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Expedia crowding out competition - Top Canada travel sites, July 30 2011

By PhocusWire | August 2, 2011

Expedia now has a bigger share of web traffic in Canada than the next six leading sites in the agency category combined.... Read More

Teaser: First 3D interactive tourism site in the world [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | August 2, 2011

Fair amount of chatter recently about a new service expected to launch later in 2011 - a 3D interactive guide to destinations around the world.... Read More

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TLabs Reprise - MeetOnCruise 12 months on

By Kevin May | August 2, 2011

MeetOnCruise is a US-based cruise trip social network, which first featured on Tnooz in June 2010. So what happened in the intervening 12 months?... Read More

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Rome2Rio wants travellers to consider their green options

By Kevin May | August 2, 2011

Carbon offsetting was all the rage a few years back - at least in terms of PR and new initiatives - until the economy started biting and travel companies and consumers focused elsewhere.... Read More

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BA losing share, Skyscanner in, Travelzoo out - Top UK sites, July 30 2011

By PhocusWire | August 2, 2011

British Airways accounts for just over a 8.5% share of airline web traffic in the UK, with EasyJet and Ryanair increasing the gap between low cost and full service carriers.... Read More

American Airlines flights to remain on Orbitz into 2012

By Dennis Schaal | August 1, 2011

American Airlines and Orbitz Worldwide entered into an agreement ensuring that the airline's flights will remain on Orbitz websites "into 2012."... Read More

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Cataclysmic or mild annoyance after axe of third party travel reviews on Google?

By Viewpoints | August 1, 2011

Last week, the local search marketing community took a collective gasp as Google rolled out a stripped down version of the Place page.... Read More

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Viator joins the member-only travel deal brigade

By Kevin May | August 1, 2011

Seems like the industry cannot get enough of a good thing, or the zeitgeist at least, with Viator the latest travel site to launch a members-only service to get exclusive deals.... Read More

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Yahoo Travel back in leading trio - Top US travel sites, 30 July 2011

By PhocusWire | August 1, 2011

The topsy turvy world of Yahoo Travel continues again, with the site heading up to third place in the top ten list of travel websites in the US.... Read More

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Ten critical questions for person-to-person business models in travel

By Alex Bainbridge | August 1, 2011

Extraordinary amount of intense debate recently regarding issues around person-2-person (P2P) business models for tours and accommodation.... Read More

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KLM builds consumer-led destination guide service

By Kevin May | August 1, 2011

Consumer-built destination guides are nothing new, but in typical KLM style the Dutch airline has now also entered the fray with its own neat service.... Read More

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Hotel pricing - Europe - July to September 2011

By PhocusWire | August 1, 2011

Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Europe from July to September 2011.... Read More

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BookMyBest aims to take on the new and old hotel search giants

By Kevin May | August 1, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Russia-based BookMyBest, a new hotel price comparison service targeting the US and Europe.... Read More

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TripAdvisor nears summit of leading ten - Top India travel websites, July 23 2011

By PhocusWire | July 31, 2011

Maps Of India has just a 0.5% lead over TripAdvisor, the closest the pair have been since the user review service lost the top spot in mid-June.... Read More