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Southwest CEO declines to take the bait on American Airlines direct-connect
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Southwest CEO declines to take the bait on American Airlines direct-connect
By Dennis Schaal | January 20, 2011
What advice might Southwest Airlines chairman and CEO Gary Kelly impart to American Airlines and the travel industry about direct-connect?... Read More
Online agency StudentUniverse launches media network
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Online agency StudentUniverse launches media network
By Kevin May | January 20, 2011
StudentUniverse is the latest in a line of online travel agencies seeing the benefit of getting into the media space, this time through the creation of a media network.... Read More
LeisureLink data: Vacation rental lookers converting to bookers
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LeisureLink data: Vacation rental lookers converting to bookers
By Dennis Schaal | January 20, 2011
Demand is picking up for vacation rentals in the North America, Mexico and Caribbean markets and conversion rates are soaring.... Read More
Open Allies for Airfare Transparency: Full list of members
By Kevin May | January 20, 2011
Much of the official launch of the anti-Direct Connect group, Open Allies for Airfare Transparency, was always going to be about which companies would join.... Read More
Open Allies for Airfare Transparency clearly opposes direct-connect
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Open Allies for Airfare Transparency clearly opposes direct-connect
By Dennis Schaal | January 20, 2011
Open Allies for AirFare Transparency made its debut with a website, extensive roster of founding members, a whitepaper and a call for major airlines to abandon any direct-connect plans they may have.... Read More
Jet2 turns off Twitter account, highlights reality of social media
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Jet2 turns off Twitter account, highlights reality of social media
By Kevin May | January 20, 2011
As almost every travel company on the planet is talking up its social media strategy, unusual and perhaps refreshing to find one which is scaling back its activity.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Travelhands
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TLabs Showcase - Travelhands
By Kevin May | January 20, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Netherlands and Germany-based online portal for travel ancillary services TravelHands.... Read More
HotelsCombined launches iPhone app in Arabic
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HotelsCombined launches iPhone app in Arabic
By Dennis Schaal | January 19, 2011
HotelsCombined released a new version of its iPhone app which supports browsing in Arabic.... Read More
Why Flight Plus should scare the hell out of online travel
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Why Flight Plus should scare the hell out of online travel
By Viewpoints | January 19, 2011
Online and independent agents in the UK have never faced such a hidden and potentially disastrous regulation reform as Flight Plus.... Read More
Overbooked on Delta Air Lines? Passengers can bid for travel vouchers
By Dennis Schaal | January 19, 2011
Instead of asking for volunteers at the gate to leave overbooked flights, Delta Air Lines now is enabling travelers to bid on the opportunity much earlier in the process.... Read More
Top travel websites in Australia - January 15 2011
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Top travel websites in Australia - January 15 2011
By PhocusWire | January 19, 2011
Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending January 15 2011.... Read More
American Airlines: Not surprised by distribution pushback
By Dennis Schaal | January 19, 2011
So was American Airlines shocked by the vehemence of the opposition to its direct-connect strategy?... Read More
Why Direct-Connect could be a pain for travel agents
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Why Direct-Connect could be a pain for travel agents
By Viewpoints | January 19, 2011
In a previous article, I talked about the spat between American Airlines and online travel agencies. But I mentioned that the GDS element would be another story.... Read More
Top travel websites in the US - January 15 2011
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Top travel websites in the US - January 15 2011
By PhocusWire | January 19, 2011
Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending January 15 2011.... Read More
Bloody Hertz - a very unofficial social media campaign
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Bloody Hertz - a very unofficial social media campaign
By Kevin May | January 19, 2011
If this is a subtle way of getting people to talk about car rental giant Hertz in social media, then it deserves plenty of praise - we're not so sure though.... Read More
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