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Tnooz Nuggets - Tuesday 19 July 2011
By PhocusWire | July 19, 2011
In this edition: InsureMyTrip gets cosy with reviews, Multicom brings in Kuoni Connect, HRS plays with Chrome.... Read More
Webjet back on top - Top New Zealand websites, July 16 2011
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Webjet back on top - Top New Zealand websites, July 16 2011
By PhocusWire | July 19, 2011
Webjet has regained top spot amongst leading travel websites in New Zealand from Expedia after sitting in second place for a number of weeks.... Read More
Bing Travel partners with NFL star Dhani Jones -- fumble or success?
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Bing Travel partners with NFL star Dhani Jones -- fumble or success?
By Dennis Schaal | July 19, 2011
Bing Travel partnered with Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Dhani Jones to provide travel trips and to promote the service.... Read More
Number crunching the Coupon Craze - Evil or benign?
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Number crunching the Coupon Craze - Evil or benign?
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 19, 2011
From the outset I have always challenged the notion of the Groupon – aka Coupon Craze - model.... Read More
Orbitz for Business adding premium placement for refundable rates
By Dennis Schaal | July 19, 2011
Orbitz for Business is offering business travelers the ability to book rooms with refundable rates and hoteliers in the new program are getting premium placements in search results.... Read More
Gekko throws travel planning and review service into Facebook
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Gekko throws travel planning and review service into Facebook
By Kevin May | July 19, 2011
More developments in the drive to turn Facebook into a wider travel planning service with hotel booking site Gekko launching a recommendation and search tool for the network.... Read More
Google entering travel could be nothing to worry about after all
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Google entering travel could be nothing to worry about after all
By Viewpoints | July 19, 2011
Over the last several weeks we've seen continued hype on the output of the Google acquisition of ITA Software.... Read More
Yahoo returns, Travelzoo climbs, Ebookers out - Top UK sites, July 16 2011
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Yahoo returns, Travelzoo climbs, Ebookers out - Top UK sites, July 16 2011
By PhocusWire | July 19, 2011
More jostling for position among the UK travel sites with Yahoo back in the top ten after replacing Ebookers, which had a short-lived return of just one week.... Read More
TripAdvisor reaches 50M reviews milestone
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TripAdvisor reaches 50M reviews milestone
By Kevin May | July 19, 2011
Doubles all round at TripAdvisor today after reaching a significant marker in its history: the site now carries 50 million individual reviews from consumers.... Read More
Anti-Google Travel group FairSearch expands to launch Searchville
By Kevin May | July 19, 2011
The collection of travel companies that came together to oppose the Google acquisition of ITA Software arguably lost the battle, but are now hoping to win the war.... Read More
Tnooz Nuggets - Monday 18 July 2011
By PhocusWire | July 18, 2011
In this edition: HolidayLettings introduces the Wow Factor, VTravelled gets an early relaunch partner, Louvre Hotels partners with Pegasus/RateTiger.... Read More
TurlyTag aims to make finding luggage and gadgets as easy as losing them
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TurlyTag aims to make finding luggage and gadgets as easy as losing them
By Kevin May | July 18, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based TurlyTag, a luggage tagging technology and tracking service.... Read More
Anatomy of the new Micro-Tripper in travel
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Anatomy of the new Micro-Tripper in travel
By Viewpoints | July 18, 2011
What is the Micro-Tripper? It's the short-term, purely spontaneous travel enabled by the flash sale, group buying, and private-travel sale start-ups.... Read More
Attention all startups: disrupting the travel industry is extremely hard
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Attention all startups: disrupting the travel industry is extremely hard
By Alex Bainbridge | July 18, 2011
We talk endlessly about travel startups at Tnooz. Indeed, no publication has covered more travel startups, with over 200 new business profiles published on Tnooz TLabs.... Read More
Kelkoo Travel starts relaunch project, hotels first, flights to follow
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Kelkoo Travel starts relaunch project, hotels first, flights to follow
By Kevin May | July 18, 2011
Kelkoo is splashing out Euro 2 million to reinvigorate its travel search service, with the first results expected within the next few weeks.... Read More
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