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Forget PCs -- HP signs applications services pacts with US Airways and Dollar Thrifty
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Forget PCs -- HP signs applications services pacts with US Airways and Dollar Thrifty
By Dennis Schaal | October 14, 2011
HP may or may not be mulling a plan to shed its PC business, but new agreements with US Airways and Dollar Thrifty highlight how IT services and transportation will remain a core business.... Read More
Booking.com driving 50% of European online hotel reservations
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Booking.com driving 50% of European online hotel reservations
By Linda Fox | October 14, 2011
Booking.com has emerged overwhelmingly as the dominant distribution channel for European hotels according to a survey of more than 200 hotels.... Read More
Why is online travel still missing private cars for road warriors?
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Why is online travel still missing private cars for road warriors?
By Viewpoints | October 14, 2011
Why has such a sizeable travel segment as private cars remained virtually hidden from the Internet?... Read More
HRS takes majority stake in German online hotels service
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HRS takes majority stake in German online hotels service
By Linda Fox | October 14, 2011
HRS has bought up almost 62% of the shares in Germany-based accommodation service hotel.de.... Read More
KLM lets travellers shake and pack with iPhone application
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KLM lets travellers shake and pack with iPhone application
By Linda Fox | October 14, 2011
KLM has launched an app to help travellers find new places to go by shaking their mobile phone.... Read More
Responsible Travel partners with English tourism for million pound sustainable holidays service
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Responsible Travel partners with English tourism for million pound sustainable holidays service
By Linda Fox | October 14, 2011
Responsible Travel is part of a million pound tourism initiative in the South-east aimed at boosting tourism revenue while protecting local environments.... Read More
Google sheds light on size of ITA Software business
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Google sheds light on size of ITA Software business
By Dennis Schaal | October 13, 2011
ITA Software, up until April, had been a privately held company, but Google today shed a bit of light on its acquisition's revenue numbers.... Read More
Expedia pulls closer to Webjet - Top Australia travel websites, October 8 2011
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Expedia pulls closer to Webjet - Top Australia travel websites, October 8 2011
By PhocusWire | October 13, 2011
Webjet lost 1% market share this week as the gap between it and rival Expedia narrowed to 1.5% in the list of leading travel websites in Australia.... Read More
Abercrombie and Kent takes multimedia journey in iPad app
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Abercrombie and Kent takes multimedia journey in iPad app
By Dennis Schaal | October 13, 2011
Luxury operator Abercrombie & Kent marries travel inspiration and technology in its new World of A&K iPad app.... Read More
Avoiding disaster: The 2012 hotel marketing checklist you need right now
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Avoiding disaster: The 2012 hotel marketing checklist you need right now
By Patrick Landman | October 13, 2011
It might not be the end of the world, as some would have us all fear, but not having marketing and budget targets set now for 2012 comes pretty close in the cut throat world of hotels.... Read More
Traxo and AwardWallet urge travelers to get Southwest back on track
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Traxo and AwardWallet urge travelers to get Southwest back on track
By Dennis Schaal | October 13, 2011
Two loyalty program tracking sites, Traxo and AwardWallet, are urging travelers to contact Southwest Airlines to reverse its no-tracking policy.... Read More
Decolar captures quarter of entire market - Top Brazil travel sites, October 8 2011
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Decolar captures quarter of entire market - Top Brazil travel sites, October 8 2011
By PhocusWire | October 13, 2011
Decolar now commands almost 25% of the entire agency category of leading travel websites in Brazil.... Read More
Why we dumped the Google Plus button from the front page of our travel search site
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Why we dumped the Google Plus button from the front page of our travel search site
By Viewpoints | October 13, 2011
It was, unfortunately, bound to happen. PLUS ONE NO MORE. We removed the option to "+1" our front page today.... Read More
Dolphin Dynamics brings consumer elements to platform in web publishing push
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Dolphin Dynamics brings consumer elements to platform in web publishing push
By Linda Fox | October 13, 2011
Dolphin Dynamics is opening up consumer-style booking tools and content to customers with the integration of a web publishing system within its reservation platform.... Read More
In a perfect Direct Connect world it should be love at first sight for airlines and agencies
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In a perfect Direct Connect world it should be love at first sight for airlines and agencies
By Viewpoints | October 13, 2011
In my keynote at this week’s CASMA conference in Beijing, I wanted to create a vision of what an airline that is serious about Direct Connect (DC) as a distribution option should work toward.... Read More
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