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Queensland tourism board, the web and floods
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Queensland tourism board, the web and floods
By Kevin May | January 6, 2011
Tourist authorities in Australia appear to be taking a low-key approach to ensuring visitor activity is not affected by the huge floods in Queensland, Australia.... Read More
Top travel websites in India - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in India - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 5, 2011
Most popular travel websites in India for the week ending January 1 2011.... Read More
So this is how we spend our days - missing context
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So this is how we spend our days - missing context
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | January 5, 2011
In the early 1990s the average American Couch Potato would spend more than six hours a day in front of the television.... Read More
American Airlines alleges Sabre violating contract
By Dennis Schaal | January 5, 2011
American Airlines called Sabre's actions against the airline "punitive" and alleged they are at odds with Sabre's contractual obligations.... Read More
Top travel websites in New Zealand - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in New Zealand - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 5, 2011
Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending January 1 2011:... Read More
Travelocity and Priceline keep displaying American Airlines fares
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Travelocity and Priceline keep displaying American Airlines fares
By Dennis Schaal | January 5, 2011
Although Travelocity's parent, Sabre, took stiff actions today to bias American Airlines' fares in the GDS that powers Travelocity, the online travel agency has made no changes in the way it displays American Airlines' flights.... Read More
Curse of Boo.com strikes again, travel version closes
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Curse of Boo.com strikes again, travel version closes
By Kevin May | January 5, 2011
The signs were there right from the start. Could a relaunched Boo.com, under new ownership and a new focus, ever succeed given its infamous past?... Read More
Sabre hits American Airlines as distribution war escalates
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Sabre hits American Airlines as distribution war escalates
By Dennis Schaal | January 5, 2011
Sabre has notified American Airlines that it intends to terminate their contract a month early, in August, and immediately began biasing the airline’s flights in availability and shopping displays.... Read More
Top travel websites in Canada - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in Canada - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 5, 2011
Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending January 1 2011.... Read More
Top tips to maximize the impact of a hotel page on TripAdvisor
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Top tips to maximize the impact of a hotel page on TripAdvisor
By Viewpoints | January 5, 2011
According to a recent MSNBC poll, 86% of respondents indicated that they rely on TripAdvisor and other travel sites to gauge traveler sentiment before they make their lodging choice.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Parkat
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TLabs Showcase - Parkat
By Kevin May | January 5, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based airport parking metasearch site Parkat.... Read More
Google Translate turns the word Opodo into Expedia
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Google Translate turns the word Opodo into Expedia
By Kevin May | January 5, 2011
Some visitors to the Opodo France website were probably a bit confused recently after Google Translate switched mentions of the Opodo brand name to Expedia.... Read More
Top travel websites in France - January 1 2011
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Top travel websites in France - January 1 2011
By PhocusWire | January 4, 2011
Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending January 1 2011.... Read More
How Google could kill the Long Tail of travel
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How Google could kill the Long Tail of travel
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | January 4, 2011
The personality of the travel industry has changed over the last 15 years. Prior to the internet's arrival as a major personal tool, the supply pyramid was fairly flat.... Read More
American Airlines Direct Connect -- Technology vendors have their say
By Dennis Schaal | January 4, 2011
With American Airlines battling Orbitz and Expedia over the airline's insistence that they access the airline's flights through direct-connects, what kind of traction is the fledgling AA Direct Connect getting?... Read More
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