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Concur to integrate hotel.info and Hotel Reservation Service into booking tool
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Concur to integrate hotel.info and Hotel Reservation Service into booking tool
By Dennis Schaal | May 18, 2010
It's been a banner day for hotel inventory -- everyone wants some.... Read More
Travelport plots intriguing move, buys travel search engine Sprice
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Travelport plots intriguing move, buys travel search engine Sprice
By Kevin May | May 18, 2010
Travel technology giant Travelport will help raise some eyebrows around the travel industry today after buying the Sprice metasearch engine.... Read More
Practice what you preach on Twitter or risk angering your customers
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Practice what you preach on Twitter or risk angering your customers
By Kevin May | May 18, 2010
Some fall-out from this week’s disruption to flights in Northern Europe has shed light once again on how companies should use Twitter.... Read More
TripCase works on multisystem synchronization for GetThere
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TripCase works on multisystem synchronization for GetThere
By Dennis Schaal | May 17, 2010
When it comes to business travel, Sabre's TripCase appears relatively agnostic about global distribution systems.... Read More
US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End May 15 2010
By PhocusWire | May 17, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending May 15 2010.... Read More
Travelzoo chief technology officer leaves in CEO-succession dust-up
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Travelzoo chief technology officer leaves in CEO-succession dust-up
By Dennis Schaal | May 17, 2010
Travelzoo Chief Technology Officer Max Rayner, who was instrumental in building Fly.com, left the company last month.... Read More
Moneydirect offers payment solution for travel providers
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Moneydirect offers payment solution for travel providers
By Dennis Schaal | May 17, 2010
Moneydirect, a joint venture of Sabre and Amadeus, introduced a travel-provider payment solution designed to simplify electronic reconciliation and reduce fees.... Read More
TagWhat aiming to bring social media and trip planning to Augmented Reality
By Kevin May | May 17, 2010
Another step in the development of Augmented Reality tools in travel - this time provided by a Colorado, US-based company known as Iryss.... Read More
Hotels.com follows the mothership with celebrity-voiced TV ad for the UK
By Kevin May | May 17, 2010
TV advertising is clearly the new black - or at least it is throughout many parts of Expedia Inc where a new ad for Hotels.com is being launched in the UK this week.... Read More
UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End May 15 2010
By PhocusWire | May 17, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending May 15 2010.... Read More
Another hint about the new hotel-review oriented TravelPost
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Another hint about the new hotel-review oriented TravelPost
By Dennis Schaal | May 17, 2010
The new owners of TravelPost have been coy about their ultimate intentions, but they are conducting a survey about hotel reviews and social media.... Read More
Traxo goes the extra mile with loyalty tracker
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Traxo goes the extra mile with loyalty tracker
By Dennis Schaal | May 17, 2010
Traxo hopes it gave users another reason -- the introduction of a Loyalty Tracker -- to use its itinerary management service.... Read More
101Holidays gets married, launches wedding honeymoon travel site
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101Holidays gets married, launches wedding honeymoon travel site
By Kevin May | May 17, 2010
Image-led travel deals site 101Holidays is taking yet another step along the Long Tail of travel, this time with the launch of a site targeting newlyweds.... Read More
The Week in Travel Tech - Pondering Google while trip planners squabble
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The Week in Travel Tech - Pondering Google while trip planners squabble
By PhocusWire | May 15, 2010
What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday May 9 to Saturday 15 May 2010.... Read More
Kayak updates iPhone service, integrates with GateGuru, unveils another TV ad
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Kayak updates iPhone service, integrates with GateGuru, unveils another TV ad
By Kevin May | May 15, 2010
Metasearch engine Kayak has released a new version of its Apple iPhone app with a number of additions, but most significantly including a tie-in with GateGuru.... Read More