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The missing links -- Gogobot offers online travel agency and Kayak hotel booking engines
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The missing links -- Gogobot offers online travel agency and Kayak hotel booking engines
By Dennis Schaal | March 24, 2011
Social recommendation site Gogobot began offering hotel booking engines from Expedia, Kayak, hotels.com, Orbitz and Priceline.... Read More
Wotif and the Facebook fan page fail
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Wotif and the Facebook fan page fail
By Viewpoints | March 24, 2011
Glenn Fogel of Priceline called those selling the idea of social media to the hotel industry as "charlatans" at the No Vacancy Conference in Sydney this week.... Read More
Travelport Opinions? Sabre Agentstream? Amadeus mulls collaboration community
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Travelport Opinions? Sabre Agentstream? Amadeus mulls collaboration community
By Dennis Schaal | March 24, 2011
With Travelport Opinions seeking to bolster enrollment of travel agents' friends and colleagues and Sabre's Agentstream expanding into new markets, Amadeus is considering the establishment of a "collaboration community" in North America for Amadeus travel agents.... Read More
Limos.com to pin hopes on mobile with site and iPhone app
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Limos.com to pin hopes on mobile with site and iPhone app
By Dennis Schaal | March 24, 2011
Mobile is changing the ground transportation industry -- limos and car services specifically -- and Limos.com is poised to get in on the action with its first mobile website and iPhone app.... Read More
SITA takes on ATPCO with new airline distribution service
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SITA takes on ATPCO with new airline distribution service
By Kevin May | March 24, 2011
Interesting move from aviation technology supplier SITA with news that it will be competing against ATPCO as a distributor of airline fares.... Read More
Understanding bounce rates and unfriendly airline mobile websites
By Martin Collings | March 24, 2011
A lot has been written here on the mobile web versus mobile apps debate in travel, but the primary focus of this post is to better understand the size of the lost opportunity from having a mobile unfriendly website.... Read More
TripAdvisor issues warning after part of email database is stolen
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TripAdvisor issues warning after part of email database is stolen
By Kevin May | March 24, 2011
User review giant TripAdvisor has been forced to notify members of a major security breach after a "portion" of its 20 million-strong email list was stolen.... Read More
Travel agency desktop summit may be somewhat clandestine
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Travel agency desktop summit may be somewhat clandestine
By Dennis Schaal | March 23, 2011
Open AXIS Group plans to convene a working group focusing on the alleged inadequacies of the travel agency desktop -- but the identities of at least some of the attendees may remain a secret.... Read More
Skyscanner and the one million tweets challenge
By Kevin May | March 23, 2011
Fun and rather curious project from metasearch site Skyscanner which has set itself a target of developing a new service and generating one million tweets within 24 hours.... Read More
Air New Zealand brings reverse auction into heart of fare system
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Air New Zealand brings reverse auction into heart of fare system
By Kevin May | March 23, 2011
A popular reverse action service from Air New Zealand is now a significant part of its fare distribution system following a major upgrade of the platform.... Read More
Good news, bad news - airline fares paint an interesting picture
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Good news, bad news - airline fares paint an interesting picture
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | March 23, 2011
Domestic US airfares for the February 2011 were at their highest for five years - meaning the amount of sales have climbed again.... Read More
Expedia makes good on Mobiata acquisition with hotels iPhone app
By Dennis Schaal | March 23, 2011
Now that Expedia has apps developer Mobiata in its portfolio, the online travel agency says it will soon launch Expedia Hotels for the iPhone and iPod touch.... Read More
New lawsuit against online travel agencies in Washington DC
By Dennis Schaal | March 23, 2011
This one had to hurt: Lawyers representing the District of Columbia, the U.S. capital, filed a lawsuit against major online travel agencies alleging millions of dollars in unpaid hotel taxes.... Read More
Top travel websites in Brazil - March 19 2011
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Top travel websites in Brazil - March 19 2011
By PhocusWire | March 23, 2011
Most popular travel websites in Brazil for the week ending March 19 2011.... Read More
Could social media kill the travel intermediary?
By Alex Bainbridge | March 23, 2011
The travel industry is notoriously divided into very neat silos.... Read More
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