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Best of Tnooz This Week - Farming content, Mocking rivals, Lipsticking pigs

By PhocusWire | March 6, 2011

What were the best articles on Tnooz this week?... Read More

Part Six - Tripbod in the Valley video diary, farewell

By Kevin May | March 4, 2011

With almost a week under their belts, Tripbod says farewell to San Francisco in the most obvious way possible and then heads back to the UK armed with ideas.... Read More

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FairSearch tries the satire route in its war with Google

By Kevin May | March 4, 2011

It must be Friday in lobbyingland, with the anti-Google coalition FairSearch mocking the search giant's efforts to talk up the benefits of its proposed acquisition of ITA Software.... Read More

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High-brow hotel search arrives - select by Haiku description

By Kevin May | March 4, 2011

One of the quirkier new travel sites to appear on the web in recent months - Hotel Haiku, where visitors get hotel property descriptions in, well, Haiku.... Read More

Microsoft turns to Kayak for flight search to fight Google Travel

By Dennis Schaal | March 4, 2011

Microsoft's Bing Travel is handing over flight metasearch duties to Kayak as the two erstwhile competitors bolster their existing alliance to counter Google's accelerated push into travel.... Read More

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Ultimate guide to the specialist tour and in-destination activity market

By Alex Bainbridge | March 4, 2011

This is an attempt to categorise all the key English speaking global players in tours and activities in one place (plus a few other interesting companies).... Read More

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TLabs Showcase - Cayole

By Kevin May | March 4, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based online cruise agency Cayole.... Read More

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Virgin closes Vtravelled social network, promises relaunch with new focus

By Kevin May | March 3, 2011

Virgin Atlantic is to shut its Vtravelled social network for at least six months as it attempts to overhaul the service with an eye on loyalty rewards and gaming.... Read More

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Top travel websites in India - February 26 2011

By PhocusWire | March 3, 2011

Most popular travel websites in India for the week ending February 26 2011.... Read More

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Hey, a wheel just fell off the aircraft, take a picture

By Kevin May | March 3, 2011

Perhaps in a pre-digital age, when a wheel fell off an aircraft, passengers would have maybe told the crew, prayed, ordered some whisky, closed their eyes.... Read More

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Google Maps to get hotel pricing from Pegasus Solutions

By Dennis Schaal | March 3, 2011

Google is continuing its drive to get hotel-direct pricing into Google Maps and is working with Pegasus Solutions to up the ante.... Read More

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TravelButton app puts hotel phone services on your smartphone

By Dennis Schaal | March 3, 2011

After checking in at the hotel, you go out for dinner and want to order your hotel wake-up call for the next morning or see if anyone left you a message on the hotel room phone.... Read More

US Airways in press release spat with partner Sabre

By Dennis Schaal | March 3, 2011

The ink was hardly signed in the new US Airways and Sabre full-content agreement when the airline publicly took Sabre to task in -- of all things -- a press release.... Read More