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Top travel websites in France - January 22 2011
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Top travel websites in France - January 22 2011
By PhocusWire | January 25, 2011
Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending January 22 2011.... Read More
Laughing at searching on the web for hotel reviews
By Kevin May | January 25, 2011
With all the ire about TripAdvisor and Google these days it's sometimes worth seeing how it all looks from the outside.... Read More
With Sabre-American truce short-lived, Farelogix questions GDS motives
By Dennis Schaal | January 25, 2011
Farelogix, a key partner in American Airlines Direct Connect, says it was going to withhold a video challenging the motives of Sabre and Travelport in biasing the airline's flights in GDSs after learning that peace broke out Jan. 24 between Sabre and American.... Read More
How skewed Google search results would disrupt travel
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | January 25, 2011
Harvard Professor Ben Edelman makes a convincing case that Google has a built-in bias toward its own services.... Read More
Sabre urges customers to keep pressure on American Airlines
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Sabre urges customers to keep pressure on American Airlines
By Dennis Schaal | January 25, 2011
Sabre and American Airlines pledged not to make any public comments about their truce, but in an email to customers, Sabre urged travel agents and corporate clients to "let your voice be heard..."... Read More
Hotel and activity deals via Google Offers starting to hit the web
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Hotel and activity deals via Google Offers starting to hit the web
By Kevin May | January 25, 2011
Google's move into local deals - the Groupon clone, as some call it - is up and running with travel offers already working their way into the system.... Read More
Top travel websites in the US - January 22 2011
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Top travel websites in the US - January 22 2011
By PhocusWire | January 25, 2011
Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending January 22 2011.... Read More
Why the industry should wake up and smell the new distribution coffee
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Why the industry should wake up and smell the new distribution coffee
By Viewpoints | January 25, 2011
News flash: The travel distribution model is broken. In 2011, it just doesn’t make sense any more.... Read More
NileGuide acquires travel recommendation site 10Best.com
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NileGuide acquires travel recommendation site 10Best.com
By Dennis Schaal | January 25, 2011
With last Fall's $3.5 million funding round in the kitty, NileGuide used an undisclosed portion of the proceeds to acquire travel recommendation site 10Best.com from the Enveritas Group.... Read More
TripAdvisor accuses TV star and hotel owner of intimidating hotel guests
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TripAdvisor accuses TV star and hotel owner of intimidating hotel guests
By Kevin May | January 25, 2011
High profile TV star and entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne was labelled a bully today by user review giant TripAdvisor, as the row between the pair intensified.... Read More
Cleartrip trying video, social and competitions to inspire travel
By Kevin May | January 25, 2011
Nice idea from Indian online travel agency Cleartrip which runs a competition every day on the site with the single purpose of asking people to explain why they travel.... Read More
American Airlines and Sabre call temporary truce until June
By Dennis Schaal | January 24, 2011
Sabre and American Airlines agreed to shelve their pending litigation until June 1, 2011, in the hopes of reaching a new GDS contract, which is slated to expire in September 2011.... Read More
Mini-travel guides come to digital screens on the London Tube
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Mini-travel guides come to digital screens on the London Tube
By Kevin May | January 24, 2011
Rough Guide is hoping a combination of outdoor advertising technology and a captive audience of commuters crammed on London Underground platforms will help it sell more guidebooks.... Read More
Top travel websites in New Zealand - January 22 2011
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Top travel websites in New Zealand - January 22 2011
By PhocusWire | January 24, 2011
Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending January 22 2011:... Read More
Google-ITA Software deal: Why the deal is so important to Google
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Google-ITA Software deal: Why the deal is so important to Google
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | January 24, 2011
Eric Schmidt stepped aside at the top of Google last week and was replaced by fresh faced co-founder Larry Page, ready to spearhead the next phase of development.... Read More
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