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Ebookers returns to leading pack - Top UK sites, July 9 2011
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Ebookers returns to leading pack - Top UK sites, July 9 2011
By PhocusWire | July 11, 2011
Ebookers has made a sudden reappearance in the leading travel sites in the UK, a first for the online agency for almost two years.... Read More
TLabs Reprise - IWannaGoThere 12 months on
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TLabs Reprise - IWannaGoThere 12 months on
By Kevin May | July 11, 2011
IWannaGoThere is a UK-based trip planning and destination guide service, first featured on Tnooz in March 2010. What happened in the intervening 12 months?... Read More
Hotel prices - Australia-New Zealand - July to September 2011
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Hotel prices - Australia-New Zealand - July to September 2011
By PhocusWire | July 10, 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 Australia-New Zealand from July to September.... Read More
Yatra edging close to MakeMyTrip - Top India travel websites, July 2 2011
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Yatra edging close to MakeMyTrip - Top India travel websites, July 2 2011
By PhocusWire | July 10, 2011
Indian online travel agency Yatra has narrowed the gap on its rival MakeMyTrip and extended its lead over third placed Cleartrip to 5% of the market.... Read More
Best of Tnooz This Week - Device influence, Google future, Social living
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Best of Tnooz This Week - Device influence, Google future, Social living
By PhocusWire | July 10, 2011
What were the best articles on Tnooz this week?... Read More
Airline duo secure half of total audience - Top Brazil travel sites, July 2 2011
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Airline duo secure half of total audience - Top Brazil travel sites, July 2 2011
By PhocusWire | July 10, 2011
Brazilian airlines GOL and TAM have managed to grab more than half of the airline website market share in the country.... Read More
LivingSocial inching toward IPO consideration of $1 billion
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LivingSocial inching toward IPO consideration of $1 billion
By Dennis Schaal | July 8, 2011
Flash sales site LivingSocial believes group buying works for the travel industry so you can expect more along those lines considering that it is lining up bankers to execute what could be a $1 billion IPO.... Read More
Tnooz Nuggets - Friday 8 July 2011
By PhocusWire | July 8, 2011
This is the regular Tnooz roundup of news from around the travel industry, all with a travel-tech, digital twist -- Friday 8 July 2011. Today it's featuring Premier Inn, TripAdvisor, American Airlines, LowCostVillas, ReviewPro and Pitchup.... Read More
Online travel agencies seek to suppress court disclosure on service fees
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Online travel agencies seek to suppress court disclosure on service fees
By Dennis Schaal | July 8, 2011
Major online travel agencies are seeking to reverse a federal court's public disclosure of how they calculate their service fees when selling hotel rooms using the merchant model.... Read More
Online travel agencies lose $20M Texas class action on hotel taxes
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Online travel agencies lose $20M Texas class action on hotel taxes
By Dennis Schaal | July 8, 2011
Major online travel agencies, including Expedia, Priceline, Travelocity and Orbitz, lost a class-action lawsuit by 173 cities in Texas and could owe them more than $20 million in hotel occupancy taxes.... Read More
How airlines use Twitter - June 2011 [infographic]
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How airlines use Twitter - June 2011 [infographic]
By Kevin May | July 8, 2011
Southwest Airlines moves into second place as the global carrier with the most mentions, according to the latest report ranking activity by airlines on Twitter.... Read More
Expedia extends lead at the top - Top Canada travel sites, July 2 2011
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Expedia extends lead at the top - Top Canada travel sites, July 2 2011
By PhocusWire | July 8, 2011
Expedia has secured almost a 10% lead over its nearest rival amongst travel intermediaries in Canada.... Read More
Rough guide to running combined online search-TV campaigns in travel
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Rough guide to running combined online search-TV campaigns in travel
By Viewpoints | July 8, 2011
Marketing brand, product and service with an integrated paid search AND television combination has produced outstanding results for many industry leading travel brands.... Read More
New OTA family secure tenth of market - Top France websites, July 2 2011
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New OTA family secure tenth of market - Top France websites, July 2 2011
By PhocusWire | July 8, 2011
The new European agency powerhouse of Opodo-eDreams-GoVoyages marked the end of its first official week with an 11% share of the French market.... Read More
eNett eyes huge growth as electronic payment market shifts
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eNett eyes huge growth as electronic payment market shifts
By Kevin May | July 8, 2011
Travel payment system eNett is predicting a large jump in business in part following the closure of MoneyDirect but also as it embarks on an aggressive growth plan.... Read More
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