publishers today in which consumers would get alerted about previously viewed travel content when they are nearby the particular destination.... Read More
Startups: Five tips for understanding the whole travel ecosystem
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Startups: Five tips for understanding the whole travel ecosystem
By Viewpoints | November 30, 2011
What will define the future travel leaders from the fly-by-nights? I believe a key indicator is to identify the tech-focused innovators that actually know the global travel ecosystem well enough to capture a meaningful portion of it.... Read More
How hotel asset management has changed forever and why old models are out of date
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How hotel asset management has changed forever and why old models are out of date
By Patrick Landman | November 30, 2011
In recent years the strategy around asset management in the hospitality sector sector has shifted dramatically. Here is why the focus fundamentally changed.... Read More
Voyages-SNCF claws back ground on EasyVoyage - Top France travel sites, November 26 2011
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Voyages-SNCF claws back ground on EasyVoyage - Top France travel sites, November 26 2011
By PhocusWire | November 30, 2011
EasyVoyage has seen its lead over rival Voyages-SNCF in the list of leading travel websites in France reduced to just over 7% market share.... Read More
Backpackmojo wants to take budget travellers off the Lonely Planet path
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Backpackmojo wants to take budget travellers off the Lonely Planet path
By Linda Fox | November 29, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring France-based Backpackmojo, a social platform to create, share and print professional-looking personal travel guides.... Read More
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