While much of the battle in distribution has been commercially motivated, there is also the question of core development that needs to be addressed.... Read More

Alongside the winner PocketVillage and runner-up Kijubi, three other participants took part in THack Vegas earlier this week. Here are their presentations.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring France-based room-level hotel booking service CheckYourRoom.... Read More

The most popular ideas from the third round of the Ideas for Travel competition run by Amadeus are named this week, with family and friend in-flight trackers, massively enhanced in-flight experience, wild aircraft entertainment.... Read More

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Most popular travel websites in India for the week ending April 23 2011.... Read More

In today's edition: Carnival atmosphere for social media savvy cruisers, From Russia with Love for Travelocity, smartphone exploration for Magellan fliers, and more.... Read More

A former Miss USA has taken to her blog and posted a video about what she views as an invasive Transportation and Security Administration patdown at Dallas Fort Worth Airport.... Read More

The U.S. Department of Transportation fined AirTrade International $50,000 for improperly displaying code-share flights on its Vayama online travel agency website.... Read More

Room 77, which enables you to eyeball the view from your hotel room, branched out to three more cities and is taking a two-pronged approach to sourcing room layouts.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in Brazil for the week ending April 23 2011.... Read More

Expedia Inc. is in the process of transitioning Expedia brands to a new global technology platform, a move that the CEO says may pressure margins and is a risk.... Read More

Jim Hornthal has been in the travel industry for a long time. He often jokes that the first booking he made in online travel was at Kitty Hawk with the Wright Brothers.... Read More

Luxury vacation rental and trip management service Inspirato has secured a further $11 million round of funding.... Read More

Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during April 2011 - all here in one easy read.... Read More