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GDS news: Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - August 2011
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GDS news: Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - August 2011
By PhocusWire | August 31, 2011
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during August 2011 - all here in one easy read.... Read More
WestJet closes in on Air Canada - Top Canada travel sites, August 27 2011
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WestJet closes in on Air Canada - Top Canada travel sites, August 27 2011
By PhocusWire | August 31, 2011
Low cost carrier WestJet is now just 3% market share behind Air Canada in the list of top airline websites in the country.... Read More
Lights. Camera. Action. Welcome to the new hotel search soap opera
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Lights. Camera. Action. Welcome to the new hotel search soap opera
By Viewpoints | August 31, 2011
A new actor has appeared on the great soap opera that is hotel search - Google.... Read More
Silver surfers click on Facebook ads, Gen-Y hits Like button
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Silver surfers click on Facebook ads, Gen-Y hits Like button
By Linda Fox | August 31, 2011
The science of who to target and how via online advertising is becoming more exact on an almost daily basis.... Read More
Travelsupermarket hits 2011 low - Top UK travel sites, August 27 2011
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Travelsupermarket hits 2011 low - Top UK travel sites, August 27 2011
By PhocusWire | August 31, 2011
Travelsupermarket has fallen to its lowest position this year in the list of top UK travel websites, with both rivals Skyscanner and Cheapflights now ahead of it.... Read More
Live My Journey connects travellers with locals through social trip planner
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Live My Journey connects travellers with locals through social trip planner
By Kevin May | August 31, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Live My Journey, a social media-led planning service connecting travellers and locals.... Read More
Tnooz Nuggets - Tuesday 30 August 2011
By PhocusWire | August 30, 2011
In this edition: Jetsetter upgrade, Tip This food restaurant etiquette app, Marriott unveils mobile web and apps together, Buuteeq and Hotelogix unite, MTrip loves desktops too.... Read More
Alternative numbers behind the travel industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Alternative numbers behind the travel industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | August 30, 2011
UK-based package holiday search engine TravelMatch scoured the archives to pick out some of the more obscure data kicking around the industry.... Read More
American Airlines uses 5 channels for mobile sweepstakes submissions
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American Airlines uses 5 channels for mobile sweepstakes submissions
By Dennis Schaal | August 30, 2011
Social media contests are evolving as American Airlines attests to in the way it is taking submissions for its new Get Mobile, Get Moving sweepstakes.... Read More
Yahoo Travel drops back - Top US travel sites, August 27 2011
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Yahoo Travel drops back - Top US travel sites, August 27 2011
By PhocusWire | August 30, 2011
Only a brief flirtation in the upper echelons of the top travel websites in the US for Yahoo Travel as it falls to third place behind Priceline and Expedia.... Read More
Facebook kills Deals product test after eight months
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Facebook kills Deals product test after eight months
By Kevin May | August 30, 2011
Even the mighty Facebook is not afraid to quit when something hasn't turned out as expected - and thus the social network has axed Facebook Deals.... Read More
American Airlines and Sabre bow to court schedule and extend agreement into 2012
By Dennis Schaal | August 30, 2011
Distribution Armageddon delayed -- American Airlines and Sabre have agreed to extend their full-content agreement, for practical purposes, "well into 2012," the airline says.... Read More
Students devise formula to improve travel click throughs
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Students devise formula to improve travel click throughs
By Linda Fox | August 30, 2011
Digital marketing specialists DC Storm teamed up with researchers from the maths department at Sussex University recently on a project to help companies get the best from search engine marketing... Read More
Defining green -- Hotels attempt standards on carbon impacts
By Dennis Schaal | August 30, 2011
You've heard of XML standards and standards for Electronic Miscellaneous Documents? Now the hotel industry is attempting to forge a standard for measuring the impact of carbon emissions.... Read More
Spire wants to be the next-generation flash sale travel site
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Spire wants to be the next-generation flash sale travel site
By Dennis Schaal | August 30, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Spire, a new hotel flash sale site from the backers of PerfectEscapes and TravelIntelligence.... Read More
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