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Amadeus admits ALTEA crash was a result of Leap Second bug
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Amadeus admits ALTEA crash was a result of Leap Second bug
By Kevin May | July 3, 2012
A software failure at Qantas last week was not the result of slippery fingers by Amadeus engineers but was in fact due to the dreaded Leap Second bug.... Read More
How a storm in the cloud brought Room 77 and other websites back down to earth
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How a storm in the cloud brought Room 77 and other websites back down to earth
By Sean O'Neil | July 3, 2012
Last week, hotel booking service Room 77 was knocked offline in a mammoth cloud-computing outage that also crashed the websites of dozens of companies.... Read More
Psychology behind why people leave travel reviews and what you can do about it
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Psychology behind why people leave travel reviews and what you can do about it
By Viewpoints | July 3, 2012
Whatever product or service you’re selling; online customer reviews have real bottom-line benefit – increasing conversion, lowering return rates and boosting SEO efforts.... Read More
SITA sharpens Horizon focus with ecommerce upgrade via Datalex
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SITA sharpens Horizon focus with ecommerce upgrade via Datalex
By Linda Fox | July 3, 2012
SITA has partnered with Datalex to unveil an update to the Horizon E-commerce platform currently used by more than 30 airlines... Read More
Hotel prices in Asia - June to August 2012
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Hotel prices in Asia - June to August 2012
By PhocusWire | July 3, 2012
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Asia.... Read More
Impact of social media on the travel industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | July 2, 2012
Yes, we've all seen infographics telling us how social media is doing this and that to the travel industry. But sometimes a few nuggets of information are new and stand out.... Read More
Taking the travel ecosystem into the design of websites
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Taking the travel ecosystem into the design of websites
By Viewpoints | July 2, 2012
Lots of talk recently around how consumers are ploughing through various stages of the search, shopping and experiencing of travel products.... Read More
What Else? Kuoni, Pegasus Airlines-Multicom, WorldHotels, Hotwire, TourWrist
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What Else? Kuoni, Pegasus Airlines-Multicom, WorldHotels, Hotwire, TourWrist
By PhocusWire | July 2, 2012
Kuoni iPad app, Pegasus Airlines signs with Multicom, WorldHotels live on Room Key, Hotwire brings app to UK and Ireland, TourWrist in the sandbox... What else is going on in the world of travel tech...... Read More
What is new in hotel distribution? Not a lot actually
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What is new in hotel distribution? Not a lot actually
By Glenn Gruber | July 2, 2012
After three and a half days of wandering around the annual HITEC event in the US, I will argue there is not much going on in hotel distribution. Honestly.... Read More
Hotel chain lawsuit MUST BE a security wake-up call for the travel industry
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Hotel chain lawsuit MUST BE a security wake-up call for the travel industry
By Stephen Joyce | July 2, 2012
Last week, authorities in the US filed a lawsuit against Wyndham Worldwide, claiming the company and three subsidiaries failed to protect sensitive customer credit card data.... Read More
conTgo goes forth with app for corporates encompassing SoLoMo
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conTgo goes forth with app for corporates encompassing SoLoMo
By Linda Fox | July 2, 2012
The corporate travel world has been striving recently to make tools for the road traveller more like what they're used to using in the leisure world... Read More
Behold the tech-savvy, young and affluent Chinese traveller, coming to a country near you
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Behold the tech-savvy, young and affluent Chinese traveller, coming to a country near you
By Viewpoints | July 1, 2012
In fifteen years, the Chinese middle class will reach 800 million, up from 300 million today. Over the next five years, affluent Chinese consumers will grow from four million to 20 million.... Read More
What happened two years ago today?
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What happened two years ago today?
By Kevin May | July 1, 2012
As the second quarter of 2010 drew to a close, Google's widely rumoured acquisition of ITA Software had already moved past the "if" category to "when".... Read More
Here in one place: Best of Tnooz last week - Destruction, Reaction, Construction, Laughing, Smoking
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Here in one place: Best of Tnooz last week - Destruction, Reaction, Construction, Laughing, Smoking
By PhocusWire | July 1, 2012
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
Outage weekend: Qantas, Virgin Australia and Room 77 hit as web systems fail
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Outage weekend: Qantas, Virgin Australia and Room 77 hit as web systems fail
By Kevin May | July 1, 2012
Passengers of Qantas and Virgin America had difficulties checking in this weekend after the system supporting both airlines experienced problems.... Read More
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