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American Airlines sues Sabre over display bias and booking fee increase
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American Airlines sues Sabre over display bias and booking fee increase
By Dennis Schaal | January 10, 2011
American Airlines filed a complaint against Sabre, asking for an immediate court order barring the GDS provider from continuing to bias the airline's flights.... Read More
Kayak closes West Coast US office, some jobs to go
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Kayak closes West Coast US office, some jobs to go
By Kevin May | January 10, 2011
Metasearch engine Kayak is scaling back its US operations to two offices on the East Coast after shutting the Sunnyvale operation in California.... Read More
FlightCaster bought by Next Jump, promises major travel focus
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FlightCaster bought by Next Jump, promises major travel focus
By Kevin May | January 10, 2011
FlightCaster, the California-based startup which predicts airline delays, was bought today by loyalty programme technology firm Next Jump.... Read More
Delta removes flights from CheapAir, Vegas.com, AirGorilla and Globester
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Delta removes flights from CheapAir, Vegas.com, AirGorilla and Globester
By Dennis Schaal | January 10, 2011
Delta Air Lines is continuing its distribution purge.... Read More
Top travel websites in Brazil - January 8 2011
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Top travel websites in Brazil - January 8 2011
By PhocusWire | January 10, 2011
Most popular travel websites in Brazil for the week ending January 8 2011.... Read More
How many intermediaries are needed in a Google Travel world?
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How many intermediaries are needed in a Google Travel world?
By Alex Bainbridge | January 10, 2011
The fewer companies involved between collecting and understanding the consumers original intent and the travel supplier the better.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - TripAnomaly
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TLabs Showcase - TripAnomaly
By Kevin May | January 10, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based travel agency and payment plan site TripAnomaly.... Read More
Tnooz launches THack in London
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Tnooz launches THack in London
By Kevin May | January 10, 2011
Tnooz is launching the travel industry's first official Hack event, taking place in London in the coming weeks and culminating at the Travel Technology Europe show.... Read More
Top travel websites in the UK - January 8 2011
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Top travel websites in the UK - January 8 2011
By PhocusWire | January 10, 2011
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending January 8 2011.... Read More
Top Tnooz this week - GDS-OTA-airline wars, Boo to Boo, Long Tailing
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Top Tnooz this week - GDS-OTA-airline wars, Boo to Boo, Long Tailing
By PhocusWire | January 9, 2011
What were the most popular articles on Tnooz this week?... Read More
Spanair spreads joy at Christmas, gets YouTube love in the New Year
By Kevin May | January 7, 2011
Travel companies will try anything to get a bit of buzz on the web, but here is an example of when it works and doesn't leave a overdone taste in the mouth.... Read More
Expedia wants Facebook fans to find better name for package products
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Expedia wants Facebook fans to find better name for package products
By Kevin May | January 7, 2011
Expedia says the term "vacation packages" is not very catchy, so is using Facebook to run a competition to rename the online travel agency's product line.... Read More
Amadeus reviewing airline deals, hits out at Direct-Connect model
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Amadeus reviewing airline deals, hits out at Direct-Connect model
By Kevin May | January 7, 2011
Travelport and Sabre have made their feelings very clear in recent weeks over the battle between American Airlines and online travel agencies - and now Amadeus has finally waded in.... Read More
Trying to understand the airline-GDS-OTA war? Try the animated version
By Kevin May | January 7, 2011
A vested interest in it all, of course, but Farelogix has produced a pretty decent summary of the current battle between airlines, online travel agencies and GDSs.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Directflights
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TLabs Showcase - Directflights
By Kevin May | January 6, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based metasearch site Directflights.... Read More
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