A UK travel company has defended its use of a discount voucher given to customers in return for them leaving a positive review of their trip.... Read More

Viajanet lost 3% market share in Brazil this week as Hotel Urbano gained 5% and leapfrogged its rival to take second place in the country's leading travel sites.... Read More

Being located 17 hours ahead of Silicon Valley often has you lagging behind on the big news. On waking the other morning at home in Melbourne, Australia, the inbox and Twitters were abuzz - Google had launched a flight search product.... Read More

Booking.com follows other online players and introduces flash deals section across its European sites.... Read More

In this edition: Dealchecker gets new MD, InterGlobe simpliFlies, Lindner signs with EZYield, Revinate taps Micros, and MyDestinationInfo gets a name change.... Read More

I am always intrigued how tourism organisations that aren't clients are approaching their mobile strategy, so was interested to hear how one in particular has found its native application performs five times better than its mobile site.... Read More

Big jump for House of Travel after gaining almost 5% in market share and taking top spot in the list of leading travel websites in New Zealand.... Read More

Many of those outside the often inward-looking bubble that is US online travel have always considered the more intriguing part of Google entering travel to be the global play.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Local Bigwig, a platform to search and book monthly furnished vacation rental properties.... Read More

SouthWest extended its position over other leading airline websites to over 10% market share, with both Delta and American Airlines experiencing declines this week.... Read More

Historvius, the travel site with a historical bent, has introduced hotels and tours content to users via an interactive map... Read More

FairSearch, fierce opponent of Google's acquisition of ITA Software, was quick out of the blocks to pour a healthy dose of scepticism over the search giant's launch of Flight Search.... Read More

Expect a major expansion from Expedia in the coming months as it turns its attention to increasing revenue and the range of products from ancillaries.... Read More

Economic woes and environmental concerns driving consumers to seek out more practical solutions to owning a car... Read More

In a stunning move, Google and ITA Software unveiled their long-awaited Flight Search product -- with booking links to airline websites only.... Read More