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BookingMarkets wants to bring accommodation platform and marketplace to the masses
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BookingMarkets wants to bring accommodation platform and marketplace to the masses
By Kevin May | November 2, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Columbia-based BookingMarkets, a white label accommodation booking system for travel business and vacation rental owners.... Read More
Gilliland: Sabre thinking of IPO -- eventually
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Gilliland: Sabre thinking of IPO -- eventually
By Dennis Schaal | November 2, 2011
Sabre CEO Sam Gilliland is openly talking about the company "going out into the public markets eventually."... Read More
Southwest captures one in five airline site visits - Top US travel sites, October 29 2011
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Southwest captures one in five airline site visits - Top US travel sites, October 29 2011
By PhocusWire | November 2, 2011
Over 20% of all visits to airline websites are going to Southwest, as the low cost carrier continues its dominance of the leading brands in the US.... Read More
Five big problems with mobile travel applications (and a bonus one for Android users)
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Five big problems with mobile travel applications (and a bonus one for Android users)
By Daniele Beccari | November 2, 2011
The World Wide Wait was a common term used in the late 90's to vent the frustration of being unable to access the huge potential of the internet.... Read More
TripAdvisor promises response to red badge complaint
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TripAdvisor promises response to red badge complaint
By Linda Fox | November 2, 2011
TripAdvisor's ongoing spats with the hotel industry took another turn this week with assurances from the review giant that it will respond to a complaint from Kwikchex.... Read More
Skyscanner takes to the cloud to help rapid growth
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Skyscanner takes to the cloud to help rapid growth
By Linda Fox | November 2, 2011
Flight metasearch service Skyscanner has appointed Iomart Hosting to handle its cloud hosting requirements.... Read More
Masabi raises $4 million in second round of financing from M8 Capital
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Masabi raises $4 million in second round of financing from M8 Capital
By Kevin May | November 2, 2011
Mobile travel services winning more investment this week with UK-based rail ticketing system Masabi securing $4 million from its long term financial backer M8 Capital.... Read More
Expedia pulls away from Thomson - Top UK travel sites, October 29 2011
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Expedia pulls away from Thomson - Top UK travel sites, October 29 2011
By PhocusWire | November 2, 2011
Two weeks after taking the crown from Thomson, online travel agency Expedia is starting to see space appear between it and second place in the leading UK travel sites.... Read More
Social media gurus should give Qantas a break
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Social media gurus should give Qantas a break
By Alex Kremer | November 1, 2011
If industrial unrest wasn't bad enough, Qantas is now being widely criticized for its social media efforts during the recent 48-hour shutdown.... Read More
Travel and cutting edge technology of the future [VIDEO]
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Travel and cutting edge technology of the future [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | November 1, 2011
Okay, so there's mobile travel as we know it today and then there's mobile travel taken to the extreme, probably some time in the reasonably near future.... Read More
Bluetooth flight check-in and boarding -- Sabre builds a prototype
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Bluetooth flight check-in and boarding -- Sabre builds a prototype
By Dennis Schaal | November 1, 2011
Just when you may be getting used to online check-in and mobile boarding passes for your flights, Sabre has built a prototype for a system that would use Bluetooth technology to enable passengers to check-in for their flights and board the aircraft.... Read More
iPad and its impact on hotel owners and operators
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iPad and its impact on hotel owners and operators
By Viewpoints | November 1, 2011
This is a question that we have been pondering - why the iPad is the final nail in the "all internet is free" coffin?... Read More
Sabre Red App Centre -- If you build it will they come?
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Sabre Red App Centre -- If you build it will they come?
By Dennis Schaal | November 1, 2011
Sabre is getting ready to open its Sabre Red App Centre within several weeks, offering developers a 70-30 split on paid apps, an official says.... Read More
Travel search within Facebook to find flights to see friends
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Travel search within Facebook to find flights to see friends
By Kevin May | November 1, 2011
Here is an interesting idea being developed by Russian travel search startup Jizo to tap into the social graph in Facebook to help people search for flights to see their friends.... Read More
When it comes to online travel agencies, (hotel) size does matter
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When it comes to online travel agencies, (hotel) size does matter
By Viewpoints | November 1, 2011
Over the past several weeks, there have been many opinions put forth about the OTAs - whether they are friend or foe, the best ways to use them, etc.... Read More