TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based travel television web production service This Is My City.... Read More

Travelport has reiterated its opposition to the American Airlines Direct-Connect system after seeing online agency client Priceline opt to partner with the airline.... Read More

Tours and activities online agency Viator launches its first language site in Asia this week with a dedicated service for travellers in Japan.... Read More

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt's other plaything in the travel sector, Gogobot, launches a new tool this week allowing users to create pages documenting their favourite trips.... Read More

American Airlines may be standing up to the GDSs by itself for now, but other airlines will eventually join the push for lower distribution costs.... Read More

Mobile software company Kony Solutions, provider of services to the likes of United Airlines, has secured its first source of outside funding with a $19.1 million injection from Insight Venture Partners.... Read More

Flash sales hotel site Voyage Privé introduced a free iPhone app in English and it is offering app-only add-ons to spark more interest in its mobile platform.... Read More

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More movement in the world of Direct-Connect contracts for American Airlines, with arguably the highest prize unveiled so far by the airline in the shape of Priceline.... Read More

Teletext Holidays has admitted to teething problems with its new website - a delayed launch in itself which unfortunately has coincided with a new high profile TV ad campaign.... Read More

Australia-based WebJet is committing itself to an assault on the European marketplace after signing a number of deals to help it expand.... Read More

Travel intermediaries are sitting on a multi-million pound bonanza if they can find the ability to sell ancillary services on behalf of suppliers, a new report suggests.... Read More

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American Airlines, battling Expedia, Orbitz and the GDSs over distribution costs and its direct-connect initiative, signed online travel agency Vegas.com as a direct-connect partner.... Read More