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Funding extravaganza: GramercyOne $14.5M and Liftopia $1.3M
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Funding extravaganza: GramercyOne $14.5M and Liftopia $1.3M
By Dennis Schaal | October 19, 2011
Two companies intersecting the travel industry -- GramercyOne and Liftopia -- picked up venture capital funding in separate transactions.... Read More
Travelport partners with TravelSky to beef up seat map technology
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Travelport partners with TravelSky to beef up seat map technology
By Linda Fox | October 19, 2011
Travelport has joined forces with Beijing-based TravelSky on a project aimed at taking seat map technology to the next level.... Read More
SilverRail brings multi country rail to Europe
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SilverRail brings multi country rail to Europe
By Linda Fox | October 19, 2011
SilverRail Technologies has unveiled its search and ticketing platform which aims to integrate rail connections from across the globe into a single booking system.... Read More
Booking travel on the web should be as easy as buying a loaf of bread
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Booking travel on the web should be as easy as buying a loaf of bread
By Kevin May | October 19, 2011
Well, not quite. But listen to any user experience expert or online travel workflow designer and they will usually say the following: "Keep it simple and intuitive."... Read More
SouthWest and Delta pull ahead - Top US travel sites, October 15 2011
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SouthWest and Delta pull ahead - Top US travel sites, October 15 2011
By PhocusWire | October 19, 2011
Carrier SouthWest has almost a quarter of all traffic to airline websites in the US this week, with Delta also commanding a 14% share of the category.... Read More
India and China spearheading growth in global online travel
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India and China spearheading growth in global online travel
By Kevin May | October 19, 2011
Sleeping giant, slumbering dragon, next big thing - clichés to describe mobile travel but also the enormous opportunities for the travel industry when it comes to Asia-Pacific.... Read More
Google extends Hotel Finder tool beyond US destinations
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Google extends Hotel Finder tool beyond US destinations
By Linda Fox | October 19, 2011
Google's experiment with its Hotel Finder tool for US destinations must be paying off as the search giant has quietly opened it up to include European cities.... Read More
Priceline to add more than 500 call center jobs in US over next five years
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Priceline to add more than 500 call center jobs in US over next five years
By Dennis Schaal | October 19, 2011
Talk about a company in expansion mode? Priceline says it plans to hire 562 employees for its Michigan call center in the US over the next five years.... Read More
EasyVoyage unseats Voyages-SNCF - Top France travel sites, October 15 2011
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EasyVoyage unseats Voyages-SNCF - Top France travel sites, October 15 2011
By PhocusWire | October 18, 2011
EasyVoyage has taken the top slot from Voyages-SNCF in the list of leading travel websites in France.... Read More
New web domains will not travel far, but other storms brewing on the horizon
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New web domains will not travel far, but other storms brewing on the horizon
By Viewpoints | October 18, 2011
I have recently been asked if the new global Top Level Domains will change or devalue the prices of existing domain names? My answer is always the same: a clear and resounding "no".... Read More
GroundLink adds Android app and a boast
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GroundLink adds Android app and a boast
By Dennis Schaal | October 18, 2011
Private car service provider GroundLink added an Android app to its mobile arsenal, and claimed an industry first.... Read More
GuestCentric survey: Mobile consumers want hotels tonight and tomorrow
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GuestCentric survey: Mobile consumers want hotels tonight and tomorrow
By Dennis Schaal | October 18, 2011
Forget about elongated booking windows when it comes to mobile-device-wielding consumers looking for a hotel room -- they want their reservation pronto for tonight or tomorrow evening.... Read More
Orbitz Worldwide fined $60K on airfare fee disclosures
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Orbitz Worldwide fined $60K on airfare fee disclosures
By Dennis Schaal | October 18, 2011
The US Department of Transporation fined Orbitz Worldwide for failure to adequately disclose taxes and fees in certain airfare advertisements in early 2011.... Read More
Online consumers shunning high ticket travel for cheaper items
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Online consumers shunning high ticket travel for cheaper items
By Linda Fox | October 18, 2011
The online travel sector has seen its lowest quarterly growth since January 2009 according to figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.... Read More
Picture this -- Gogobot debuts iPhone app
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Picture this -- Gogobot debuts iPhone app
By Dennis Schaal | October 18, 2011
Gogobot took its social roadshow to mobile, launching an iPhone app which enables users to take a photo, turn it into a geo-tagged digital postcard and share it on their Facebook Timeline.... Read More
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