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Decolar swoops in to unseat Hotel Urbano - Top Brazil travel sites, March 3 2012
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Decolar swoops in to unseat Hotel Urbano - Top Brazil travel sites, March 3 2012
By PhocusWire | March 9, 2012
Big switch in Brazil last week as a sterling effort from online travel agency Decolar saw it overtake market share-shedding Hotel Urbano to take top spot.... Read More
Hoteliers: Community building drives loyalty, social ROI
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Hoteliers: Community building drives loyalty, social ROI
By Josiah Mackenzie | March 9, 2012
Conference season is in full swing for the hotel and travel industry, with EyeForTravel's Social Media Strategies for Travel event early in the week, and mega-show ITB on now in Berlin.... Read More
What Else? Rural-social-local, Hostelbookers, Concur, KDS, Vayant
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What Else? Rural-social-local, Hostelbookers, Concur, KDS, Vayant
By PhocusWire | March 9, 2012
Rural-social-local, Hostelbookers and WebLoyalty, Concur and ground transport, KDS taps SilverRail, Vayant-2E with Austrian Airlines. A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
EasyJet overtakes Air France to take top spot - Top France travel sites, March 3 2012
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EasyJet overtakes Air France to take top spot - Top France travel sites, March 3 2012
By PhocusWire | March 9, 2012
All change at the top of the list of leading airline websites in France after EasyJet increased its share of traffic to leapfrog over Air France.... Read More
Expedia adds Hotels.com to guest hotel reviews but will always trail TripAdvisor
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Expedia adds Hotels.com to guest hotel reviews but will always trail TripAdvisor
By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2012
The latest scorecard? Expedia has 7.5 million hotel reviews and ex-subsidiary TripAdvisor counts 60 million.... Read More
Great week for travel tech women -- Triptrotting gets $1M from Google Ventures and others
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Great week for travel tech women -- Triptrotting gets $1M from Google Ventures and others
By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2012
Triptrotting picked up $1 million in funding from Google Ventures and other angels, capping off a pretty big week for women-led, social-travel-oriented startups.... Read More
Expedia almost three times as much traffic as rivals - Top Canada travel sites, March 3 2012
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Expedia almost three times as much traffic as rivals - Top Canada travel sites, March 3 2012
By PhocusWire | March 8, 2012
Expedia's stranglehold on the Canadian online travel agency sector is tightening with it securing triple the amount of traffic as its nearest competitor.... Read More
Trust International weeks away from unlocking Room Key for members
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Trust International weeks away from unlocking Room Key for members
By Linda Fox | March 8, 2012
Hospitality resevation and distribution specialist Trust International is two weeks away from connecting to Room Key, the online hotel venture started by a number of hotel chains in January... Read More
Kayak goes direct-connect with Air Canada and debuts split-booking hotel rates
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Kayak goes direct-connect with Air Canada and debuts split-booking hotel rates
By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2012
Kayak established a direct-connect booking relationship with Air Canada and debuted a split-booking rate feature for hotels.... Read More
White-label travel provider Switchfly attracts $15M in new funding
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White-label travel provider Switchfly attracts $15M in new funding
By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2012
You can label this white-label travel provider, Switchfly, a bit more affluent today.... Read More
Russia open for online travel investment but do the numbers alone make it attractive?
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Russia open for online travel investment but do the numbers alone make it attractive?
By Linda Fox | March 8, 2012
The Russian travel market was given two slots at today's Phocuswright@ITB session mostly because of the huge growth figures the sector is experiencing... Read More
What else? Mauiva-Travel Holdings, Room Key joiner, Accor-TrustYou, Switchfly
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What else? Mauiva-Travel Holdings, Room Key joiner, Accor-TrustYou, Switchfly
By PhocusWire | March 7, 2012
Mauiva and Travel Holdings celebrate, Preferred joins Room Key, Accor picks TrustYou for monitoring, ezRez becomes Switchfly. A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More
Thinking like a retailer, Delta adds Amazon to in-flight Wi-Fi service
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Thinking like a retailer, Delta adds Amazon to in-flight Wi-Fi service
By Dennis Schaal | March 7, 2012
Delta Air Lines is keen on optional services, including its Delta Connect in-flight Wi-Fi, and the airline has added a big-name retailer, Amazon, to its line-up.... Read More
Gtrot shifts from travel planning to city discovery
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Gtrot shifts from travel planning to city discovery
By Dennis Schaal | March 7, 2012
Travel planning site Gtrot is communicating to members and in social media that it is shifting its from travel planning to city discovery.... Read More
Priceline narrows gap on Expedia - Top US travel sites, March 3 2012
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Priceline narrows gap on Expedia - Top US travel sites, March 3 2012
By PhocusWire | March 7, 2012
Agency category leader Expedia's lead over second place is down to less than 3% market share after Priceline saw a significant increase last week.... Read More
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