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American Airlines and Travelport extend agreement beyond 2011
By Dennis Schaal | July 29, 2011
American Airlines and Travelport say they've extended their global distribution system full-content agreements beyond 2011.... Read More
Travel Ad Network in trademark dispute with Travel Spike
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Travel Ad Network in trademark dispute with Travel Spike
By Dennis Schaal | July 29, 2011
Atlanta-based Travel Spike has issued a cease and desist letter to New York-headquartered Travel Ad Network (TAN), alleging trademark infringement.... Read More
Expedia rolls out new tech platform for Expedia UK hotels
By Dennis Schaal | July 29, 2011
Expedia Inc. is in the process of putting Expedia UK's hotels onto Expedia's new global technology platform and can only hope that the results mimic the gangbuster manner in which Hotels.com has taken to the platform.... Read More
Delta launches LivingSocial deals, Expedia loves Groupon
By Dennis Schaal | July 29, 2011
Delta Air Lines began offering travelers LivingSocial deals specific to their flights and trip dates, enabling travelers to sign up for them through the MyTrips portion of Delta.com.... Read More
How a UK startup fixed the Airbnb calendar availability problem without being asked
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How a UK startup fixed the Airbnb calendar availability problem without being asked
By Alex Bainbridge | July 29, 2011
One common theme when technical discussions turn to Person-to-Person (P2P) marketplaces is the concept of availability control.... Read More
Security issues exposed as Travelport Opinions promotes diets on Twitter
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Security issues exposed as Travelport Opinions promotes diets on Twitter
By Kevin May | July 29, 2011
Investigation launched at Travelport today after learning the Twitter account belonging its Opinions review and online network had been Tweeting about dieting.... Read More
What are the booking patterns of guests in hotels [INFOGRAPHIC]
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What are the booking patterns of guests in hotels [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | July 29, 2011
Hotel marketing and consultancy group WIHP has spent some monitoring the booking behaviour on consumers on independent hotels in Europe.... Read More
Flight Centre closing on Expedia, Travelzoo back - Top Australia travel websites, July 23 2011
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Flight Centre closing on Expedia, Travelzoo back - Top Australia travel websites, July 23 2011
By PhocusWire | July 28, 2011
Expedia is just 1% ahead of rival Flight Centre as the gap between the top three agencies in Australia narrows this week.... Read More
Google integrates online travel agency ads into new Google Hotel Finder
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Google integrates online travel agency ads into new Google Hotel Finder
By Dennis Schaal | July 28, 2011
Google's entry into the hotel business is shaping up -- literally.... Read More
TripIt has 1 million mobile customers and hopes to get to 10 million user level
By Dennis Schaal | July 28, 2011
TripIt, the itinerary management service acquired by Concur in January, has reached a milestone: 1 million mobile users.... Read More
Laterooms to try virtual concierge service on Twitter and Facebook
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Laterooms to try virtual concierge service on Twitter and Facebook
By Kevin May | July 28, 2011
Accommodation service LateRooms has become the latest travel company to offer a "virtual concierge" service via social media channels Twitter and Facebook.... Read More
JetBlue BluePass targets Boston and Los Angeles business travelers
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JetBlue BluePass targets Boston and Los Angeles business travelers
By Dennis Schaal | July 28, 2011
Whether it is a bargain or not may be up to the individual traveler to ascertain, but one thing is certain: You won't find JetBlue's new BluePass available in global distribution systems.... Read More
TravelPost for sale and attention turns to Trover
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TravelPost for sale and attention turns to Trover
By Dennis Schaal | July 28, 2011
With the collapse of the idea of creating a game-changing new TravelPost, its owners have put it up for sale and are turning their attention and the hotel review site's funding over to their new iPhone app and website, Trover.... Read More
Five essential tips for developing a strong mobile hotel website
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Five essential tips for developing a strong mobile hotel website
By Viewpoints | July 28, 2011
Every day new records are broken in terms of mobile usage in travel. But there is no definitive guide yet on how to turn a hotel mobile website into a successful engagement platform for mobile users.... Read More
China giant Baidu uses Qunar investment to launch hotel search
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China giant Baidu uses Qunar investment to launch hotel search
By Kevin May | July 28, 2011
Chinese search engine Baidu is wasting no time making the most of its $306 million investment in metasearch site Qunar, promising to soon incorporate hotel search.... Read More
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