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Travelport targets agents of any persuasion with new leisure portal
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Travelport targets agents of any persuasion with new leisure portal
By Kevin May | June 9, 2010
Travelport is attempting to enhance its GDS-neutral image by relaunching a leisure accommodation portal targeting agents regardless of the their loyalty to air content providers.... Read More
Most popular New Zealand travel websites - June 5 2010
By PhocusWire | June 8, 2010
Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending June 5 2010.... Read More
Orbitz CFO to retire, company cites outside board commitments
By Dennis Schaal | June 8, 2010
Orbitz Worldwide announced the "planned retirement" of CFO Marsha Williams and cited newly imposed limitations on the number of public company boards employees could serve on as the reason underlying her exit.... Read More
Cruise website takes The Daily Show approach to online marketing
By Kevin May | June 8, 2010
You have to hand it to cruise online travel agent Cruisenow.com for simply trying something different - creating fake news reels for YouTube in the style of Jon Stewart's The Daily Show.... Read More
Nokia extends Ovi location-aware hotel search into US and UK via Expedia
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Nokia extends Ovi location-aware hotel search into US and UK via Expedia
By Kevin May | June 8, 2010
Expedia is to power a new hotel search system on all Nokia GPS handsets in the US and UK using the mobile manufacturer's Ovi maps system.... Read More
PhoCusWright charts future of ancillary services -- and it ain't pretty
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PhoCusWright charts future of ancillary services -- and it ain't pretty
By Dennis Schaal | June 8, 2010
PhoCusWright took stock of airline ancillary services and branded fares, concluded that an already complex product will get even more complex -- and indicated the losers could be travel agencies and global distribution systems.... Read More
Most popular Canada travel websites - June 5 2010
By PhocusWire | June 8, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending June 5 2010.... Read More
Social media sites overtake search engines: travel must adapt quickly
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Social media sites overtake search engines: travel must adapt quickly
By Kevin May | June 8, 2010
Data showing that search engines now account for less traffic than social networks illustrates two things: search is changing forever and travel companies need to act fast.... Read More
Virgin Holidays builds social web tools, looks to VTravelled integration
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Virgin Holidays builds social web tools, looks to VTravelled integration
By Kevin May | June 8, 2010
Tour operator Virgin Holidays is showing off plans this week to build a social media structure into its website, despite a network already existing within the group.... Read More
US travel agency pushes into Canada with Avoya Travel website
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US travel agency pushes into Canada with Avoya Travel website
By Dennis Schaal | June 8, 2010
America's Vacation Center made a push for Canadian travelers with the official launch of a new website, Avoya Travel, which it dubs, "Canada's Vacation Centre."... Read More
Most popular France travel websites - June 5 2010
By PhocusWire | June 8, 2010
Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending June 5 2010.... Read More
Five tips to get that travel technology job application noticed
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Five tips to get that travel technology job application noticed
By Viewpoints | June 8, 2010
If the amount of job openings received over the past three months is an indicator, I would suggest that things are definitely looking up.... Read More
Most popular UK travel websites - June 5 2010
By PhocusWire | June 8, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending June 5 2010.... Read More
Easyjet, Ryanair make major gains in web user experience poll
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Easyjet, Ryanair make major gains in web user experience poll
By Kevin May | June 7, 2010
British Airways has maintained its position as the easiest to use airline website in the UK but low cost carriers have dramatically improved in the past 12 months.... Read More
Bing Maps opens to outside developers, BestParking.com finds a space
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Bing Maps opens to outside developers, BestParking.com finds a space
By Dennis Schaal | June 7, 2010
Microsoft opened Bing Maps to outside developers for the first time today, and BestParking.com was among the apps available in the Bing Map App Gallery on launch day.... Read More