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Liberty Interactive to sell 12M shares in Expedia, but what about TripAdvisor?
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Liberty Interactive to sell 12M shares in Expedia, but what about TripAdvisor?
By Dennis Schaal | March 27, 2012
Liberty Interactive plans to sell 12 million shares of Expedia Inc. in a block trade for around $414 million, thus cutting its stake in the online travel company by more than half.... Read More
On target -- Sojern attracts $7.5M in additional funding
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On target -- Sojern attracts $7.5M in additional funding
By Dennis Schaal | March 27, 2012
Sojern, which helps airlines and other travel companies market targeted offers, picked up $7.5 million in additional financing to fund growth and a rebranding campaign.... Read More
Eight steps to driving results for travel brands from the new Facebook timeline
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Eight steps to driving results for travel brands from the new Facebook timeline
By PhocusWire | March 27, 2012
Those of us who work with Facebook Pages are already used to the incessant changes that Facebook has introduced over the years.... Read More
What Else? Macau-Expedia, Kayak CFO, NetJets in China, LiveRez CRM, HotelsCombined app
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What Else? Macau-Expedia, Kayak CFO, NetJets in China, LiveRez CRM, HotelsCombined app
By PhocusWire | March 27, 2012
Macau picks Expedia Affiliate Network, Kayak CFO departs, NetJets also heads to China, LiveRez ramps up CRM, Hotelscombined loves locations... A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
Expedia looks to Nordic region to boost Egencia corporate travel portfolio
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Expedia looks to Nordic region to boost Egencia corporate travel portfolio
By Linda Fox | March 27, 2012
Expedia's corporate travel arm Egencia has acquired VIA Travel which describes itself as the leading travel management company in the Nordic region... Read More
Ryanair edges closer to EasyJet - Top UK travel sites, March 24 2012
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Ryanair edges closer to EasyJet - Top UK travel sites, March 24 2012
By PhocusWire | March 27, 2012
EasyJet will be monitoring closely the performance of rival carrier Ryanair in the coming weeks as the gap between the pair's websites narrows in the UK.... Read More
When tweets, status updates and flash sales lose their innocence
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When tweets, status updates and flash sales lose their innocence
By Dennis Schaal | March 26, 2012
What happens to social media and even social travel when tweets, Facebook status updates and emails from your friends lose all their innocence?... Read More
That fee-for-marketing in travel definition in full
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That fee-for-marketing in travel definition in full
By Viewpoints | March 26, 2012
Interesting comments and feedback following the article last week about fee-for-marketing services in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry.... Read More
How many hotels in the world are there anyway? Booking.com keeps adding them
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How many hotels in the world are there anyway? Booking.com keeps adding them
By Dennis Schaal | March 26, 2012
Booking.com says it offers 202,842 hotels globally and a new report says the Priceline Group -- Booking.com, Agoda and Priceline.com -- collectively is adding properties at a quickening pace.... Read More
Dwellable wants to be the Kayak or eBay for vacation rentals
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Dwellable wants to be the Kayak or eBay for vacation rentals
By Kevin May | March 26, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Dwellable, a new platform for listing and showcasing vacation rental properties on the web and iPad.... Read More
Air Canada back on top - Top Canada travel sites, March 24 2012
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Air Canada back on top - Top Canada travel sites, March 24 2012
By PhocusWire | March 26, 2012
WestJet stayed at the top of leading airline websites in Canada for just one week after Air Canada moved ahead despite both gaining more share of traffic.... Read More
Time for the travel industry to move beyond its anti-consumer past
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Time for the travel industry to move beyond its anti-consumer past
By Evan Konwiser | March 26, 2012
When I was a kid, my mother used to take me along on special shopping trips to Stew Leonoard's, an iconic, mega-grocery store with now four locations in Connecticut and New York.... Read More
TLabs Reprise - Gunyah 12 months on
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TLabs Reprise - Gunyah 12 months on
By Kevin May | March 26, 2012
Gunyah is a Hong Kong-based tour and activity distribution platform, which first featured on Tnooz in March 2011. So what happened in the intervening 12 months?... Read More
Air France regains lead from EasyJet - Top France travel sites, March 23 2012
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Air France regains lead from EasyJet - Top France travel sites, March 23 2012
By PhocusWire | March 26, 2012
Short-lived boasting for EasyJet at the top of the list of leading airline websites in France after Air France surged ahead to overtake the low cost carrier last week.... Read More
The future of travel search lies on a Silicon Beach (not in a Valley)
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The future of travel search lies on a Silicon Beach (not in a Valley)
By Tim Hughes | March 26, 2012
After more than 15 years of online travel, we are still looking for the perfect travel search engine. But do four Australian startups hold the key to unlocking the future of travel search?... Read More
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