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Travel site visits jump 30 per cent as snow hits UK

By Kevin May | December 20, 2010

Web traffic figures have indicated a massive jump in volume to travel sites in the UK over the weekend as poor weather conditions hit flight schedules.... Read More

Social media survey: Nearly half of US men need their Facebook when traveling

By Dennis Schaal | December 20, 2010

In the 1980s, Sting may have wanted his MTV, but in 2010 a lot of men and women in the US need their Facebook when traveling.... Read More

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Father Christmas takes 43 hours to deliver presents in Western Europe [infographic]

By Kevin May | December 20, 2010

European metasearch engine WhichAirline wanted to find out how long Father Christmas would take to deliver his presents in the absence of his usual transportation.... Read More

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TLabs Showcase - CruiseCompare

By Kevin May | December 20, 2010

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based cruise metasearch engine CruiseCompare.... Read More

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London Heathrow snow disruption - user generated content kicks in

By Kevin May | December 19, 2010

UK airports - London Heathrow in particular - saw chaotic scenes over the weekend as hundreds of flights were cancelled and passengers stranded.... Read More

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Top Tnooz this Week - Convergence, Killers, Rankers and Bloggers

By PhocusWire | December 19, 2010

What were the most popular articles on Tnooz this week?... Read More

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Travelport poised to bias American Airlines flights as airline surcharge begins

By Dennis Schaal | December 17, 2010

Travelport is poised to begin biasing certain American Airlines' flights by including an airline surcharge to travel agencies in fare displays, fare quotes and shopping displays beginning Dec. 20.... Read More

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Five things travel websites could learn from proper customer service

By Viewpoints | December 17, 2010

Research shows that, yet again, travel websites are being severely let down by poor customer service, with email and telephone capability failing across many sites.... Read More

Virgin Atlantic gives joy to plane spotters, maybe others

By Kevin May | December 17, 2010

Virgin Atlantic released an upgraded version of its Flight Tracker mobile application yesterday, allowing users to monitor the exact location of aircraft on a map.... Read More

Word Lens takes Google Goggles to the next level, translates on-screen

By Kevin May | December 17, 2010

Much was made of Google Goggles when it launched in late-2009 with image recognition technology, followed by a translation tool about seven months ago.... Read More

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TLabs Showcase - Explore Travellr

By Kevin May | December 17, 2010

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Australia-based Explore.Travellr, a university project around trip planning.... Read More

By PhocusWire | December 16, 2010

Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending December 11 2010.... Read More

Southwest considering Sabre or Amadeus for new reservations system

By Dennis Schaal | December 16, 2010

Southwest Airlines is actively considering a switch to a new internal reservations system and has narrowed its choices of vendors to Sabre and Amadeus.... Read More

Junaio and eBay Classifieds unite for augmented reality travel deal finder

By Kevin May | December 16, 2010

eBay Classifieds has developed a service with augmented reality experts Junaio to give users a different way to access travel products and other goods.... Read More

Tripology travel agents and travelers view gains with Skype

By Dennis Schaal | December 16, 2010

Travel agents getting leads from Tripology increasingly are seeing eye-to-eye with their clients.... Read More