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Most popular US travel websites - November 6 2010
By PhocusWire | November 9, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending November 6 2010.... Read More
Thomas Cook starts ramping up online travel agency team
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Thomas Cook starts ramping up online travel agency team
By Kevin May | November 9, 2010
Days after disclosing some detail for its ambitious online travel agency, Thomas Cook has confirmed the appointment of the exec charged with spreading the word.... Read More
Harrahs bets on Facebook Deals for location check-in move
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Harrahs bets on Facebook Deals for location check-in move
By Kevin May | November 8, 2010
Facebook Deals, a commercial spin-off of Facebook Places, has secured one of its first travel and tourism partners in the form of Harrah's Hotels.... Read More
Most popular UK travel websites - November 6 2010
By PhocusWire | November 8, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending November 6 2010.... Read More
HP brands airline reservations system and licenses Pegasus RezView
By Dennis Schaal | November 8, 2010
HP finally took the wraps off the branding of the airline reservations system it is developing, calling it the HP Agilaire Passenger Service Solution.... Read More
Most popular Canada travel websites - November 6 2010
By PhocusWire | November 8, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending November 6 2010.... Read More
Distribution 2.0 and new Open AXIS transaction reporting tool
By Dennis Schaal | November 8, 2010
With travel industry adoption of Electronic Miscellaneous Documents for the settlement of ancillary services perhaps years away, Open AXIS Group says it is readying the release of a new transaction-reporting tool as a stopgap measure.... Read More
Amadeus to provide competitive intelligence to destinations, hotels
By Dennis Schaal | November 8, 2010
Amadeus has a lot of airline booking data, to say the least, and the company utilizes those numbers in a new product that helps hotels and destination management organizations gauge how they measure up against the local market.... Read More
Stats: How travellers use social media, or not
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Stats: How travellers use social media, or not
By Kevin May | November 8, 2010
Some interesting data - for the pros and antes of social media - from a study carried out by World Travel Market at the launch of its annual exhibition in London this week.... Read More
Google Chrome offering free Wi-Fi on AirTran, Delta, Virgin America
By Dennis Schaal | November 8, 2010
Google Chrome wants to ensure that airlines aren't nickel-and-diming travelers during the holiday season.... Read More
Google-ITA Software deal: The video wars
By Dennis Schaal | November 8, 2010
Like football players before a big game, U.S. Dept. of Justice employees reviewing the Google-ITA Sotware acquisition must spend plenty of time in the video room.... Read More
American, Delta, Air Canada mull self-service bag tagging
By Dennis Schaal | November 8, 2010
American, Delta and Air Canada all are talking to the U.S. Transporation Security Administration about pilot programs that would enable passengers to tag their own luggage instead of having ticket counter agents do it.... Read More
EasyJet Holidays rival bidder says relieved and disappointed
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EasyJet Holidays rival bidder says relieved and disappointed
By Kevin May | November 8, 2010
On Holiday Group has hinted at the enormity of the task ahead for the partner working with EasyJet in ramping up its ambitious Holidays brand.... Read More
TripSwarm startup lasts all of a few weeks
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TripSwarm startup lasts all of a few weeks
By Kevin May | November 8, 2010
Strange happenings at fledgling startup TripSwarm with news that at least one of the co-founders has quit, citing creative differences and saturation of the market.... Read More
EasyJet steps up holiday move with Lowcost Travel Group hotel deal
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EasyJet steps up holiday move with Lowcost Travel Group hotel deal
By Kevin May | November 7, 2010
EasyJet has switched provider of hotel inventory for its holiday division to the Lowcost Travel Group in what is being billed as a major upgrade to its wider travel strategy in Europe.... Read More
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