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InsideTrip finally comes out of Beta with string of new features and bold statements
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InsideTrip finally comes out of Beta with string of new features and bold statements
By Kevin May | May 20, 2010
Almost two years in the making, InsideTrip has emerged from its beta testing period with what it claims is a full service search engine that incorporates many other elements of a journey.... Read More
Yell ready to push user reviews globally as it buys TrustedPlaces
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Yell ready to push user reviews globally as it buys TrustedPlaces
By Kevin May | May 20, 2010
Old school directory Yellow Pages - now through its online incarnation Yell.com - is moving into local review service Yelp territory after snapping up UK-based TrustedPlaces.... Read More
Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End May 15 2010
By PhocusWire | May 20, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending May 15 2010.... Read More
Cornerstone offers crisis management reports for Thailand-like flare-ups
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Cornerstone offers crisis management reports for Thailand-like flare-ups
By Dennis Schaal | May 19, 2010
Cornerstone Information Systems unveiled a tool travel managers can use when all hell breaks loose in crisis situations such as the ongoing turmoil in Thailand or recent unrest in Greece.... Read More
Visit Florida tourism board uses Google Maps and Twitter feeds to cleanse oil-spill fears
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Visit Florida tourism board uses Google Maps and Twitter feeds to cleanse oil-spill fears
By Dennis Schaal | May 19, 2010
At least one tourism board, VisitFlorida.com, isn't shying away from the threatening oil spill in its social media efforts.... Read More
Orbitz pushes media business for tour operators with AdventureFinder launch
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Orbitz pushes media business for tour operators with AdventureFinder launch
By Dennis Schaal | May 19, 2010
Orbitz Worldwide is focused on two missions: building its hotel and media businesses. And with the launch of AdventureFinder, it is fortifying the latter.... Read More
American Express shows independent streak in its mobile strategy
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American Express shows independent streak in its mobile strategy
By Dennis Schaal | May 19, 2010
In unveiling its global mobile solution, mobileXtend, American Express Business Travel has come up with an offering that is global distribution system and corporate-booking tool agnostic.... Read More
Could Google-ITA talks lead to a burst of online travel acquisitions?
By Dennis Schaal | May 19, 2010
So, what's up with the Google-ITA Software merger talks a month after they came to light? Could another suitor be trying to steal away that sexy girl from Cambridge, Mass?... Read More
Lonely Planet launches online bookstore assistant, but plays down Bangkok crisis
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Lonely Planet launches online bookstore assistant, but plays down Bangkok crisis
By Kevin May | May 19, 2010
Guidebook giant Lonely Planet was hoping to extol the virtues of its new virtual sales rep system - but appears to be running into a storm of sorts with a decision to almost ignore the Bangkok riots.... Read More
Expedia-Google technology guru takes on 3D destination mapping role
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Expedia-Google technology guru takes on 3D destination mapping role
By Kevin May | May 19, 2010
Location Location Location isn't just the name of a second-rate DIY TV show in the UK - it appears to be a growing trend in online travel with one ex-Google and Expedia exec showing why.... Read More
A theory about harnessing the Long Tail of Travel
By Siew Hoon Yeoh | May 19, 2010
With margins being squeezed at every point of the supply chain, the future for traditional outbound tour operators is apparently in destination management and to own Long Tail supply.... Read More
Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End May 15 2010
By PhocusWire | May 18, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending May 15 2010.... Read More
Priceline acquires car-rental firm TravelJigsaw as part of expansion drive
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Priceline acquires car-rental firm TravelJigsaw as part of expansion drive
By Dennis Schaal | May 18, 2010
Priceline picked up another piece of the puzzle -- TravelJigsaw -- in its international expansion strategy.... Read More
Priceline -- no fear and loathing about Google-ITA Software
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Priceline -- no fear and loathing about Google-ITA Software
By Dennis Schaal | May 18, 2010
Where others see potential calamity in a possible Google acquisition of ITA Software, Jeffery Boyd of Priceline sees "opportunity."... Read More
Location-based mobile services bolstered by acceptance of advertising
By Kevin May | May 18, 2010
The secret sauce for many location-based apps is the hope that users will be willing to have revenue-generating advertising streaming into services as well.... Read More
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