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Wotif, WebJet and Expedia take third all traffic - Top Australia travel sites, full month May 2012
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Wotif, WebJet and Expedia take third all traffic - Top Australia travel sites, full month May 2012
By PhocusWire | June 7, 2012
Wotif, WebJet and Expedia secured over a third of all traffic going to agency websites in Australia during the month of May 2012.... Read More
Travelocity signs Hilton while Orbitz waits in the wings
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Travelocity signs Hilton while Orbitz waits in the wings
By Dennis Schaal | June 7, 2012
Score one for Travelocity, lastminute and Zuji, but at what price?... Read More
Expedia, TripAdvisor and Southwest on top - Top US travel sites, full month May 2012
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Expedia, TripAdvisor and Southwest on top - Top US travel sites, full month May 2012
By PhocusWire | June 7, 2012
The all-conquering web trio of Expedia, Southwest and TripAdvisor are continuing their dominance at the head of the leading travel websites in the US.... Read More
Pegasus Solutions shuffles CEOs
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Pegasus Solutions shuffles CEOs
By Dennis Schaal | June 7, 2012
Hotel distribution company Pegasus Solutions is changing ranks at the top, with David Millili taking over the CEO role.... Read More
Mobile Travel Technologies secures $5M investment push
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Mobile Travel Technologies secures $5M investment push
By Kevin May | June 7, 2012
Happy days at Mobile Travel Technologies as it welcomes a $5 million injection of funding from DFJ Esprit, one of the largest venture capital companies in Europe.... Read More
China opens up again as state-owned TravelSky inks hotel distribution deal with Abacus
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China opens up again as state-owned TravelSky inks hotel distribution deal with Abacus
By Kevin May | June 7, 2012
Further evidence that the Chinese government-backed TravelSky is looking outward for partners with news that it has signed a hotel distribution deal with Abacus.... Read More
HP storms ahead with airline cloud services as Interjet trains pilots
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HP storms ahead with airline cloud services as Interjet trains pilots
By Dennis Schaal | June 6, 2012
Airline reservations systems and IT providers are hustling to bring everything from PCI compliance to printing at the airport into the cloud and, along those lines, HP Enterprise Services introduced HP Converged Cloud Services for Airlines.... Read More
How to optimise travel websites by watching how customers behave online
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How to optimise travel websites by watching how customers behave online
By Viewpoints | June 6, 2012
Travel is about choice. Where do you want to go today? What kind of experience do you want? Who do you want to take with you?... Read More
Why do consumers follow or like travel brands in social media? For the discounts, alas
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Why do consumers follow or like travel brands in social media? For the discounts, alas
By Kevin May | June 6, 2012
Social media gurus (is that term trademarked now?) are often telling the industry that the social world is all about engagement with customers and creating communities, etc.... Read More
What Else? Travelzoo Android, SpeedRFP, Swiss BelHotel-RateGain, Smart Destinations
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What Else? Travelzoo Android, SpeedRFP, Swiss BelHotel-RateGain, Smart Destinations
By PhocusWire | June 6, 2012
SpeedRFP fills rooms, Swiss BelHotel gets intelligent with RateGain, Smart Destinations debuts mobile ticketing platform, Travelzoo goes Android in UK and Mapmobility goes digital.... Read More
Beek takes a long term view on bringing 3D guides to destinations
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Beek takes a long term view on bringing 3D guides to destinations
By Kevin May | June 6, 2012
Most travel-related businesses, especially destination marketers, understand that maps and images are two of the significant ways consumers learn about a location.... Read More
innRoad property management system plots roadmap with $5.8M in funding
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innRoad property management system plots roadmap with $5.8M in funding
By Dennis Schaal | June 5, 2012
innRoad, which offers a Web-based property management system for independent hotels, picked up $5.8 million in a Series B financing round.... Read More
HomeAway expands into airline tickets and car rentals from Priceline
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HomeAway expands into airline tickets and car rentals from Priceline
By Dennis Schaal | June 5, 2012
HomeAway is not just about vacation rentals anymore -- it is now offering airline tickets and car rentals through an affiliate agreement with Priceline.... Read More
HotelTonight slam dunks with $23M in funding
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HotelTonight slam dunks with $23M in funding
By Kevin May | June 5, 2012
Same-day hotel booking for mobiles, HotelTonight, appears to be validating the model further by securing $23 million in Series C funding in an investment round led by US Venture Partners.... Read More
TrekkSoft wants to make a splash in the tour and activity payment pool
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TrekkSoft wants to make a splash in the tour and activity payment pool
By Kevin May | June 5, 2012
Swiss company TrekkSoft has lofty ambitions, wanting to muscle in the growing tour and activity marketplace with its own payment gateway system for operators.... Read More
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