For some readers, blogs are synonymous with media web sites, online media brands and virtually any regular publishing of dynamic information, analysis and commentary. We beg to differ, but we're not about to pick a fight over it.... Read More

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Are hotel websites kicking the butts of the online travel agencies?... Read More

Only a quarter of travel managers believe travel apps are effective for their businesses.... Read More

A click-busting lead for Hotel Urbano in Brazil as it secures a 20% market share lead over its nearest rival in the country's leading travel websites.... Read More

Melia International launches facebook campaign inviting fans to post wishes... Read More

Last week I was invited to speak on a panel at the Boston THack, Tnooz's event for developers and engineers. The topic was innovation in travel technology.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based CruiseEdge, a travel agent lead generation platform for cruise trips.... Read More

Thomas Cook has lost its coveted third place in the leading UK travel websites to Lastminute.com.... Read More

Social media monitoring firm TrustYou picked up $5 million in funding and recently crowned "strategic partner" ReviewAnalyst, too.... Read More

Perhaps learning from the mothership, TripAdvisor-owned Cruise Critic has signed its first agreement to supply user reviews to a third party agent site, Virgin Holidays Cruises.... Read More

Princess Cruises to launch portals in Portuguese and Japanese; TripIt app ready for Windows Phone, Cost2Drive now has flights.... Read More

With an antitrust hearing looming, Google apparently realized that, much like the order of search results, appearances matter.... Read More

TripAdvisor now claims to the "first standalone travel brand" to hit the 50 million unique monthly visitor mark.... Read More

The leading two airlines on the web in Canada - Air Canada and WestJet - have extended their respective leads over the chasing pack.... Read More