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Expedia, Hotels.com, Priceline ending affiliate ties with Christian Values Network
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Expedia, Hotels.com, Priceline ending affiliate ties with Christian Values Network
By Dennis Schaal | August 10, 2011
Expedia says it ended an affiliate relationship with the Christian Values Network after learning the group donates money to some organizations that some people paint as hate groups.... Read More
Expedia and Priceline stretch lead - Top US travel sites, August 6 2011
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Expedia and Priceline stretch lead - Top US travel sites, August 6 2011
By PhocusWire | August 10, 2011
Leading brands Expedia and Priceline have extended their dominance of US travel websites, securing almost a quarter of all traffic from agency websites.... Read More
DealBase, Expedia, Kayak, Travelocity, Orbitz sued for patent infringement
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DealBase, Expedia, Kayak, Travelocity, Orbitz sued for patent infringement
By Dennis Schaal | August 10, 2011
A half-dozen household name online travel sites have been sued by a little-known company for patent infringement.... Read More
Travelport unveils agency desktop upgrade, converts other GDS languages
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Travelport unveils agency desktop upgrade, converts other GDS languages
By Kevin May | August 10, 2011
Travelport is introducing a suite of new tools for users of its Galileo travel agency desktop, aimed at boosting efficiency as well as some useful features for when agencies change GDS.... Read More
Why travel startups always seem to suffer from the same problems
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Why travel startups always seem to suffer from the same problems
By Alex Bainbridge | August 10, 2011
I love reviewing the Tnooz TLabs Showcase submissions and, perhaps rather morbidly, the subsequent 12-month follow-up TLabs Reprise, where we discover what went wrong (or right).... Read More
Tnooz Nuggets - Tuesday 9 August 2011
By PhocusWire | August 9, 2011
In this edition: Cheapflights appoints interim CFO, EasyVoyage gets a makeover, LateRooms brings affiliate work into single agency.... Read More
Stuff hits the right stuff - Top New Zealand websites, August 6 2011
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Stuff hits the right stuff - Top New Zealand websites, August 6 2011
By PhocusWire | August 9, 2011
Big leap for Stuff Travel in New Zealand after securing top spot after moving three places in the country's leading travel websites.... Read More
Shape-shifting in hotel search as Hipmunk tangles with Google
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Shape-shifting in hotel search as Hipmunk tangles with Google
By Dennis Schaal | August 9, 2011
Hipmunks are nothing if not agile -- witness Hipmunk's use of rectangles to refine your hotel search on a Google Map.... Read More
Airbnb reverts to membership marketing, but some questions over method
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Airbnb reverts to membership marketing, but some questions over method
By Kevin May | August 9, 2011
Such is the buzz and controversy surrounding Airbnb at the moment that it only has scratch its backside and people are looking to either praise or criticise it.... Read More
Orbitz lags, Ebookers shines, Google Hotel Finder challenges, Kayak hurts
By Dennis Schaal | August 9, 2011
Ebookers was among the few bright spots in a lackluster second quarter for Orbitz Worldwide.... Read More
Bringing trust to travel via a managed digital marketplace
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Bringing trust to travel via a managed digital marketplace
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | August 9, 2011
Something which underpins the online world – where all of us now live – is the establishment of trust.... Read More
PointHub tries to make travel reward schemes easier to manage
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PointHub tries to make travel reward schemes easier to manage
By Dennis Schaal | August 9, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based PointHub, a new service to allow consumers to manage and use loyalty points to buy flights and accommodation.... Read More
Tnooz THack heads to Boston
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Tnooz THack heads to Boston
By PhocusWire | August 9, 2011
The Tnooz THack initiative rolls on to its next city in September 2011, with a 27-hour hacking event for developers taking place in Boston, USA.... Read More
TripAdvisor introduces new resources for lodging owners
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TripAdvisor introduces new resources for lodging owners
By Dennis Schaal | August 9, 2011
TripAdvisor redesigned its Management Center for lodging owners and introduced videos, how-to-guides and a TripAdvisor for Business blog.... Read More
MakeMyTrip and the controversial SEO-led microsite strategy
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MakeMyTrip and the controversial SEO-led microsite strategy
By Viewpoints | August 9, 2011
Although its citizens may only make 0.014 flights per year, India also counts the second largest diaspora in the world, after China, with 24 million.... Read More
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