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Best of Tnooz Last Week - Google extending, TripAdvisor verifying, Ancillaries punching
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Best of Tnooz Last Week - Google extending, TripAdvisor verifying, Ancillaries punching
By PhocusWire | October 23, 2011
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
Hotel Urbano creeps up on Decolar - Top Brazil travel sites, October 15 2011
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Hotel Urbano creeps up on Decolar - Top Brazil travel sites, October 15 2011
By PhocusWire | October 22, 2011
Big effort from Hotel Urbano this week as it lurks below Decolar in the list of top agency travel websites in Brazil.... Read More
Tnooz Nuggets - Friday 21 October 2011
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Tnooz Nuggets - Friday 21 October 2011
By PhocusWire | October 21, 2011
HipGeo plots trips, Madeira Promotion Bureau gets bloggy, Isango shows off, Frommer's takes ShortCuts, and American Airlines curbs its enthusiasm,... Read More
Tnooz Nuggets - Friday 21 October 2011
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Tnooz Nuggets - Friday 21 October 2011
By PhocusWire | October 21, 2011
HipGeo plots trips, Madeira Promotion Bureau gets bloggy, Isango shows off, Frommer's takes ShortCuts, and American Airlines curbs its enthusiasm,... Read More
LivingSocial blending travel inspiration and tour operator role
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LivingSocial blending travel inspiration and tour operator role
By Dennis Schaal | October 21, 2011
Flash sales site LivingSocial has sold more than 500,000 hotel room nights at nearly 800 properties since launching LivingSocial Escapes 11 months ago.... Read More
Airbnb ponders UK VAT issue
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Airbnb ponders UK VAT issue
By Linda Fox | October 21, 2011
Apartment rental site Airbnb has said it is 'looking into' potential VAT issues in the UK as well as seller of travel law in Iowa.... Read More
Southwest on AirTran code share, Groupon discounts, TripIt and Traxo
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Southwest on AirTran code share, Groupon discounts, TripIt and Traxo
By Dennis Schaal | October 21, 2011
After delaying a decision on a new reservations system a few months ago, Southwest Airlines says it is now hard at work building a code-share capability to use with merger partner AirTran Airways.... Read More
Expedia clings on to top spot - Top New Zealand websites, October 15 2011
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Expedia clings on to top spot - Top New Zealand websites, October 15 2011
By PhocusWire | October 20, 2011
Expedia has kept the coveted leading position in the list of top travel websites in New Zealand, holding off the advances of WebJet this week.... Read More
Ensemble agents will be cruising with Passport Online booking engine
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Ensemble agents will be cruising with Passport Online booking engine
By Dennis Schaal | October 20, 2011
Will cruise agents put down the phone and turn to the Web for cruise shopping and booking?... Read More
Travelzoo Local Deals -- cannibalization or intentional shift?
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Travelzoo Local Deals -- cannibalization or intentional shift?
By Dennis Schaal | October 20, 2011
Is the year-old Travelzoo voucher business in the form of Local Deals and Getaways cannibalizing its heretofore core Top 20 deals and travel-media business?... Read More
TripAdvisor seeks verification after hotel claims false review
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TripAdvisor seeks verification after hotel claims false review
By Linda Fox | October 20, 2011
Tripadvisor is seeking verification after Howarth House, a hotel in Lytham St Anne, said a review posted on the property was fake.... Read More
TripAdvisor pulls away - Top Canada travel sites, October 15 2011
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TripAdvisor pulls away - Top Canada travel sites, October 15 2011
By PhocusWire | October 20, 2011
TripAdvisor now has clear water between it and second place in the list of leading travel websites in Canada.... Read More
Can we de-commoditize air travel once and for all?
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Can we de-commoditize air travel once and for all?
By Evan Konwiser | October 20, 2011
Why is air travel such a commodity? After all, it’s often one of the most durable memories of a trip.... Read More
Gap Daemon brings social media, tips and reassurance to gap year trips
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Gap Daemon brings social media, tips and reassurance to gap year trips
By Kevin May | October 20, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based Gap Daemon, a community platform for young travellers on gap year trips.... Read More
Leading three agencies secure third of market - Top Australia travel websites, October 15 2011
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Leading three agencies secure third of market - Top Australia travel websites, October 15 2011
By PhocusWire | October 19, 2011
WebJet, Expedia and Flight Centre have captured a third of the entire agency category in the list of leading travel websites in Australia.... Read More
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