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Hotel pricing - Asia - May to July 2011
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Hotel pricing - Asia - May to July 2011
By PhocusWire | May 8, 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 Asia.... Read More
Best of Tnooz This Week - Rental row, BIG hotel images, Adieu Simon
By PhocusWire | May 8, 2011
What were the best articles on Tnooz this week?... Read More
Top travel websites in India - April 30 2011
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Top travel websites in India - April 30 2011
By PhocusWire | May 6, 2011
Most popular travel websites in India for the week ending April 30 2011.... Read More
Expedia displaces GTA in hotel deal with South African Airways
By Dennis Schaal | May 6, 2011
In the global hotel competition among online travel agencies, all of the buzz is about Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, but what about Africa?... Read More
Goby iPhone app becomes your social planner with recommendation feed
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Goby iPhone app becomes your social planner with recommendation feed
By Dennis Schaal | May 6, 2011
Activity inspiration firm Goby upgraded its iPhone app to give you personal recommendations on things to do near your desired location "today," "this weekend" or in the "next 7 days."... Read More
Searches on Google - a language and global view
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Searches on Google - a language and global view
By Kevin May | May 6, 2011
Google developers having fun again, perhaps just to keep everyone else entertained over coffee. Now you can discover volume and language of searches on a spinning globe!... Read More
TravelStorm sends cancellation notice to vacation rental sites, claims HomeAway played hardball
By Dennis Schaal | May 6, 2011
TravelStorm, which hosts vacation rental sites owned by professional property managers, yesterday gave customers notice that it will cease operations June 4.... Read More
Google triggers scramble for free hotel images for Places pages
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Google triggers scramble for free hotel images for Places pages
By Kevin May | May 6, 2011
Google has formally announced (after piloting last year) a project to offer businesses such as hotels free panoramic views of their properties on Google Places.... Read More
Rearden and Advantage Travel in mobile and web technology deal
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Rearden and Advantage Travel in mobile and web technology deal
By Kevin May | May 6, 2011
Major deal for US-based Rearden Commerce after securing a partnership with UK agent consortium Advantage to power the web and mobile tech for its business travel wing.... Read More
Tnooz Nuggets - Thurs 5 May 2011
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Tnooz Nuggets - Thurs 5 May 2011
By PhocusWire | May 5, 2011
In today's edition: Royal Wedding boosts web presence for Middleton base The Goring, Indie traveller joy as Rough Guides and Hostelbookers strike deal.... Read More
Priceline shuffles executives, but Boyd stays on
By Dennis Schaal | May 5, 2011
Priceline -- meaning the Priceline group of companies -- shuffled its executive ranks in North America and Europe.... Read More
Top travel websites in Australia - April 30 2011
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Top travel websites in Australia - April 30 2011
By PhocusWire | May 5, 2011
Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending April 30 2011.... Read More
TripAtlas discards Flash for speedy load times
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TripAtlas discards Flash for speedy load times
By Dennis Schaal | May 5, 2011
If you navigate around travel-research site TripAtlas.com, you'll find the pages loading mighty fast.... Read More
RatesToGo to change hotel business model
By Dennis Schaal | May 5, 2011
RatesToGo will begin to take merchant-model hotel bookings as one of several steps parent company Orbitz Worldwide is taking to improve its hotel business in Asia-Pacific.... Read More
Orbitz and Kayak in arbitration over Travelocity hotel bookings
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Orbitz and Kayak in arbitration over Travelocity hotel bookings
By Dennis Schaal | May 5, 2011
Orbitz Worldwide CEO Barney Harford says the company is engaged in a second arbitration proceeding with Kayak, and this one involves Travelocity hotel bookings on Kayak.com.... Read More
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