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Top travel websites in Canada - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in Canada - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 5, 2011
Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending January 1 2011.... Read More
Top tips to maximize the impact of a hotel page on TripAdvisor
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Top tips to maximize the impact of a hotel page on TripAdvisor
By Viewpoints | January 5, 2011
According to a recent MSNBC poll, 86% of respondents indicated that they rely on TripAdvisor and other travel sites to gauge traveler sentiment before they make their lodging choice.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Parkat
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TLabs Showcase - Parkat
By Kevin May | January 5, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based airport parking metasearch site Parkat.... Read More
Google Translate turns the word Opodo into Expedia
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Google Translate turns the word Opodo into Expedia
By Kevin May | January 5, 2011
Some visitors to the Opodo France website were probably a bit confused recently after Google Translate switched mentions of the Opodo brand name to Expedia.... Read More
Top travel websites in France - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in France - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 4, 2011
Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending January 1 2011.... Read More
How Google could kill the Long Tail of travel
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How Google could kill the Long Tail of travel
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | January 4, 2011
The personality of the travel industry has changed over the last 15 years. Prior to the internet's arrival as a major personal tool, the supply pyramid was fairly flat.... Read More
American Airlines Direct Connect -- Technology vendors have their say
By Dennis Schaal | January 4, 2011
With American Airlines battling Orbitz and Expedia over the airline's insistence that they access the airline's flights through direct-connects, what kind of traction is the fledgling AA Direct Connect getting?... Read More
The video -- Fastest hotel booking mobile app in the world?
By Dennis Schaal | January 4, 2011
Startup Hotel Tonight claims its iPhone app can handle the world's fastest hotel bookings.... Read More
Revinate joins TripAdvisor data licensing scheme
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Revinate joins TripAdvisor data licensing scheme
By Kevin May | January 4, 2011
Hotel online reputation management service Revinate is the latest company to tap into the official data set offered by TripAdvisor through its growing licensing scheme.... Read More
Top travel websites in the US - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in the US - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 4, 2011
Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending January 1 2011.... Read More
Rough guide to tourism board websites and technology
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Rough guide to tourism board websites and technology
By Viewpoints | January 4, 2011
Destination marketing organizations need two things to maintain good websites. First is content management. Second, are a good set of online tools and services.... Read More
Top travel websites in the UK - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in the UK - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 4, 2011
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending January 1 2011.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Our Upgrade
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TLabs Showcase - Our Upgrade
By Kevin May | January 4, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based consumer hotel upgrade service Our Upgrade.... Read More
Google-ITA Software deal: Washington Post editorial asks Justice to consider power of Google
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Google-ITA Software deal: Washington Post editorial asks Justice to consider power of Google
By Dennis Schaal | January 3, 2011
An editorial in The Washington Post calling on the U.S. Justice Department to review competitive concerns in the pending Google-ITA Software deal symbolizes just how far the acquisition's opponents have taken their campaign.... Read More
Amadeus sells Vacation.com to Travel Leaders
By Dennis Schaal | January 3, 2011
Amadeus ended its decade-long ownership of a travel agency group, Vacation.com, selling it to Travel Leaders for an undisclosed sum.... Read More
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