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PointHub tries to make travel reward schemes easier to manage
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PointHub tries to make travel reward schemes easier to manage
By Dennis Schaal | August 9, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based PointHub, a new service to allow consumers to manage and use loyalty points to buy flights and accommodation.... Read More
Tnooz THack heads to Boston
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Tnooz THack heads to Boston
By PhocusWire | August 9, 2011
The Tnooz THack initiative rolls on to its next city in September 2011, with a 27-hour hacking event for developers taking place in Boston, USA.... Read More
TripAdvisor introduces new resources for lodging owners
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TripAdvisor introduces new resources for lodging owners
By Dennis Schaal | August 9, 2011
TripAdvisor redesigned its Management Center for lodging owners and introduced videos, how-to-guides and a TripAdvisor for Business blog.... Read More
MakeMyTrip and the controversial SEO-led microsite strategy
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MakeMyTrip and the controversial SEO-led microsite strategy
By Viewpoints | August 9, 2011
Although its citizens may only make 0.014 flights per year, India also counts the second largest diaspora in the world, after China, with 24 million.... Read More
Gap narrows between Ryanair and EasyJet - Top UK travel sites, August 6 2011
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Gap narrows between Ryanair and EasyJet - Top UK travel sites, August 6 2011
By PhocusWire | August 9, 2011
Ryanair is just 0.5% behind arch rival EasyJet in the top ten airline websites in the UK this week.... Read More
Email marketing -- Orbitz and Delta provide lots of assurance
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Email marketing -- Orbitz and Delta provide lots of assurance
By Dennis Schaal | August 8, 2011
If you search for an airline ticket on Orbitz.com these days and don't book anything, rest assured that an email may soon be in the mail.... Read More
Travel analyst Harteveldt leaving Forrester to form Atmosphere Research
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Travel analyst Harteveldt leaving Forrester to form Atmosphere Research
By Dennis Schaal | August 8, 2011
Travel analyst Henry Harteveldt says he's leaving Forrester Research Sept. 1 to form an "industry-focused research company" with travel and airlines, along with healthcare, as the initial focus.... Read More
Is HotPads Lasso Search an alternative to Google Hotel Finder shape drawing?
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Is HotPads Lasso Search an alternative to Google Hotel Finder shape drawing?
By Dennis Schaal | August 8, 2011
The whiteboards in hotel metasearch offices on several continents must be filled these days with freshly penned scrawlings and ideas in response to Google's experimental launch of hotel search via the manipulation of shapes on a map.... Read More
Forget London riots, VisitBritain has dream team of bloggers to showcase best of UK
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Forget London riots, VisitBritain has dream team of bloggers to showcase best of UK
By Kevin May | August 8, 2011
Authorities in London are having a bit of a problem over the past few days with riots and looting in some of the capital's less-touristy areas.... Read More
TLabs Reprise - Globetrooper 12 months on
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TLabs Reprise - Globetrooper 12 months on
By Kevin May | August 8, 2011
Globetrooper is an Australia-based social trip planning service, which first featured on Tnooz in April 2010. So what happened in the intervening 12 months?... Read More
Booking.com closing in on TripAdvisor - Top Canada travel sites, August 6 2011
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Booking.com closing in on TripAdvisor - Top Canada travel sites, August 6 2011
By PhocusWire | August 8, 2011
TripAdvisor is now just half a percentage point ahead of Booking.com in the top ten leading Canadian websites in the destinations and accommodation category.... Read More
First look: GDS Code of Conduct questionnaire sent to stakeholders
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First look: GDS Code of Conduct questionnaire sent to stakeholders
By Kevin May | August 8, 2011
The European Commission has officially started the consultation for review of the GDS Code of Conduct, with a 55-question survey sent to the industry today.... Read More
Tracks.io pictures a new way to organise travel images on a mobile
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Tracks.io pictures a new way to organise travel images on a mobile
By Kevin May | August 8, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Tracks, an iPhone application for collecting, mapping, grouping and sharing travel images.... Read More
Emirates joins second tier pack - Top India travel websites, July 30 2011
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Emirates joins second tier pack - Top India travel websites, July 30 2011
By PhocusWire | August 8, 2011
Emirates has doubled its market share in India to move just below national carrier Air India in the top ten most popular airline websites.... Read More
Hotel pricing - North America - August to October 2011
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Hotel pricing - North America - August to October 2011
By PhocusWire | August 8, 2011
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 North America, August to October 2011.... Read More
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