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iPhone 4: What does an upgraded handset do for travel

By Kevin May | June 7, 2010

Acres of coverage across the web following the official unveiling of the new iPhone handset by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. But what does it give the traveller?... Read More

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Casa Velas Hotel offers decadent spa treatments and Twitter lessons

By Dennis Schaal | June 7, 2010

At the Casa Velas Hotel Boutique in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, guests can soothe their spirits with "decadent spa treatments" and do a little Twitter and Facebook on the side.... Read More

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Seniors wants iPads, like Facebook, will read Frommers destinations guides

By Dennis Schaal | June 7, 2010

AARP soon plans to introduce Frommer's destination guides and global events content on the senior organization's newly redesigned website.... Read More

Turning hotel search on its head

By Glenn Gruber | June 7, 2010

The opportunities for hotel search are endless, especially if Microsoft can create something like its Pivot project.... Read More

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Great way to search yet five big challenges for door-to-door site Zoombu

By Tim Hughes | June 7, 2010

I am a sucker for a new way to do online travel search.... Read More

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Stelios of EasyJet mulls new online travel agency in Europe

By Kevin May | June 7, 2010

Intriguing reports in the UK this weekend suggesting EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou is planning a new online travel agency.... Read More

The Week in Travel Tech - Facebook Agents, Devilish Apple and Ironic Aussies

By PhocusWire | June 5, 2010

What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday May 30 to Saturday 5 June 2010.... Read More

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Kayak introduces advertising into its iPhone app

By Dennis Schaal | June 4, 2010

Kayak has quietly introduced mobile display ads into the search results screens of its iPhone app.... Read More

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Goby launches iPad app to tap into trip planning impulses

By Dennis Schaal | June 4, 2010

Want to do a little whitewater rafting or engage in some off-roading this weekend? Then break out Goby's just-launched iPad app and you are probably only three or so taps away.... Read More

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Six ways to use social media and search to handle a crisis

By Viewpoints | June 4, 2010

Search and social media are two fast converging marketing techniques and there is an major opportunity for small to medium businesses to leverage them together.... Read More

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TRX upgrades corporate booking tool with TripIt, Facebook prompts

By Dennis Schaal | June 4, 2010

If their companies let them, business travelers using the latest version of TRX's corporate-booking tool, RESX, can book their trips and then share them on TripIt and Facebook.... Read More

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Tourism authorities starting to acknowledge Gulf of Mexico oil spill

By Kevin May | June 4, 2010

Six weeks on from the Deep Horizon accident and local tourist boards are trying to face down what is now considered to be the largest offshore oil spill in US history.... Read More

China blocks foursquare on Tiananmen Square anniversary

By Dennis Schaal | June 4, 2010

Chinese authorities, according to reports, have blocked access to foursquare, and the censorship move likely is tied to the 21st anniversary of the massacre at Tiananmen Square.... Read More

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Do consumers REALLY trust travel companies when they face such confusing information?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | June 4, 2010

Ask anyone, someone on the street, on Facebook, in private, if they trust suppliers and sellers in travel.... Read More

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EasyJet fits volcanic ash detector technology to aircraft

By Kevin May | June 4, 2010

European low cost carrier EasyJet claims it is the first airline in the world to install on-board technology to help pilots detect the presence of volcanic ash in the air.... Read More

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