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Thomson spends big to unveil the Dreamliner, but where's the Dreamliner?
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Thomson spends big to unveil the Dreamliner, but where's the Dreamliner?
By Linda Fox | October 1, 2012
It's amazing what a bit of smoke and camera trickery can do these days - down to making you believe what you're seeing is something else altogether... Read More
Airlines need to take-off not face lengthy delays with innovation
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Airlines need to take-off not face lengthy delays with innovation
By Viewpoints | October 1, 2012
For an industry accustomed to terms like "headwinds", "drag" and "holding patterns", you’d think innovation sluggishness or "innovation inertia" would be a systems malfunction both low cost and legacy carriers would happily avoid... Read More
Follow that story: Wikitravel user files a court motion against Internet Brands
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Follow that story: Wikitravel user files a court motion against Internet Brands
By Sean O'Neil | October 1, 2012
Last week, Ryan Holliday filed an anti-SLAPP motion seeking to dismiss Internet Brand’s lawsuit against him and other unpaid contributors of content to the Wikitravel site.... Read More
The Scan: Introducing the Travel Technology Association, and more news
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The Scan: Introducing the Travel Technology Association, and more news
By PhocusWire | October 1, 2012
Travel Tech, mmMule, Google Flight Search, HRG, WIHP, and ShoreTrips all make our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 1 October.... Read More
Imagine what Ryanair could do online if it REALLY cared about user experience and design
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Imagine what Ryanair could do online if it REALLY cared about user experience and design
By Viewpoints | October 1, 2012
Ryanair is one of the biggest airlines in the world, but one area that has always let it down and annoyed its customers is the online offering.... Read More
Travelport delivers corporate booking tool to Eastern Europe
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Travelport delivers corporate booking tool to Eastern Europe
By Linda Fox | September 30, 2012
Travelport has unveiled a self-booking tool called TripGate, developed specifically for the Eastern European market... Read More
Best of Tnooz last week - Types, Claims, Ranks, Assaults, Planning, Lates and Trippers
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Best of Tnooz last week - Types, Claims, Ranks, Assaults, Planning, Lates and Trippers
By PhocusWire | September 30, 2012
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
iGoToo changes name to VadoVia after Travelocity claims name too similar to IgoUgo
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iGoToo changes name to VadoVia after Travelocity claims name too similar to IgoUgo
By Kevin May | September 28, 2012
VadoVia is dusting itself down and moving on after online travel agency giant Travelocity took exception to its original name iGoToo.... Read More
SHOCKING: Everyone wants OTA disclosure of all airline fees!
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SHOCKING: Everyone wants OTA disclosure of all airline fees!
By Nick Vivion | September 28, 2012
In a shocking revelation of the obvious, a recent survey found that 94% of travelers using online travel sites want all airline fee information freely available to them in the online booking process.... Read More
Apple admits to falling short on its Maps app
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Apple admits to falling short on its Maps app
By Sean O'Neil | September 28, 2012
Today Apple's CEO Tim Cook published a letter of apology on the company's website in what is a nod to the spate of negative user reviews over the digital maps the company used to replace Google Maps for its iPhone and iPad operating system.... Read More
Sorry everyone – online travel planning still looks like it is broken
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Sorry everyone – online travel planning still looks like it is broken
By Viewpoints | September 28, 2012
I’m finally getting a chance to get away for a while after a big year at work.... Read More
TripFab kind of came through on its promise - but ironically found itself down the toilet instead
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TripFab kind of came through on its promise - but ironically found itself down the toilet instead
By Kevin May | September 28, 2012
Entrepreneurs are generally not particularly shy people and sometimes they even border on the arrogant. It goes with the territory - he or she who shouts the loudest gets noticed.... Read More
CheapAir unveils semantic search for booking flights with natural language queries
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CheapAir unveils semantic search for booking flights with natural language queries
By Sean O'Neil | September 28, 2012
CheapAir.com has begun beta-testing a semantic search tool that allows users to pose natural language flight queries with airport codes and dates in various formats.... Read More
The Scan: United preps for another IT change, BestWestern.com relaunches, and more news
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The Scan: United preps for another IT change, BestWestern.com relaunches, and more news
By PhocusWire | September 28, 2012
United Airlines, Best Western, Vibe Travel, Travelbug, Teletext Holidays, and Harris make our roundup of the stories that are driving the travel tech conversation on 28 September.... Read More
Mobiles and iPads wade in to the heart of travel search: discovery and inspiration
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Mobiles and iPads wade in to the heart of travel search: discovery and inspiration
By Kevin May | September 28, 2012
Remember just a few years back, before Apple decided we all needed a mobile-laptop hybrid and connecting to the web via a device was a rubbish user experience at best?... Read More
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