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ViaMichelin extends lead over Booking.com and TripAdvisor - Top France travel sites, April 28 2012
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ViaMichelin extends lead over Booking.com and TripAdvisor - Top France travel sites, April 28 2012
By PhocusWire | April 30, 2012
Consolidation of its market leading position for ViaMichelin last week as it increased its share of traffic in the list of most popular travel websites in France.... Read More
Most popular and commented on Tnooz last week - IPO, Fakery, Concierges, Escorted tours
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Most popular and commented on Tnooz last week - IPO, Fakery, Concierges, Escorted tours
By PhocusWire | April 29, 2012
What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More
Mr and Mrs Smith looks to raise £5 million through retail bond plan
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Mr and Mrs Smith looks to raise £5 million through retail bond plan
By Kevin May | April 29, 2012
Upmarket online hotel guide and booking service Mr and Mrs Smith is taking a different approach to raising growth capital - a bond scheme for users and retail investors.... Read More
MakeMyTrip debuts airline social seating
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MakeMyTrip debuts airline social seating
By Dennis Schaal | April 27, 2012
Airlines are doing it so why not online travel agencies? MakeMyTrip, the India OTA, has introduced in beta, Tripalong, a social seating site for flights.... Read More
Adding hotels -- Is Expedia conceding the race to Booking.com?
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Adding hotels -- Is Expedia conceding the race to Booking.com?
By Dennis Schaal | April 27, 2012
Is Expedia, with 150,000 hotels in the fold around the world, finally giving up in its race to outpace Priceline's brands, which count more than 210,000 hotels in their portfolio?... Read More
GOL bounces back into pole position - Top Brazil travel sites, April 21 2012
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GOL bounces back into pole position - Top Brazil travel sites, April 21 2012
By PhocusWire | April 27, 2012
Another week, another change - GOL has resumed its place at the top of the most popular Brazilian travel websites after unseating rival airline TAM again.... Read More
War on fake travel content intensifies - now it is time to rate the hotel review sites
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War on fake travel content intensifies - now it is time to rate the hotel review sites
By Linda Fox | April 27, 2012
In a bizarre twist in the battle to rid the industry of fraudulent reviews, reputation management firm Kwikchex has unveiled a star-rating system for review sites... Read More
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - April 2012
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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - April 2012
By PhocusWire | April 27, 2012
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during April 2012 - all here, in one easy read.... Read More
Switzerland fast becoming the darling of tourism marketing
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Switzerland fast becoming the darling of tourism marketing
By Kevin May | April 27, 2012
MySwitzerland, the consumer facing brand for Swiss inbound tourism, is slowly building a reputation in the industry along the same lines as KLM.... Read More
TnoozLIVE - Episode Two [VIDEO]: Big Data Special, Mobile, Search and more
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TnoozLIVE - Episode Two [VIDEO]: Big Data Special, Mobile, Search and more
By Kevin May | April 26, 2012
Big Data - we're all talking about it, wondering how it will make its presence felt across the travel industry, who is best positioned to capitalise on it?... Read More
WebJet knocks Expedia off top spot - Top New Zealand websites, April 21 2012
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WebJet knocks Expedia off top spot - Top New Zealand websites, April 21 2012
By PhocusWire | April 26, 2012
WebJet has soared back to the top of the leading travel websites in New Zealand at the expense of rival online travel agency Expedia.... Read More
When travel gets really social or new type of escorted tour?
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When travel gets really social or new type of escorted tour?
By Dennis Schaal | April 26, 2012
A new travel website, MissTravel.com, is attracting much press and may have finally solved the "social travel" issue -- in its own way.... Read More
Airlines aligned against mandatory GDS distribution
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Airlines aligned against mandatory GDS distribution
By Dennis Schaal | April 26, 2012
What happens when all of your major customers are aligned against a key component of your strategy?... Read More
Facebook IPO signals disruption ahead for online travel distribution
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Facebook IPO signals disruption ahead for online travel distribution
By Viewpoints | April 26, 2012
I was reading Facebook’s S-1 amendment last night as a prospective investor and interested entrepreneur, ahead of its planned IPO on the US financial markets.... Read More
User generated photo tours added to Google Maps
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User generated photo tours added to Google Maps
By Kevin May | April 26, 2012
Anything Microsoft can do, we can (try and) do better - at least that appears to be an unwritten motto at Google when it comes to some of the things it is trying.... Read More
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