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How airlines use Twitter - March 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How airlines use Twitter - March 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | April 19, 2012
US airline Delta saw the number of tweets mentioning it increase by almost a third in March, compared to the previous month, meaning it was the most talked about airline on Twitte... Read More
Skycanner drops in ahead of Kayak - Top New Zealand websites, April 14 2012
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Skycanner drops in ahead of Kayak - Top New Zealand websites, April 14 2012
By PhocusWire | April 19, 2012
Dramatic debut in the top ten for UK-based Skyscanner after it entered the lost of leading travel websites in New Zealand for the first time ahead of rival search star Kayak.... Read More
Travelzoo blasts daily deals sites for unsustainable practices
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Travelzoo blasts daily deals sites for unsustainable practices
By Dennis Schaal | April 19, 2012
Travelzoo CEO Chris Loughlin blasted the competition in the daily deals space for unsustainable practices and acknowledged that the company's Local Deals business is "hindered in the short term by industry dynamics."... Read More
Amadeus breaks through in North America with Southwest split-decision
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Amadeus breaks through in North America with Southwest split-decision
By Dennis Schaal | April 19, 2012
Amadeus, which has long been seeking an airline reservations system deal in North America, has broken through with Southwest Airlines.... Read More
TAM back in pole position - Top Brazil travel sites, April 14 2012
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TAM back in pole position - Top Brazil travel sites, April 14 2012
By PhocusWire | April 19, 2012
The never-ending changes at the top of the leading Brazilian travel websites has switched again after GOL lost its market leading spot to TAM.... Read More
European hotel prices - April to June 2012
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European hotel prices - April to June 2012
By PhocusWire | April 19, 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 Europe.... Read More
Boomers taking over from Gen-Y in smartphone stakes
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Boomers taking over from Gen-Y in smartphone stakes
By Linda Fox | April 19, 2012
Babyboomers are overtaking the more youthful Gen Y equivalents in smartphone ownership according to a report from BDRC Continental into British hotel guest habits... Read More
What Else? KLM social again, In-flight wifi, ResponsibleTravel, Frommers, Manchester
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What Else? KLM social again, In-flight wifi, ResponsibleTravel, Frommers, Manchester
By PhocusWire | April 19, 2012
KLM socialises again, Wifi on 9,000 aircraft in nine years, ResponsibleTravel and Tourism Tasmania, Frommers day-by-day, Manchester Airport. What else is happening in travel tech around the world...... Read More
What Else? KLM social again, In-flight wifi, ResponsibleTravel, Frommers, Manchester
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What Else? KLM social again, In-flight wifi, ResponsibleTravel, Frommers, Manchester
By PhocusWire | April 19, 2012
KLM socialises again, Wifi on 9,000 aircraft in nine years, ResponsibleTravel and Tourism Tasmania, Frommers day-by-day, Manchester Airport. What else is happening in travel tech around the world...... Read More
Google and Dr Evil? Surely no connection [IMAGE]
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Google and Dr Evil? Surely no connection [IMAGE]
By Linda Fox | April 19, 2012
A little humour can go a long way at travel technology conference so cue all round mirth when this image came up.... Read More
HotelsCombined insists it will not screen scrape for its new Ryanair deal
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HotelsCombined insists it will not screen scrape for its new Ryanair deal
By Kevin May | April 19, 2012
Not the best of starts for Ryanair and new accommodation white label provider HotelsCombined, with the metasearch site moving quickly to clarify comments by Michael O'Leary.... Read More
DealAngel wants to eradicate deal fatigue for travellers searching for hotels
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DealAngel wants to eradicate deal fatigue for travellers searching for hotels
By Kevin May | April 18, 2012
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based DealAngel, a new hotel search engine which pricing data to rank properties by value rather than price.... Read More
Cruise agency talking natural language search with Evature
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Cruise agency talking natural language search with Evature
By Dennis Schaal | April 18, 2012
If you find yourself muttering to your computer at times, you can now put that idle chatter to good use and search for sailings on iCruise.com through spoken-language search.... Read More
Nintendo brings art to life at the Louvre
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Nintendo brings art to life at the Louvre
By Linda Fox | April 18, 2012
The Louvre, the world famous Paris based gallery, has taken a leap into the 21st century with the launch of Nintendo 3DS audio guides.... Read More
The future of search marketing for the travel industry
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The future of search marketing for the travel industry
By Viewpoints | April 18, 2012
Anyone who runs an online travel business will already be well aware of the frenetic pace of change in the world of search marketing.... Read More