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TravelPost shakes up management, lays off half its staff
By Dennis Schaal | January 6, 2011
The much-anticipated new TravelPost will have to wait awhile after the company changed the "scope" of its stealth product, appointed a new CEO and laid off roughly half the staff.... Read More
Top travel websites in Australia - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in Australia - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 6, 2011
Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending January 1 2011.... Read More
ITA Software: US Airways widens relationship
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ITA Software: US Airways widens relationship
By Dennis Schaal | January 6, 2011
At a time when some ITA Software customers express concern about Google's pending acquisition, US Airways broadened the relationship.... Read More
Top travel websites in Brazil - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in Brazil - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 6, 2011
Most popular travel websites in Brazil for the week ending January 1 2011.... Read More
New travel coalition emerges - Open Allies for Airfare Transparency
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New travel coalition emerges - Open Allies for Airfare Transparency
By Kevin May | January 6, 2011
American Airlines and other carriers may have another new foe to deal with in the coming weeks as a group emerges to take the distribution war to the next level.... Read More
Jedward and Omid Djalili unlikely fellows for TravelSupermarket TV ad
By Kevin May | January 6, 2011
X-Factor stars Jedward and comedian Omid Djalili are to feature in a new television advertising campaign for UK metasearch site TravelSupermarket.... Read More
Why Trusted Traveler initiative is doomed to failure
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Why Trusted Traveler initiative is doomed to failure
By Viewpoints | January 6, 2011
Because of controversies around aggressive airport security pat-down procedures and full-body imaging machines, 2010 holiday periods shone a bright light on the ineffectiveness and high cost of current aviation system security policy.... Read More
Queensland tourism board, the web and floods
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Queensland tourism board, the web and floods
By Kevin May | January 6, 2011
Tourist authorities in Australia appear to be taking a low-key approach to ensuring visitor activity is not affected by the huge floods in Queensland, Australia.... Read More
Top travel websites in India - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in India - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 5, 2011
Most popular travel websites in India for the week ending January 1 2011.... Read More
So this is how we spend our days - missing context
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So this is how we spend our days - missing context
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | January 5, 2011
In the early 1990s the average American Couch Potato would spend more than six hours a day in front of the television.... Read More
American Airlines alleges Sabre violating contract
By Dennis Schaal | January 5, 2011
American Airlines called Sabre's actions against the airline "punitive" and alleged they are at odds with Sabre's contractual obligations.... Read More
Top travel websites in New Zealand - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in New Zealand - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 5, 2011
Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending January 1 2011:... Read More
Travelocity and Priceline keep displaying American Airlines fares
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Travelocity and Priceline keep displaying American Airlines fares
By Dennis Schaal | January 5, 2011
Although Travelocity's parent, Sabre, took stiff actions today to bias American Airlines' fares in the GDS that powers Travelocity, the online travel agency has made no changes in the way it displays American Airlines' flights.... Read More
Curse of Boo.com strikes again, travel version closes
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Curse of Boo.com strikes again, travel version closes
By Kevin May | January 5, 2011
The signs were there right from the start. Could a relaunched Boo.com, under new ownership and a new focus, ever succeed given its infamous past?... Read More
Sabre hits American Airlines as distribution war escalates
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Sabre hits American Airlines as distribution war escalates
By Dennis Schaal | January 5, 2011
Sabre has notified American Airlines that it intends to terminate their contract a month early, in August, and immediately began biasing the airline’s flights in availability and shopping displays.... Read More
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