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BuyWithMe hires former online travel executives
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BuyWithMe hires former online travel executives
By Dennis Schaal | May 21, 2010
The latest addition to BuyWithMe -- besides discounts on Cape Cod windsurfing lessons -- is former Orbitz e-markeing executive Mike Stein as chief marketing officer.... Read More
Sabre misses a beat -- thankfully
By Dennis Schaal | May 21, 2010
The latest craze or trend -- you pick the word -- among global distribution system vendors apparently is audio on their websites.... Read More
FTC clears Google acquisition of AdMob -- cites Apple as emerging competitor
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FTC clears Google acquisition of AdMob -- cites Apple as emerging competitor
By Dennis Schaal | May 21, 2010
Travel advertisers who may have feared the market power inherent in Google's pending $750 million acquisition of rival mobile ad network AdMob won't find any help at the Federal Trade Commission.... Read More
Survey -- Amadeus uses financial incentives, gains US travel agency market share
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Survey -- Amadeus uses financial incentives, gains US travel agency market share
By Dennis Schaal | May 21, 2010
Among the four major global distribution systems, Sabre is the most widely used among U.S. travel agencies, although Amadeus is the fastest growing.... Read More
Travel technology marketing is not what it used to be
By Kevin May | May 21, 2010
Gone are the days when a technology firm like Amadeus or any of the other global distribution systems would appear at a handful of exhibitions or run print advertising in trade magazines.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - TravelJournal
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TLabs Showcase - TravelJournal
By Kevin May | May 21, 2010
TLabs focus on startups featuring Israel-based TravelJournal.... Read More
Google TV and the travel industry: time to make better videos
By Kevin May | May 20, 2010
Google loves dropping an A-Bomb on the tech world, especially Apple it would increasingly appear, so today's launch of Google TV has inevitably got the web buzzing (no pun intended).... Read More
HomeAway, Booking.com lead the way -- Expedia resigned to me-too
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HomeAway, Booking.com lead the way -- Expedia resigned to me-too
By Dennis Schaal | May 20, 2010
When he talks about HomeAway's lead in vacation rentals and Booking.com's edge in the retail-hotel business in Europe and Asia, Expedia Inc.'s Dara Khosrowshahi offers a similar refrain.... Read More
Barton, Blachford, Pittman, Shank, Fliess kick in several million dollars for Room 77 startup
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Barton, Blachford, Pittman, Shank, Fliess kick in several million dollars for Room 77 startup
By Dennis Schaal | May 20, 2010
A bunch of travel -- and nontravel -- heavywieghts have ponied up "several million dollars" for the latest stealth travel startup, Room 77.... Read More
Does Twitter have an in-built problem for travel company branding?
By Kevin May | May 20, 2010
A list of the top 20 brands mentioned on Twitter in April 2010 featured companies of all shapes and sizes - from media and technology to clothing and coffee - but unfortunately not a travel firm in sight.... Read More
An abusive Google if it grabs ITA Software? Expedia is worried and not worried
By Dennis Schaal | May 20, 2010
Would Google get "abusive" if it acquires ITA Software and gains even more market power in travel?... Read More
Unite digging in with a brutal web war against British Airways
By Kevin May | May 20, 2010
Behind the now extremely bitter war between British Airways and the Unite trade union representing unhappy cabin crew is an increasingly fierce web campaign.... Read More
HostelWorld puts real-time travel planning and booking into Google Wave
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HostelWorld puts real-time travel planning and booking into Google Wave
By Kevin May | May 20, 2010
With wonderful timing, Hostelworld has unveiled what is believed to be one of the first major real-time collaboration, travel search and booking engines for Google Wave.... Read More
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